A Lifetime of AchievementDr. Elaine Lewis JorgensenElaine Lewis Jorgensen has a Doctorate of Musical Arts from Manhattan School of Music in Flute Performance, a 3-year Special Doctoral Studies Fellowship from Juilliard School of Music in New York, a Master's of Music Degree from Manhattan School of Music, and a Bachelor's Degree from the University of Utah. Dr. Jorgensen has studied flute with the major flutists of our generation - Julius Baker, William Kincaid, Jeanne Baxtresser, Sandra Church, and Linda Chesis. She has concertized in Italy, Germany, China, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and throughout the United States. She has been a member of the Utah Symphony, the American Symphony, the Tanglewood Orchestra at the Berkshire Music Festival, and recorded for Columbia Records with the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Utah Symphony, and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. Dr. Jorgensen recently retired as a Professor of Flute at Snow College where she was the Director of the Snow College Flute Choir. She additionally taught at the University of Utah, Brigham Young University, Utah Valley University, Riverdale School of Music (NY), and the Waterford School (UT). As a fellow at Juilliard School of Music, she was the first flutist in the Juilliard Orchestra, a member of the Juilliard Woodwind Quintet sponsored by the Ford Foundation, and taught the undergraduate woodwind quintet students . A founding member of the Utah Flute Association and founding Director of the Horne Youth Conservatory, she teaches woodwind pedagogy, conducting, chamber ensemble, and summer music workshops. She has conducted professional flute choirs and choral groups throughout the United States and Europe. Her students have won many national and state prizes for their performances and gone on to graduate programs at nationally ranked universities and conservatories for their master's and doctoral degrees including Juilliard School of Music and Manhattan School of Music.
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A LEGACY OF TEACHING & PERFORMING
Trained by the best flutists of the last century, Dr. Jorgensen has an expansive knowledge of flute technique and demonstrated success with students who achieve at the highest levels.
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Dr. Jorgensen playing with the Tanglewood Symphony Orchestra (left of conductor)