Board of Directors – The Flute Society of Washington, Inc.

Linda Kirkpatrick

Vice-President

Dr. Linda Kirkpatrick is the Director of Instrumental Music at McDaniel College, in Westminster, MD, where she teaches flute, flute choir, conducting, music literature, band and orchestra. Degrees include a Bachelor and Master of Music in Flute Performance from the University of North Texas, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Flute Performance/Pedagogy and Instrumental Conducting from the University of Maryland. Published works include The Pedagogical Techniques and Methods of Flutist William Montgomery, Edwin Mellen Press, 10 flute choir arrangements, an article for the Flutist Quarterly on safely operating a summer music camp/festival/ masterclass and articles for the 2019 NFA Convention Chronicles. She is the director of Flute Cocktail, a regional flute choir, and Lower Realm, a low-voiced flute ensemble. She was the director/founder of the McDaniel Summer Music Camp, which concluded in 2018 after 33 years. She is a three-time winner of the National Flute Association’s Professional Flute Choir Competition, conducted flute choir reading sessions at the 2007 and 2009 NFA conventions and is a proofreader for the annual convention program book.

As an active participant in the annual Mid Atlantic Flute Convention, she has conducted the Mid-Atlantic High School Flute Choir, led flute choir reading sessions and served as program chair. She is a frequent recitalist, conductor and adjudicator in MD and PA, and performs with the Mistral Winds Quintet. For more information, visit lindakirkpatrick.com

Guilherme Andreas

At Large

Andreas began his musical career in Brazil, where he studied at the University of Brasília and then completed his bachelor’s degree in Flute Performance at the Brazilian Conservatory of Music, under the guidance of French Professor Odette Ernest Dias. Andreas also received a Graduate Diploma in Chamber Music at the same institution being mentored by British cellist Sr. David Chew and studied in parallel with Cláudia Ribeiro do Nascimento (OSESP) and Michel Bellavance (Conservatoire de Genève). As a soloist of the Brazilian Marines Wind Symphony, Andreas performed in major concert halls throughout Brazil and other countries of South America. Andreas received numerous prizes at competitions in Brazil including Young Soloists of the Eleazar de Carvalho Festival and the Sargent Borges Medal, granted to the leader of the Sergeant Musicians Course of the Brazilian Marine Corps. He also received a full scholarship to pursue his master's studies in flute in the USA, awarded in Brazil by the Young Musicians in the Museum Competition in partnership with James Madison University in Virginia. During his master’s studies, Andreas won the JMU Concert Competition, culminating in a performance of the Reinecke concerto with the JMU Orchestra. In 2016, Andreas began studying at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, where he received his Graduate Performance Diploma, and the Peabody Career Award in 2018. A highpoint of his time at Peabody was his performance of the Nielsen Flute Concerto with the Peabody Symphony Orchestra. Andreas has appeared in recitals, concerts and presentations throughout the US, including the Global Brazil Conference at Duke University, Symposium on Brazil at Johns Hopkins University, and recent concerts in Nashville, Washington, New York City, Rochester, Boston, Seattle, among other cities. After being invited to perform as Principal Flute with the New England Symphonic Ensemble at Carnegie Hall in NYC (2016-2019), Andreas gave a solo performance in 2019 together with fellow CAI Virtuoso Competition winners. Andreas has been an active performer throughout the U-S, and his debut album Beyond Bossa Nova has been received with great acclaim to all audiences in the US and other countries. His most recent performances include guest appearances with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Lincoln Center's Mostly Mozart Festival with The Unsung Collective and the Kennedy Center Honors Concert Orchestra. Currently, Andreas is the Performing and Visual Arts Department Chair at Garden School, a vibrant and musical private school in Jackson Heights, NYC.