Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Flutist Lindsay Leach enjoys a varied performance career in the US and abroad. Lindsay earned her Bachelors and Masters degrees from the Peabody Conservatory studying with Laurie Sokoloff. In 2004, she became the first person to graduate from the Piccolo Performance program at Peabody and shortly thereafter enrolled in the Royal Academy of Music in London, UK studying modern flute with Clare Southworth, early flutes with Lisa Beznosiuk, and piccolo with Patricia Morris. She finished her European studies at the 2005 Académie International d’Ete de Nice, France with Philippe Bernold. In addition, she has studied as a scholarship student with Robert Langevin at the Orford Arts Centre, Orford, Canada, Mark Sparks at the Aspen Music Festival, Aspen Colorado, and Marina Piccinini at the Peabody International Flute Masterclass, Baltimore, Maryland.

Ms. Leach currently serves as the Flute Faculty for both the University of North Carolina at Pembroke and Methodist University. She is also a recipient of the Cumberland County Arts Council Regional Artist Grant, through which she has had the opportunity to perform for the surrounding communities and produce her first solo flute CD One of a Kind with London based pianist Philip Richardson.

Lindsay's most recent performances include the 2008 and 2005 Jean-Pierre Rampal International Flute Competitions in Paris, the 2008 Frank Bowen Young Artist Competition, the 2007 Flute Society Mid-South Young Artist Competition, 2006 Byron Hester and 2006 Myrna Brown Solo Flute Competitions, and the National Flute Association 2004 Piccolo Artist and 2007 Baroque Artist Competitions. In November 2007, Lindsay was one of only three American flutists to be invited to compete at the first Maxence Larrieu International Flute Competition in Nice, France.

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