Jennifer Cluff ~ Biography

MUSICIAN BIOGRAPHY:
Jennifer Cluff ~ Flutist

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Principal Flute of The Vancouver Island Symphony from 1995 to 2006, Jennifer Cluff holds a Bachelor's degree in Flute Performance from The University of Toronto's Faculty of Music, where she studied under Nora Shulman, Principal Flutist of The Toronto Symphony, and Douglas Stewart, Principal Flute of the Canadian Opera Company. Jennifer is also an Associate in Performance with The Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto (A.R.C.T.), where she was the winner of several notable competitions and scholarships.

Ms. Cluff has appeared on numerous occasions as a soloist with The Vancouver Island Symphony, and performs frequently in recital in the Nanaimo, Victoria areas as a chamber musician and as a guest of other musical ensembles. She has attended the masterclasses of Flutists: James Galway, Jean Pierre Rampal, William Bennett, Patrick Gallois, Susan Hoeppner, Julius Baker, Jeanne Baxtresser, Paul Edmund Davies, and jazz flutist Moe Koffman.

Ms. Cluff has also acted as an adjudicator, and been warmly welcomed back to the Pacific Northwest Music Festival in 2005 and 2007.

Jennifer's articles on flute playing have recently been published in the United Kingdom's Flutewise magazine (www.flutewise.com).

Jen also plays the part of an online Flute-guru (just kidding, really) to hundreds of internet flute lovers, having written dozens of freely downloadable and helpful flute articles on Flutenet.

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