Stephanie Jutt's  elegant artistry and passionate intellect have inspired musicians and audiences around the world. Her groundbreaking performances of new music, transcriptions, and traditional repertoire have made her a model for adventurous flutists everywhere. Ms. Juttʼs all-Brahms recording, Stolen Moments, is available on Centaur and her Brahms transcriptions are available through International Music Publishing. Stephanie Jutt received undergraduate and graduate degrees from the New England Conservatory of Music, where her teachers were James Pappoutsakis, Paula Robison and Marcel Moyse. She won the coveted Concert Artist Guild and Pro Musicis International Soloist awards, and received a top prize in the International Naumburg Competition. Ms. Jutt has performed in recital throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and most recently, South America. A dedicated teacher, Stephanie Jutt is Professor of Flute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  She is an Artistic Director of the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society chamber music festival, which presents concerts in the Madison area.  Ms. Jutt is principal flute of the Madison Symphony. She has served as board member and Program Chair for the National Flute Association. Using her great capacity for innovation, she is the founder of an initiative at UW- Madison, named Arts Enterprise, to help artists create and execute viable lifelong career strategies.

Patricia George has served on the faculties of the Eastman School of Music, Idaho State University and Brigham Young University - Idaho, and currently is the flute professor at the Sewanee Music Festival and the American Band College.  She is the Editor for Flute Talk magazine and writes the monthly column "The Teacher's Studio."  Ms. George presents her "Flute Spa" participatory masterclasses throughout the United States for universities and flute clubs.  Ms. George is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music with the B.M., M.M., and Performer's Certificate in Flute.  She studied with Frances Blaisdell, Joseph Mariano, William Kincaid, and Julius Baker.  With Phyllis Avidan Louke she has co-authored Flute 101:  Mastering the Basics (Presser), The Flute Scale Book (Presser), Flute 102:  Mastering the Basics and Flute 102:  Solo Repertoire (Fabulous Flute Music Company).  www.fabulousflute.com

Alberto Almarza  Versatility and musicianship have led him to perform and record some of the most adventurous and challenging music by today’s composers. Described as a “virtuoso flutist” by the Boston Globe, the Chilean-born Almarza previously held the position of Principal Flute of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Santiago. He later traveled to the United States to study with Jeanne Baxtresser in New York, with Julius Baker at Carnegie Mellon University, where he earned his Master’s degree. He is now Associate Professor of Flute at Carnegie Mellon University.  Mr. Almarza regularly performs at international festivals in the U.S., Mexico, Germany, Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Peru. He has appeared as soloist with Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Memphis Symphony, BachFest Chamber Orchestra, and the Symphonic Orchestra of Chile.  Three flute concertos and dozens of solo and chamber works have been written for him.  Mr. Almarza also performs on baroque and classical period flutes.  He can be heard on radio broadcasts from Carnegie Mellon throughout the Americas, on compact discs from New Albion, Elan, Albany, Centaur, and recently on Naxos Records, performing the Flute Concerto by Reza Vali.