Dr. Lindsay Flowers is Assistant Professor of Oboe at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Mead Witter School of Music. She is a member of the Madison Symphony Orchestra, the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, and is on the faculty of the Interlochen Center for the Arts Symphonic Band Camp. Additionally, she has performed with the Milwaukee, Chicago, and San Francisco Symphonies, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, and the Santa Fe Opera. Flowers has released two solo albums with Parma Recordings and one with the Wingra Woodwind Quintet. She gave the American premiere of Interconexiones: Five New Quartets for Oboe and Strings and commissioned Durant’s Concerto for Oboe and Wind Ensemble.
Flowers received her graduate degrees from Indiana University. Her teachers include Linda Strommen, Roger Roe, Scott Hostetler, Elaine Douvas, and James Button. She also studied gouging machine maintenance with John Ferrillo and Mark Ackerman. As a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, she performed with and was mentored by Yo-Yo Ma. She has served as Treasurer of the International Double Reed Society’s Midnorth Regional Chapter and is an F. Lorée Artist.