Saturday, November 11, 2006

Guest Soloist Bio: Greg Flint

GREGORY FLINT is Assistant Professor of Horn at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. As a performer, he is currently principal horn with the Elgin Symphony, Chicago Opera Theater, Present Music of Milwaukee, the Fulcrum Point New Music Project, and the Chicago Jazz Orchestra. He has performed with the Chicago Symphony, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Honolulu Symphony, Key West Symphony, and the Ravinia Festival Orchestra. Additional orchestral experience includes two full seasons as a member of both the Milwaukee Symphony and Grant Park Festival horn sections. Engagements at Lyric Opera have included several on-stage appearances, and a complete Wagner “Ring” cycle conducted by Zubin Mehta.

A busy chamber musician, Gregory is a founding member of the Asbury Brass Quintet, and hornist with the Chicago Brass Quintet. He has recorded and toured internationally with both ensembles. As a soloist, he recently appeared as guest artist at the Trombones de Costa Rica International Brass Festival. Mr. Flint also plays for broadway musicals, commercial recordings, and many jazz and popular performers including Frank Sinatra, Clark Terry, and Aretha Franklin.

As an educator, Gregory teaches each summer at the Birch Creek Music Center in Door County Wisconsin. Mr. Flint has also served on the faculties of DePaul University, Roosevelt University, and Northwestern University.