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Kamryn Lindley is a Chicago based flutist. She received her Bachelor's of Music Performance from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and her Master's of Music Performance Degree at The Chicago Conservatory for the Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. She is currently Assistant principal flute and piccolo, as well as cofounder and ED of The Chicago Cosmopolitan Orchestra. She is also a founding member of the Riojas Duo, a percussion and flute duo.

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Lindley has studied with many world renowned flutists, such as Richard Graf, Emma Gernstein (Chicago Symphony), Todd Grooves (NY Met), Alisha " Lish" Lindsey, Donna Milanovich(CHicago Philharmonic), Eugenia Moliner (Cavatina Duo), Ann Richards (Nashville Symphony), and Frederic Sanchez (Neues Orchester Basel, Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra.) 

She has also performed in masterclasses for Ernesto Casareto, Nicolas Carlson, Stephen Clark, Mariana  Garizzo, Drew Hays, Jerian Hasan, Alyse Johnson, Kathrine Borst Jones, Todd Levy, Dennis Michael, Frederic Sanchez, Jennifer Steele, Marie Tachouet, William Welter and John Yeh.

She has also worked with (and/or played world premiers by) composers, such as Steven Bryant, Richard Boldrey, John Hennecken, Richard Saucedo, Frank Tichelli, and Jess Turner.

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Lindley has also taught many masterclasses and clinics, such as Honors Band festival in Chicago, as well as Summer Band at UIC. She also loves teaching, and opened her first studio in 2018.

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 She has performed in many festivals as well, including Summer Music in Tuscany Chamber Music Festival, Ohio State Flute Festival, Chicago Flute Festival, Pearl Harbor Veteran's Day Memorial, and been a contender for Music House International. Lindley has also been apart of many other ensembles and projects. She performed in the Percy Grainger Festival in the Chicago Symphony Hall, as well as a clinic at the Midwest Band and Orchestra Festival. She was a performer in Malina Jahais' Gaycital at Northwestern University with Malina Jaharis and Ellie Kirk. She has Performed with the Tennessee Youth Orchestra, and Blair School of Music's Youth Philharmonia. She was a performer in the UIC Bill Ryan's Blurred Masterclass, as well of the World War II Project Concert. She also has participated and performed in Chicago Philharmonic Side by Side Concerts. Lindley was also a member of the UIC Wind quintet, Flute and Piano Trio, and UIC Baroque Duo, and UIC Jolivet Trio, CCPA's Orchestral Flute Duos,Petterson Flute Sax and Piano Trio,Crumb's Vox Balanae Trio, and CCPA's Mozart flute quartet. 

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Lindley is also the cofounder, Executive director and Assistant Principal flute and piccolo of The Chicago Cosmopolitan Orchestra, and it;s chamber winds ensemble, the Wabash Winds! 

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Lindley is a second place holder for the Society of American Musicians, both in 2017, and 2019.

She was named winner of the National Presser Scholar award in 2019, which recognizes outstanding achievement in music. The University of Illinois also awarded her with a concerto, in which she performed, Carmen Fantasy. At UIC, she has been a part of the UIC Band Staff for four years as a part of her Full Housing Scholarship Program. in 2018, she was promoted to Supervising librarian. At Roosevelt, she took on the same leading role in the Orchestral Library. In 2021, she received the honor of playing in the Wisconsin Flute festival for Stephen Clark. In 2022, She won a place in the NFA Masterclass competition, where her and five others will be able to perform at the largest flute convention in the world!

 

 Kamryn Lindley enjoys teaching as much as she loves performing. She also loves coffee, travel, her cat Tchai(kovsky) and her dog Phoebe.