Canadian flutist and Associate Professor of Flute, Conor Nelson, gave his New York recital debut at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall and has appeared frequently as soloist and recitalist throughout the United States and abroad. Solo engagements include performances with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and numerous other orchestras. Now in his sixteenth year of tenure track teaching, he previously taught at Bowling Green State University and Oklahoma State University and has given master classes at over 150 colleges and universities. He has also recorded for the New Focus (NYC), New Albany, Toccata Classics (London), Blue Griffin, and Paladino Music (Vienna) labels. He received degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, Yale University, and Stony Brook University where he was the winner of the school-wide concerto competitions at all three institutions. He is currently the Principal Flutist of the New Orchestra of Washington (D.C.).
A word from Susan Cook, Pamela O. Hamel/Music Board of Advisors Director of the Mead Witter School of Music:
Conor Nelson came to us with a proven record as an innovative flute pedagogue, as a consummate performing artist and as a leader in DEIB practices. His recording of the solo fantasies by Telemann received rave reviews, and we await his future performances at the Kennedy Center and Carnegie Hall.