In Sunday’s (12/4) San Diego Union-Tribune, James Chute reports, “The San Diego Symphony has named Rose Lombardo principal flutist. She succeeds Demarre McGill, who left the San Diego Symphony at the end of last season to join the Seattle Symphony as its principal flutist. … A graduate of the Juilliard School of Music who is currently completing an artist diploma at the Colburn School Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles, Lombardo has studied with Jeffrey Khaner (principal flutist with the Philadelphia Orchestra) and Jim Walker (former principal flutist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic). ‘They both taught me how to play as a really good chamber musician within the orchestra,’ she said. ‘But they also taught me how to be a leader in the section and to develop a kind of principal presence in terms of your sound.’ … She auditioned for her position in late September, competing with hundreds of applicants. She first performed with the orchestra in early November in Mahler’s Symphony No. 9. … She’ll perform in several of the orchestra’s December pops and family concerts before officially assuming the principal position in January.”
Posted December 6, 2011
