The Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University

Jennifer Bouton (BM 2005) Third flute/piccolo with the Virginia Symphony. Performed with the Pittsburgh Opera Theater, Akron Symphony, Albany Symphony, Knoxville Symphony, Colorado Symphony, Colorado Ballet, the Central City Opera Orchestra and the Washington DC Summer Opera Theatre Company.  National Repertory Orchestra in 2006, AIMS Summer Festival Orchestra in Graz, Austria; Piccinini Internationale Meisterkurze für Musik in Zurich, Switzerland; and ARIA International Summer Music Festival.  Received her MM in 2007 and a Certificate in Advanced Flute Studies at Carnegie Mellonfrom Carnegie Mellon University under Jeanne Baxtresser and Alberto Almarza. In 2005 she received the Bachelor of Music degree from the Peabody Conservatory, where she studied with Marina Piccinini.  Other teachers include Pamela Endsley at the University of Denver.

JeeYoung (Rachel) Choe, DMA 2009. MM and GPD at Peabody under Marina Piccinini. Principal flutist of the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, member of duo Mare with guitarist Akiko Sumi. Flute faculty at the Peabody Preparatory Division; previously taught music theory at Peabody Conservatory.

Soloist with the Mid-Atlantic Symphony, Ewha Symphony and Ewha String Ensemble. Toured Asia as principal flutist with the Asian Youth Orchestra under Sergiu Comissiona and participated in Carnegie Hall’s orchestral workshop under Maestro David Robertson. Attended the Norfolk, Orford, Bowdoin, Aspen Music Festivals and the Zurich International Masterclasses. 

Special presentation winner of the Artists International New York and a first prizewinner of the Korea Flutist Association, Chunchu Music, Ewha Concerto, Chosun Newspaper, and Seoul Youth Chamber Competitions. Finalist of the Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra Concerto Award.

Ryu Cipris (BM ’07, GPD ’08) is currently studying with Marieke Schneemann at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, The Netherlands. While a student of Marina Piccinini at Peabody, Ryu was awarded the Britton Johnson Memorial Prize for flute performance, performed as principal flute of the Peabody Symphony Orchestra under Marin Alsop, and won the Yamaha Young Performing Artist national auditions, the Flute Society of Washington Collegiate Soloist Competition, and the Baltimore Music Club Winds Competition. As a duo with guitarist Max Zuckerman, he studied with Manuel Barrueco and Julian Gray, and was a prizewinner of the first annual J.C. Arriaga Chamber Music Competition in Stamford, CT, as well as the Chamber Music Foundation of New England’s International Chamber Music Ensemble Competition in Boston.

Brook Ferguson (BM '02, GPD '04) has been a member of the New World Symphony the past several years, and has also served as Principal Flute of the Delaware Symphony and Acting Principal Flute of the Knoxville Symphony. She has been a featured soloist in Moscow, performed chamber music for the Sheika of Qatar, performed in the Piccinini master classes in Zurich Switzerland, concertized in Brazil and Chile, performed at Japan’s Suntory Hall, Carnegie Hall, Avery Fisher Hall, the Kimmel Center, the Kennedy Center and the Arsht Center for the Performing Arts. A fellow with the Boston Symphony’s Tanglewood Music Center for three summers, a New Fromm Player, Brook has also been a substitute player with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Opera Center. Ms. Ferguson earned her Master of Music degree from Carnegie Mellon University, where she studied with Jeanne Baxtresser and Alberto Almarza. She holds undergraduate and performance degrees from Peabody where she studied with Marina Piccinini. Other major teachers include Mark Sparks, Doriot Anthony Dwyer and Toshiko Kohno.

Katharine Haynes (MM 2005). Professor of Flute at Messiah College, Principal flute of Harrisburg Opera. Performed with York Symphony, Lancaster Symphony, Pottstown Symphony, Asheville Symphony, the Gettysburg Festival Orchestra, the Shippensburg Festival Orchestra, Pennsylvania Regional Ballet, Moscow Ballet Eastern USA Tour, the Summer Opera Theater of Washington, St. George’s Choral Society of New York, the Allentown Marine Band, the Greater Harrisburg Concert Band, Élan Artists of New York, the Wilmington String Ensemble, and the Messiah College Faculty Wind Quintet. Awarded the Westin Award for Excellence in Music Performance in 2000 for her contributions to musical life at Brown University, she has also taught flute for 3 years at the Lehigh Valley Community Music School. She graduated Magna cum Laude and with Honors for her research on interpretation of Bach and the International Style of the Late Baroque and its continued legacy into present day flute music. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brown University and a Master of Music degree from Peabody Conservatory.

Mindy Heinsohn (BM 08) , a native of Maryland, received her Bachelor of Music degree from Peabody in 2008, where she studied with Marina Piccinini. While at Peabody, Mindy was a featured Young Artist in the Amadeus Concerts, Inc. Mindy has appeared with the Baltimore Opera Company, St. Timothy’s Concert Series, and the St. Mark’s United Methodist Church Concert Series. She was actively involved in After Now and Sonar, two organizations focused on promoting new chamber music in the Baltimore-Washington area. Mindy has also performed Qi, a work by former Peabody faculty member Chen Yi, in a ceremony launching the collaboration between the Peabody Conservatory and Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Singapore. Mindy was a featured performer at the Dean’s Honors Convocation at Peabody in May 2008, and recipient of the Richard Franko Goldman Prize in Performance. Mindy has appeared as soloist with Chesapeake Youth Symphony, Sewanee Festival Orchestra, and American Youth Philharmonic. She is former principal flutist of the American Youth Philharmonic, as well as second flute in the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra. She has participated in master classes with Julius Baker, Ransom Wilson, Doriot Dwyer, Gary Shocker, and Thomas Robertello. She has attended festivals such as the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, Sewanee Summer Music Festival, and Brevard Music Center. Mindy is currently pursuing her Master’s of Music Degree at Yale University, where she studies with Ransom Wilson.

Lisa Jaklitsch (GPD 2005), a native of Long Island, New York, is currently a member of the Orlando Philharmonic. Lisa has performed at the Tonhalle in Zurich, Switzerland, at Carnegie Hall's Weill Hall in New York City and has been a soloist with the Kingsport Symphony Orchestra, the Fort Collins Symphony Orchestra, the Sound Symphony, and the Hampton Chamber Orchestra. Lisa has won First prize at both the 2003 Elizabeth Harper Vaughn Concerto Competition and the 2002 Byron Hester Young Artist Competition, Second prize at the 2001 Frank Bowen National Flute Competition, and was named alternate winner of the Sorantin Young Artist Award International Competition. She received her B.M. from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music (Michel Debost) and her M.M. from Rice University's Shepherd School of Music (Leone Buyse). She has spent summers at Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and the Banff Festival of the Arts.

Heejung Kim (MM 08) a native of Korea, completed her master of music degree student studying with Marina Piccinini. She received the Advanced Flute Certificate Diploma at Carnegie Mellon University with Jeanne Baxtresser and Alberto Almarza in May 2006 and the Bachelor of Music degree in Flute performance from Yonsei University with Hyekyung Lee and Shinjung Oh. She has won the Korea Symphonic competition, the Seoul flute institution competition and the music Chunchu competition in Korea. Most recently, she captured First Prize in the Baltimore Arts Club Competition and second place in the Mid-Atlantic Flute Fair Competition in Washington, DC. She has performed with the Seoul Chamber Music society as a member, the Soloist Ensemble Guest and also performed as  soloist with the Wieniawsky Philharmonie.

A Native of Seoul, Korea, flutist Hyun-Jung Kwon (MM '05) has recently graduated from Boston University with a Performance Diploma. She has received both her Bachelors and Masters degrees at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, where she studied with Marina Piccinini. Ms. Kwon is a winner of numerous competitions including the 2008 Doriot Anthony Dwyer Flute Merit Award, Baltimore Music Club Competition in 2005, and Heida Hermanns International Woodwind Competition in 2003. She was one of the finalists in the 2003 and 2002 National Symphony Orchestra Young Soloist's Competition, where she was awarded the Milton W. King Memorial Certificate. In the past summers, Ms. Kwon has participated in the 2004 Pacific Music Festival and the 2003 Aspen Music Festival. Former teachers include Mark Sparks and Emily Skala. Ms. Kwon is currently pursuing her DMA program at Boston University under John Heiss and teaching private students in the Boston area.

Anna Meyer (MM 2004), Instructor of Flute at Mercyhurst College, Erie, PA holds a Master of Music in Flute Performance from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, studying with Marina Piccinini and a BM in Flute Performance with a minor in German from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music where she studied with Bradley Garner, Randy Bowman and Jack Wellbaum. She was a graduate of the International Meisterkurse für Musik Zürich in 2003 and 2004, has been a semi-finalist in several national competitions, including the National Flute Association Piccolo Artist Competition, the Frank Bowen Young Artist Competition (Albuquerque, NM), and the Flute Talk Competition (Chicago, IL). She is an active substitute for the Erie Philharmonic Orchestra and the Erie Chamber Orchestra, and is the founder and director of Flauto Musicale, a summer music series for flutists of all ages. Mrs. Meyer, who collaborates often with organist and husband Erik Meyer, is active as a recital soloist throughout the eastern United States and has performed as soloist with the United States Air Force Band, the Erie Chamber Orchestra, and the Grafton High School Band. This fall, Mrs. Meyer will begin her first season as Second Flutist with the Canton Symphony Orchestra. She and her husband live in Erie, PA with their daughter.

Dariya Nikolenko is a senior at Peabody Conservatory where she studies with Marina Piccinini. A native of Russia, Ms. Nikolenko began her musical studies at the age of seven and made her first concerto appearance at the age of nine performing C.P.Bach concerto in d-minor. She graduated with honors from the College at Moscow State Conservatory where she studied with Pr. U. Dolzikov. Dariya has won many competitions, including first prize in the Unesco International Competition "New Names" in 2004; the International competition for flutists in Yalgava, Latvia, 1998; 2nd prize in the Beethoven Festival, Moscow, 2005, and the International competition in Novosibirsk,1999. In 2007 Dariya became a Semifinalist of Frank Bowen Young Artist Competition. She has performed with the Novosibirsk Philharmonic as well as concerts in St. Peterburg, Yulgava, Ekateringurg, Suzdal,Tchalabinsk, Omsk, and Tomsk. Dariya took part in the International Master classes with Marina Piccinini in Zurich, Switzerland, in 2004 and 2005. During the summers 2006 and 2007, Ms. Nikolenko participated in the Moritzburg Festival Academy in Germany. In November 2007 Ms. Nikolenko has played in master classes given by Emanuel Pahud and Jim Walker. 

Adriana Potoczniak (BM 2006) is originally from Houston, Texas, where she graduated from The High School for the Performing and Visual Arts. In addition to being principal flutist of HSPVA's Symphony orchestra and wind ensemble, she was principal flutist of the Virtuosi of Houston and Houston Youth Symphony and Ballet. Her former teachers include Aralee Dorough, Christina Jennings, and Dr. September Payne. Adriana has attended many music festivals, including American Festival for the Arts, Bowdoin Summer Music Festival, Eastern Music Festival, Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artists' Orchestra, and Colorado College Summer Music Festival.

Anna Rokoczy (MM’04) studied at the Liszt Music College in her native Budapest, Hungary before coming to Peabody as a Fulbright Scholar. She won first prize at the Baltimore Music Club Competition, and was a recipient of the Clinton Lee Arrowood Memorial Prize for her outstanding academic achievement. She has participated in the National Orchestral Institute, the International Festival Institute at Round-Top, Texas and most recently, the Lucerne Festival Academy under the direction of Pierre Boulez.

Kristyn Son (BM 2006), received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Peabody conservatory and Master of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music. Her principal teachers include Myung-ja Moon, Mary Ellen Trefry, Anne Diener Zentner, Marina Piccinini, and, Marya Martin. She has won numerous competitions including the Seoul Flute Competition, The Journal of Music Competition, Ewha Competition, and Korea Flute Competition, the Concerto Competition for the Orange County Youth Symphony Orchestra as well as Landon Symphonette Concerto Competition . She won second place for the Mid-Atlantic Young Artist Flute Competition and was a winner of the Lilian Fuchs Chamber Competition in 2006. Kristyn has currently lives in Korea where she freelances as an active soloist and chamber musician and teaches privately.