East of the Sun and West of the Moon: Old Music from the North | Eva Skanse, flute | Graduating Student Recital

Eva Skanse is the former principal flute of the Queen City Chamber Orchestra, a founding member of the Cincinnati Camerata Baroque, and a member of Seven Hills Baroque Orchestra.

Eva has been named a finalist in competitions held by the Mid-Atlantic Flute Society, the Kentucky Flute Society, the Central Ohio Flute Association, the South Carolina Flute Society, the Florida Flute Association, the Mid-South Flute Society, and the National Flute Association. She is the winner of the International Flute Symposium Young Artist competition, the David L. Pierson Concerto Competition, the Hamilton Stands Scholarship, and the Hawkins Family Foundation Scholarship.

Eva is equally devoted to the baroque traverso and modern flute. She has been a featured soloist at the American Bach Festival performing a Vivaldi Concerto for Two Flutes at the San Francisco Conservatory Civic Center. She was a featured soloist with the Queen City Chamber Orchestra and performed Telemann’s Concerto for Flute and Recorder as well as Bach’s Orchestral Suite 2 on period instruments.

Eva received her Bachelor of Music degree from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music studying with Randy Bowman, Heather Verbeck, and Demarre McGill. She is a dual masters candidate, Elise Coolidge scholar, and graduate fellow at the Longy School of Music studying with Sergio Pallottelli and Na’ama Lion. In addition, she has studied at the Interlochen School of the Arts Institute, the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute, the American Bach Soloists Academy and the Flauti al Castello in Italy. Other principal teachers include Lindsay Leach-Sparks, Morrigan O’Brien-Kane, and Michael Lynn.