Orpheus Winds
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Orpheus Winds is the faculty woodwind quintet connected with Brigham Young University
(BYU).
Its members are currently the following:
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
(BYU).
Its members are currently the following:
- April Clayton, who holds a D.M.A. from Juilliard SchoolJuilliard SchoolThe Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
, was formerly Principal Flute of the with the New York Lyric Orchestra. She is also a graduate of the Cincinnati Conservatory of MusicCincinnati Conservatory of MusicThe Cincinnati Conservatory of Music was a conservatory, part of a girls' finishing school, founded in 1867 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It merged with the College of Music of Cincinnati in 1955, forming the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, which is now part of the University of Cincinnati.The...
at the University of CincinnatiUniversity of CincinnatiThe University of Cincinnati is a comprehensive public research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, and a part of the University System of Ohio....
and of Oberlin Conservatory. She currently is a professor of flute at BYU. - Geralyn Giovannetti, a Canadian native and graduate of the University of Western OntarioUniversity of Western OntarioThe University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and...
. She has a D.M.A. from the University of MichiganUniversity of MichiganThe University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
. She was previously a member of the Canadian ensemble Essex Winds. She is a professor of Oboe at BYU and Associate Director for Undergraduate Studies at the BYU School of Music. - Laurence Lowe is the Principal Horn of The Orchestra at Temple Square and also a former member of the Utah Symphony.
- Jaren Hinckley, who holds a Doctor of Music degree from Florida State UniversityFlorida State UniversityThe Florida State University is a space-grant and sea-grant public university located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is a comprehensive doctoral research university with medical programs and significant research activity as determined by the Carnegie Foundation...
where he studied with Frank Kowalsky. Hinckley has a masters degree in clarinet performance from the Jacobs School of MusicJacobs School of MusicThe Jacobs School of Music of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, is a music conservatory established in 1921. Until 2005, it was known as the Indiana University School of Music...
at Indiana UniversityIndiana UniversityIndiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
and a B.M. from the University of UtahUniversity of UtahThe University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest...
. - Christian Smith, a doctoral candidate at the University of MichiganUniversity of MichiganThe University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
and principal bassoonist with The Orchestra at Temple Square. He was previously on the faculty of Ricks College (now BYU-Idaho) where he founded the Ricks College Chamber Winds.