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Linda Chesis serves as Chair of the Woodwind Department at Manhattan School of Music, a position she has held since 1988 after joining the flute and chamber music faculties in 1986. Recognized by The New York Times as "a marvelous artist, whose sophisticated technical resources and lively, informed musicality vitalize everything she plays", she is a Haynes Flutes Artist and leading figure in flute performance education.
Her educational background includes an art history degree from Yale University and advanced flute studies with Jean-Pierre Rampal at the Paris Conservatory. Early career milestones featured solo performances reviewed by The New York Times and founding the Cooperstown Summer Festival, which recently completed its twenty-third season with poster designs by Milton Glaser.
Chesis focuses on flute performance, chamber music, and innovative pedagogy including the "Beyond the Excerpts" course for orchestral repertoire mastery. Her teaching philosophy emphasizes identifying individual student strengths to cultivate musical identity and career paths, viewing music as "an unspoken form of communication, directed from the heart, through the instrument, and to the listener".
Her major honors include:
- President’s Medal for Distinguished Teaching (2012)
- Top prizes at Paris, Barcelona, and National Flute Association competitions
- National Endowment for the Arts Solo Recitalist’s Fellowship
As an educator, Chesis mentors students through personalized development and curriculum innovation. She co-founded the Cooperstown Summer Festival to expand flute repertoire through interdisciplinary collaborations, while her "Beyond the Excerpts" initiative provides comprehensive orchestral audition preparation. Her leadership shapes woodwind education across international performance venues in the US, Europe, and Asia.
