Phoebe Robertson, flute
Hailed as “exquisite” by the WASBE Journal, Canadian flutist Phoebe Robertson is Assistant Professor of Music at Arkansas Tech University. Her solo and orchestral performances have brought her to such venues as Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw and Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie as well as halls from coast to coast in North America. She has performed as soloist with ensembles including the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic, and Symphony New Brunswick. Recipient of the Grand Prize of the National Arts Centre Orchestra Bursary Competition, she has since performed in competitions and festivals across North America and Europe, earning the Harry G. Archer Award, the title of Major Artist of the Pittsburgh Concert Society, third place in the Flute Society of Washington Young Artist Competition, and first place in the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic Soloist Competition and the Silberman Chamber Music Competition. In 2023, her recording of David Maslanka’s Song Book for Flute and Wind Ensemble with Daniel A. Belongia and the Arkansas Tech University Symphonic Wind Ensemble was released on the Tonsehen label. Raised in Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada, Phoebe earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts at the Manhattan School of Music in New York, studying flute with Linda Chesis and Robert Langevin. She holds a Master of Music degree from Carnegie Mellon University, where she studied with Lorna McGhee, and a Bachelor of Music degree from her studies with Camille Churchfield at the University of Ottawa. Her studies and professional activities have been generously supported by such organizations as the Sylva Gelber Music Foundation, the O’Brien Foundation, and the Friends of the National Arts Centre Orchestra. www.phoeberobertsonflute.com.
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