Patti
Watters -
Instrumental Music Department Chair
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| Patti Watters, a native Texan, is Instrumental Music Department Chair at the Governor's School for the Arts where she has taught music theory and flute since the school's inception. She founded the GSA Flute Choir in 1989 and served as Director of the Hampton Roads Flute Choir from 1997-2002. She is Adjunct Faculty at Old Dominion University and previously taught at Norfolk Academy and Hampton University. Serving as Coordinator of the Hampton Roads Flute Faire since 2000, Mrs. Watters has brought international flutists to the Hampton Roads area for a day of masterclasses and recitals each February. Mrs. Watters has performed with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, Todi Fest, The Virginia Chorale, Todd Rosenlieb Dance, the Virginia Ballet Theater, and the Virginia Wind Symphony. She was Principal Flute with the Tidewater Winds for 20 years and Principal Flute with the San Jose Symphony for ten years, and Second Flute/Piccolo with the Washington, D.C. Opera Orchestra and the Virginia Beach Pops. In the summer of 2006, Mrs. Watters received a SURDNA Arts Teachers Fellowship to study in Monterchi, Italy, with international flutist,Ransom Wilson. She was a performer and clinician for the National Flute Association Convention in Washington, D.C. in 2002. She has recorded for the Smithsonian Institution and performed with orchestras at the Kennedy Center and Wolf Trap. She received her Bachelors and Masters with high honors in flute performance from the University of Texas at Austin. Her principal teachers are John Hicks, Paul Renzi, and summer studies with Julius Baker. |
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