Lea Pearson

Lea Pearson, flutist, holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts in flute from The Ohio State University, and was a 1998 Fulbright Scholar at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. With an M.A. degrees from Stanford University, Lea has taught flute at several colleges and has performed with numerous professional and semi-professional orchestras.

Her book, Body Mapping for Flutists: What Every Flute Teacher Needs to Know about the Body has been praised by teachers and students alike, and has been translated into Chinese and Japanese.

Lea teaches regular Body Mapping courses at Wildacres in North Carolina, at the SummerFlute Master Class with Amy Likar in California; this year she will be appearing at Emily Beynon’s Netherlands Flute Academy. She is a frequent presenter at flute festivals and music education conferences, and has a passion for developing new Body Mapping materials to make information accessible to many audiences.

Teachers

Lea Pearson
Flutist
Doctor of Musical Arts

Natalija Jović
Flutist (Faculty of Music Belgrade), and Professor of Alexander technique (Budapest, Magyari Beck Anna)

Liisa Ruoho
Flutist, Flute Professor, Director of the Wind Department, and Vice-Director of the Orchestral Instruments Department At the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland, Certified Andover Educator

Gergely Bíró
He is section leader of the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra since 2000.