Over the last twenty- five years, George Pope has forged an international reputation as a fine performing artist and teacher, particularly through his masterclasses. A graduate of Northwestern University and the University of Tulsa; his former studies were with such wonderful teachers as: Marion McNally, former Cleveland Orchestra Principal - Maurice Sharp, Walfrid Kujala of the Chicago Symphony, and former Pittsburg Symphony flutist - Bernard Goldberg; with additional studies with renowned teachers and performers - William Bennett and Geoffrey Gilbert.

Presently George Pope is Professor of Flute at the University of Akron
and teaches at the Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory in Ohio. He recently
finished his long-standing association with the Akron Symphony Orchestra as its Principal Flute 1978-2002. He is the founding member of the SOLARIS Wind Quintet, which has released 2 CDS "American Quintets" and "American Quintets II" on Capstone Records. He has also performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, the Tulsa Philharmonic, the New Mexico Symphony, the Cleveland Philharmonic, the Canton Symphony, the Toledo Symphony, and the Brevard Music Festival Orchestra. His solo and chamber performances throughout the United States, Europe, Brazil, and broadcasts on NPR(National Public Radio) have received unanimous acclaim.

Currently he is Immediate Past President of the National Flute Association as well as Chair of the Commercial Membership Committee of the National Flute Association. In the past, he has been very involved with NFA as an active member on the NFA Board of Directors, and has been a prominent presence as a performer, master class teacher, concert coordinator, competition judge, panelist and recently served as Program Chair for the 2000 NFA Convention in Columbus, Ohio. He has done arduous work to establish high standards applicable to the support and musical education of flutists. Because of his high caliber of playing as a featured guest artist, as well as a teacher and performer throughout the United States with various flute clubs; he has firmly established himself as a successful and inspiring teacher.

In the summertime, George Pope hosts and coordinates the SUMMER FLUTE EXPERIENCE. This is a week long event listing many flute related activities that include repertoire classes, techinique classes, flute choirs, recitals, improvisational coaching, orchestral excerpt coaching as well as Klezmer flute this year! Flute pedagogy is also discussed to offer inspiration to teachers. Informal as well as formal concerts are scheduled for a complete flute experience! Please contact George Pope and the Northeastern Ohio Flute Association for more details. The deadline to apply is May 12, 2003. Please call 330-972-6575 for more details or email George directly at gspope@uakron.edu.

"He is a flutist who performs at the highest level musically, with a great technical command of the instrument and a very beautiful, rich sound. George's great love of music and the study of music is easy to perceive and is greeted by his students with great enthusiasm." - Jeanne Baxtresser

Please email George at gspope@uakron.edu for further information concerning, concerts and masterclasses.