Orchestral Experience
Michelle Pokley, Flutist 248-820-7825 | michelle.pokley@gmail.com
Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra, Principal/Second Flute/Piccolo, Arkansas, 2019 Manhattan School of Music Symphony, Principal/Second Flute/Piccolo, New York, 2017-2019 Bowling Green Philharmonia, Rotating Second Flute/Piccolo, Ohio, 2015-2017
Perrysburg Symphony, Substitute Piccolo, Ohio, 2016
Soloist with Orchestra
Bowling Green Philharmonia, Kobacker Hall, Ohio, 2017
Opera Orchestra
Manhattan School of Music Opera Theatre Orchestra, Principal Flute, New York, 2018-2019 Bowling Green Opera Orchestra, Rotating Principal Flute/Piccolo, Ohio, 2015-2017
Opera Maya Festival Orchestra, Principal Flute, Cancun, Mexico, 2016
Summer Festivals
Hot Springs Music Festival, Arkansas, 2021
Hot Springs Music Festival, Arkansas, 2019
Opera Maya Summer Opera Festival, 2016
Domain Forget, Saint-Irenee, Quebec, Canada 2015
Summer Flute Institute, Schwab School of Music, Columbus, Georgia, 2014
Notable Master Classes
Randy Bowman, Hot Springs Music Festival 2021 Jasmine Choi, Manhattan School of Music, 2019
Michael Parloff, Manhattan School of Music, 2018 William Bennet, Toledo University, Ohio, 2017
Linda Chesis, Bowling Green State University, 2016 Philippe Bernold, Domaine Forget, Quebec, Canada, 2015
Awards
1st Place, Maverick Flute Solo Competition, Arlington, TX, 2019
1st Place, Bowling Green State University Concerto Competition, Ohio, 2017 3rd Place at BGSU Douglas Wayland Chamber Music Competition, Ohio, 2016
Solo Recitals
Greenfield Recital Hall, New York, NY, 2019 Calvary Baptist Church, New York, NY, 2019
Conrad Room, Bowling Green, OH, 2017 Bowling Green State University, OH, 2016 Bryan Recital Hall, Bowling Green, OH, 2015
Education
Manhattan School of Music, Masters of Music in Classical Flute, New York, 2017-2019
Bowling Green State University, Bachelor of Music in Flute, Cum Laude, Bowling Green, OH, 2013-2017
Current Engagements
Private Studio, Dallas Texas, 2020-Present Free-lance Musician, Dallas, Texas, 2020-Present
Principal Teachers
Linda Chesis
Dr. Conor Nelson Joel Tse
Jeffery Zook
Conductors
Leonard Slatkin Kenneth Thompson Jorge Perodi
Peter Bay
Chamber Music Coaches
David Leisner Alan Kay Linda Chesis