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Heidi Keener DMA Flute Recital 

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Heidi Keener is a doctoral candidate and Paul Collins Distinguished Fellowship recipient at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. During her time at the Mead Witter School of Music, Heidi has performed with the University Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, University Opera, Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Collegium Musicum, Flute Ensemble, and various chamber groups. Heidi holds flute performance degrees from Western Michigan University and Youngstown State University. Primary teachers include Conor Nelson, Timothy Hagen, Martha Councell-Vargas, Kathryn Thomas-Umble, and Heather Young-Mandujano. In addition to private teaching, Heidi is active as an instructor for the UW-Madison Community Music Lesson Program and works with the Madison Flute Club’s Adult Flute Choir and Chamber Ensemble. She has presented workshops and adjudicated events at Youngstown State University, Western Michigan University, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and the Wisconsin Flute Festival.

In the fall semester of 2018, she had the opportunity to teach members of the Western Michigan University flute studio during Martha Councell-Vargas’ sabbatical leave. Heidi recently won the piccolo position with the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony and has performed with regional orchestras and ensembles in South Dakota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania. She was the winner of the 2020 UW-Madison Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition, a quarterfinalist in the 2020 NFA Young Artist Competition, and has placed in the COFA Young Artist, SEMFA Ervin Monroe, NFA Piccolo Orchestral Audition, and WMU Concerto Competitions.