Deborah Booth  
flute / recorder  
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Deborah Booth plays Renaissance, Baroque, and modern flutes and recorders.  Her training in flute performance was taken at Cincinnati Conservatory, the University of Kentucky, the Mannes School of Music - Historical Performance Program, and she has studied with Marion Verbruggen, Sandra Miller, Thomas Nyfenger, and other noted teachers in Amsterdam and New York.  Ms. Booth played in several orchestras, including the Louisville Orchestra and the North Carolina Symphony.  Performances include the Handel & Haydn Society, the Orchestra of St. Lukes, recorder soloist with the Ciompi Quartet, Gotham City Baroque Orchestra, Bach Vespers Period Ensemble, The Long Island Baroque Ensemble, The Ivory Consort, Christmas Revels, The Big Apple Baroque  Band, Boston Early Music Festival, and Ensemble BREVE.  The Times reviewed her performances as "technically precise and musically expressive."  Recent recordings include a CD as flute and recorder soloist with the American Boy Choir ("American Songfest"), as well as soundtrack for the television show Blues Clues on recorder and krummhorns.  Ms. Booth teaches at Greenwich Academy, directs the Princeton Recorder Academy, and has taught an played each summer at the Amherst Early Music Festival and numerous other summer festivals such as Pinewoods Early Music Week.  In September of 2003 the Recorder Orchestra of New York (RONY) appointed Ms. Booth as their conductor.

  

 
 
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