Melinda's Flute Gallery

Melinda Wade-English plays principal flute with Opera Vivente, The Maryland Philharmonic Orchestra, and The Annapolis Chamber Opera Orchestra. She is currently on the adjunct Woodwind Faculty at Anne Arundel Community College, Salisbury University and Peabody Preparatory at Maryland Hall. She has also taught at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis.

 

She is a former member of the United States Army Field Band and was featured as flute soloist in this premier band on five of its major tours. These tours included performances in major concert halls In the United States, Korea, Japan, India and Germany. In 1989, she won the Western Maryland Flute Club competition.

Ms. Wade-English was also flutist with the Atlantic Winds Woodwind Quintet. This quintet twice won the Baltimore Chamber Music Competition. Ms. Wade-English is also flutist with the chamber groups Arundel Winds, The West River Trio and Serenata. Recently she has appeared as a soloist with both the Anne Arundel Community College Wind Ensemble and Orchestra, as well as a featured soloist with The Chesapeake Flute Symphony in Belgium and France.

 Several of her students have been chosen for the Maryland All-State Bands, the Chesapeake Youth Symphony Orchestras, the Maryland Youth Symphony and The Greater Baltimore Youth Orchestra of America. In 2005 one of her students was given the opportunity to solo with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra on their side by side concert.

 Ms. Wade-English received her Bachelor of Music from the University of North Texas and the degree of Master of Music from Catholic University of America. Her teachers have included Emily Skala, Tim Day, Mark Sparks, Toshiko Kohno, Carole Bean and Mary-Karen Clardy.