Flutist James DeVoll has appeared on concerts and recitals throughout the United States and Europe. Based in the Twin Cities, he maintains a busy freelance schedule performing in a variety of settings. In addition to playing principal flute with the Wayzata Symphony Orchestra, he has performed with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, the Minnesota Orchestra, the Duluth—Superior Symphony, South Dakota Symphony, the Chamber Music Society of Minnesota, the Oratorio Society of Minnesota, Music Saint Croix, and the Mill City Summer Opera. Additionally he enjoys working with composers and has been involved with the premieres of over 40 new works with groups in the Twin Cities including Strains New Music Ensemble, 113 Composers Collective, and the American Composers Forum. In Europe, he spent two summers working with composers at the Centre Acanthes festival for contemporary music in France. Other performances have included venues in England, Switzerland, Spain, Italy, Germany, and throughout France. He has also performed at the National Flute Association Conventions in New York City, Miami, Minneapolis, and in Kansas City, where he was a winner of the 2008 Convention Performers Competition.
As an educator, he teaches at Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota State University, and MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis. He has also previously been on the faculty of the University of Minnesota—Morris, Hamline University, and the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire. His students have won competitions, scholarships, and admission as music majors to universities and conservatories around the country. Locally, his students include members of the Minnesota Youth Symphony (MYS) and the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies (GTCYS), the Minnesota All-State Band and Orchestra, winners of concerto competitions, and summer music festival participants. He was recently a clinician for the Minnesota All-State Band, and has adjudicated several Solo and Ensemble Contests and competitions. Each summer he teaches at Floot Fire in Dallas, the International Music Camp, and a summer flute camp at MacPhail. Additionally, he has served as President of the Upper Midwest Flute Association (UMFA).
Originally from Dallas, TX, James holds a bachelor’s degree in music from the University of Cincinnati College—Conservatory of Music (CCM), a master’s degree and Artist Diploma from Yale, and a doctorate of music from the University of Minnesota. Additional studies were in France, where he obtained a diplôme from the Conservatoire Internationale d’Été, in Nice. His principal teachers include Julia Bogorad–Kogan, Ransom Wilson, and Bradley Garner, as well as major influences from Immanuel Davis, Sophie Cherrier, and Mario Caroli. Before moving to Minnesota, James was the Chair of the Music Department at the Idyllwild Arts Academy, a private boarding High School for the Arts in California. Outside of music, he enjoys philately and reading.
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As an educator, he teaches at Gustavus Adolphus College, Minnesota State University, and MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis. He has also previously been on the faculty of the University of Minnesota—Morris, Hamline University, and the University of Wisconsin—Eau Claire. His students have won competitions, scholarships, and admission as music majors to universities and conservatories around the country. Locally, his students include members of the Minnesota Youth Symphony (MYS) and the Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies (GTCYS), the Minnesota All-State Band and Orchestra, winners of concerto competitions, and summer music festival participants. He was recently a clinician for the Minnesota All-State Band, and has adjudicated several Solo and Ensemble Contests and competitions. Each summer he teaches at Floot Fire in Dallas, the International Music Camp, and a summer flute camp at MacPhail. Additionally, he has served as President of the Upper Midwest Flute Association (UMFA).
Originally from Dallas, TX, James holds a bachelor’s degree in music from the University of Cincinnati College—Conservatory of Music (CCM), a master’s degree and Artist Diploma from Yale, and a doctorate of music from the University of Minnesota. Additional studies were in France, where he obtained a diplôme from the Conservatoire Internationale d’Été, in Nice. His principal teachers include Julia Bogorad–Kogan, Ransom Wilson, and Bradley Garner, as well as major influences from Immanuel Davis, Sophie Cherrier, and Mario Caroli. Before moving to Minnesota, James was the Chair of the Music Department at the Idyllwild Arts Academy, a private boarding High School for the Arts in California. Outside of music, he enjoys philately and reading.
gustavus.edu/music
macphail.org