Beth Chandler Cahill, flute

Flutist Beth Chandler Cahill enjoys a performance career as soloist and chamber musician. Praised for her musical versatility and colorful sound, she has been featured at major venues, universities, and festivals throughout the U.S. and abroad. In demand as a pedagogue, she is the Professor of Flute at James Madison University and a recipient of both the JMU College of Visual and Performing Arts Distinguished Teacher and Distinguished Service Awards. Her former students perform, teach, and advocate all over the world. A native Texan, Dr. Cahill earned degrees from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, New England Conservatory, and Baylor University, and she was a Fulbright Scholar to the United Kingdom. She is a past president of the National Flute Association and can be heard on TIME PLACE SPIRIT (MSR Classics), an album of music for flute and piano with pianist Paulo Steinberg. She enjoys living in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley in Virginia with her husband and teenage twin sons. bethchandlercahill.com

Paulo Steinberg has performed as a soloist and as a collaborative pianist in Brazil, Canada, Iceland, and in the U.S. He holds a Doctor of Music degree from Indiana University. Dr. Steinberg often serves as an adjudicator in competitions, and offers master classes, lectures, workshops and performances in the U.S. and abroad. A sound recording in collaboration with clarinetist Dr. Janice Minor has been released by Summit Records recently. Full bio