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[ Paula Karrer ]
Paula Karrer has been playing the flute since she was 10 years old.
She made her solo debut at the age of 16, with members of the Hartford
Symphony Orchestra. She received her B.M. summa cum laude from the
Boston University School of Music. While in Boston, Paula was a member
of the wind trio Vista Winds, semi-finalists in the 1990 Fischoff
National Chamber Music Competition. At Boston University she was granted
the Boston University Woodwind Honor Award.
She received her M.M. from the University of Miami, where she won the
University of Miami Concerto Competition in 1991. In 1992, she was a
finalist for the Myrna Brown Young Artist Competition in Texas. Paula
held the post of Principal Flute in the Orquesta de San Luis, Argentina
in 1991 and has played in the many orchestras of the Aspen Music
Festival in the summers of 1992, 1993, and 1994.
Paula has played piccolo in the Tucson Symphony Orchestra since 1998.
She also enjoys the post of principal flute in the Arizona Opera, which
she has held since 1999. In 2004, she joined the ranks of the newly
formed Ballet Tucson Orchestra, also as principal flutist. Paula spends
her summers in Logan, Utah as principal flutist of the Utah Festival
Opera Company. In addition to her orchestral career, she enjoys her work
as a founding member of “The High Notes,” an innovative jazz flute
quartet formed in 2003.
Her solo performances include appearances with the Tucson Symphony
Orchestra, the Catalina Chamber Orchestra, the Orquesta de San Luis,
Argentina, and numerous recitals about the United States. She looks
forward to her upcoming concerto engagement in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Other
prior endeavors include her appearance on the Catalina Chamber
Orchestra’s first recorded compact disc where she was principal flutist,
and regular performance with guitarist Judson Armstrong as Duo Rosa
del’Oro. She currently has the unique opportunity to participate in
Tucson Unified School District’s nationally recognized program“Opening
Minds Through the Arts,” as part of a wind trio residency at a local
kindergarten.
Paula and her Dalmatian, Freckles, live in Tucson, in historic Armory
Park. When not playing her flute, she enjoys cooking, hiking, and riding
her motorcycle.
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