About
Praised for her “naturally…beautifully…renderings” flutist Leanne Hampton enjoys an exciting and versatile career as teacher, orchestral performer, and chamber musician (Courier Press). She joins the University of Louisville as Lecturer of Flute and member of the Louisville Winds wind quintet. Since 2017, she has served as Consortium Instructor of Flute at the University of Evansville. Leanne also serves as Principal Flute of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra and flutist of the Harlaxton Wind Quintet. Additionally, she performs as Principal Flute of the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra and teaches applied flute students at Kentucky Wesleyan College.
Leanne received a BA from the University of Central Arkansas, and MM and DMA from the University of Colorado. She has performed with the Colorado Symphony, Arkansas Symphony, Breckenridge Music Festival, Cheyenne Symphony, and Boulder Opera Company. Leanne has competed at the Mid-South Flute Society, Colorado Flute Society, Oklahoma Flute Society, MTNA, Plowman Chamber Music, and Bruce Ekstrand Graduate Competitions. She received additional training at the Aspen Music Festival and Texas Music Festival.
Leanne has been a featured soloist on Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 with the Evansville Philharmonic. As a faculty member at the University of Evansville, she has been a soloist with the Wind Ensemble and the UE Symphony Orchestra. Leanne performed on the 2017 live album of the Indigo Girls in Concert with the CU Orchestra. She has also collaborated with the composers and musicians of the Aspen Music Festival Contemporary Ensemble and the Colorado New Music Ensemble. She has premiered works at the Midwest American Composers Exchange and the National Flute Association Conference. She has given performances and presentations for the Indiana Music Educators Association Symposium, American Guild of Organists - Evansville Chapter, International Horn Society, the University of Madison-Wisconsin, and the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana.
Leanne’s principal teachers are Christina Jennings, Dr. Carolyn Brown, and Brook Ferguson. Other important influences include Nadine Asin and Leone Buyse. In her free time, she enjoys watching MasterChef and Jeopardy with her German Shepherd mix, Betty.