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Lisa Book, a free-lance flutist in the DFW area, performs regularly as Principal Flutist with the Texas Chamber Music Project and the Northeast Orchestra where she also serves as Assistant Conductor and as Competition Coordinator for the Young Artists' Competition. Other performance ensembles include the Azura Winds Woodwind Quintet, TXCMP Woodwind Quintet, and the Brazos Breeze Flute Choir. Presented often as a featured soloist with the Northeast Orchestra, she most recently presented the US Premiere of Tauno Marttinen's "Concerto Espagnol" in February of 2012. Past positions include the Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra and the Chamber Orchestra of Iowa where she was also a featured flute soloist. 

Lisa has been a member of the National Flute Association's Professional Flute Choir for 13 years; a position won each year by taped audition, and was featured in 2007 as the alto flute soloist on the premier of Katherine Hoover’s “Concertante Dragon Court”. She has been a featured guest artist at the Iowa Flute Festival and as a Flute Choir Specialist at the Texas Flute Festival. She has also won the opportunity to perform in masterclasses for Geoffrey Gilbert, William Bennett, Christopher Kruger and, most recently, with Jill Felber.

An enthusiastic teacher, Lisa maintains a private studio in Fort Worth and teaches for the Eagle Mountain-º£½ÇÖ±²¥ and Grandview ISD’s.

Professional affiliations include the DFW Professional Musicians Association (Local 72-147), the National Flute Association, the Texas Flute Society, and the Texas Music Educators Association. Lisa holds a Flute Performance Degree from the University of North Texas. Influential instructors include Dr. George Morey, Judith Mendenhall, Dr. Mary Karen Clardy, and Jan Crisanti.  

Lisa Book, flutebook@gmail.com, 817 715-5978 cell    

John Stevens

johnjstevens57@gmail.com

(571)277-8347

John Stevens is a professional woodwinds specialist and music educator.  His primary instruments include classical saxophone, jazz saxophone, clarinet, and his secondary instruments are flute, bassoon, and oboe. 

Mr. Stevens began his professional music career on the east coast of the U.S. performing with The United States Army Band Pershing’s Own in Washington D.C.  While in D.C., he performed for four U.S. presidents, numerous international heads of state, and for a multitude of events at venues such as The Kennedy Center for The Performing Arts, the Lincoln Center, and the White House. 

In addition to playing with The U. S. Army Band, Mr. Stevens performed with over 100 professional orchestras, bands and small ensembles and 9 long-running music theatre productions.  He has recorded more than 50 music projects ranging from classical to commercial music recordings to movie soundtracks.

In 2006, Mr. Stevens moved from Washington D.C. to Texas and quickly began performing as a professional musician and educator in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

He has been teaching private music lessons and master classes in North Texas since 2006. He serves as an instrumental adjudicator for band, and solo competitions, and has also directed numerous community music groups and ensembles.    

Many of Mr. Stevens’ Middle School and High School students routinely earn top spots in their schools’ top bands and All Region Bands with many of his high school students qualifying for both All Area and All State Bands. Many of his students pursue music degrees in college with over 90% being accepted into their top choice school, with many of those receiving scholarships.

In 2013, Mr. Stevens began doctoral studies at the University of North Texas.   

He pursued a Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance Degree Program with a Concentration in Multiple Woodwinds (Five Instruments). His secondary field of study was Music Theory Education.  While at UNT Mr. Stevens was a Graduate Teaching Fellow teaching Saxophone Performance and Woodwinds Methods courses to Music Education Majors.

Prior to his studies at UNT, Mr. Stevens completed the coursework (ABD) for a PhD, earned three masters degrees, and earned a Bachelors of Music Education degree with a Teaching Certification for Music Education Grades K-12.

For fun, Mr. Stevens can be found touring nationally with the Billy Joel Tribute Show “My Life” and taking fun day trips with his family.