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Barbara Hopkins enjoys a
varied career as teacher and performer. She has been Assistant Principal
Flutist with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra since 1993, where she has appeared
as sol Dr. Hopkins is the flute teacher at the University of Connecticut, and taught community division students at The Hartt School for ten years. It was while teaching at the Hartt School that she conceived the idea for her first CD, Short Concert Pieces for Flute and Piano, when she realized that her students needed to hear the repertoire that she was teaching, and that much of it had never been recorded. A new interest for Barbara is early American instruments and music. She has recently acquired two flutes by Asa Hopkins, and had them restored to playing condition. Asa Hopkins was one of the most respected early American flute makers, and lived in Litchfield, Connecticut. She will be playing them in recital on Sunday, September 16. See the "performances" page for details! Dr. Hopkins received much of her education in New York. She received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the State University of New York at Stony Brook under Samuel Baron and her Master of Music from the Mannes College of Music under Thomas Nyfenger. She earned her Bachelor of Music at the Hartt School with John Wion.
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Copyright 2003-2008. All rights reserved. Barbara
Hopkins, Flutist This site last modified on 9/03/08
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