California native Dr. Elizabeth Marshall is second flutist of the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra and the Madison Symphony. A former member of the Ann Arbor Symphony and the Utah Festival Opera Orchestra, she has also performed with the Oakland Symphony, Fresno Philharmonic, Milwaukee Ballet, Florida Grand Opera, New World Symphony, Chicago Civic Orchestra, Toledo Symphony, Carmel Bach Festival Orchestra, and with the National Tours of Phantom of the Opera, Sound of Music, and Harry Potter Live. Liz can be heard on recordings by Sound-Space Audio Lab, Equlibrium, Centaur Records, and Albany Records. Liz is a previous winner of the National Flute Association (NFA) Young Artist Competition, NFA Masterclass Performer competition, Irving Shain Woodwind-Piano Duo Competition, and the SFCM Concerto Competition.
Dr. Liz is is a regular substitute at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music Pre-College, and has taught a wide variety of courses at Madison College and Edgewood College. She served as Adjunct Professor of Flute at UW-Platteville, Beloit College, Edgewood College, Ripon College and Olivet Nazarene University. Her most influential teachers have been Tim Day, Leone Buyse, Julie McKenzie, and Keith Underwood. She received her BM from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, an MM from the University of Michigan, and completed her doctoral studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Liz is a proud citizen of Oakland, CA. When not fluting, Liz is probably meditating, doing yoga, or hiking and exploring with pups Buddy and Mr. T.
Professional Affiliations: AFM Local 6 and Local 166, ROPA, TMA, NFA.
