Jessica Quinones

Acclaimed for her beautiful tone and detailed musicianship, Ms. Quiñones' flute playing has taken her to live and play in many parts of the world. She has performed recitals and given flute classes in America, Scotland, England, Sweden, Japan and Cyprus.

International flutist Jessica Quiñones is a native of New Mexico and has been playing the flute for over eighteen years. Her early years were spent under the guidance of Jenny Paulson-Krueger studying in the warm desert sun of Las Cruces, New Mexico. Winning scholarships, she then earned a Bachelor of Music Degree in flute performance at the University of Denver's Lamont School of Music with Pamela Endsley in Colorado. In addition to her American training, she had flute tuition in London, England at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama studying with Ian Clarke and Katie Gainham. Ms. Quiñones later won the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama's most coveted music scholarship, where she earned her Master's degree in flute performance under the direction of Richard Blake in Glasgow, Scotland.

Ms. Quiñones won the Arizona Young Artist's Flute Competition in 1998 was a finalist in the Arapahoe Philharmonic Concerto Competition in 2002. In 2006, she was sponsored by Brannen Brothers flutemakers as a guest-artist which brought her to America to give a series of recitals and masterclasses.

Ms. Quiñones has recorded an album of the music of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies with Delphian records, released in 2005, which was aired on BBC classical radio that year in Britain. In 2008, her flute improvisations with vocalist Emi Jarvi is currently being used by Terlato wine vineyards of California in their recent promotional campaign in the USA.

As a promoter and believer of the importance of new works written for the flute, three compositions for solo flute have been written especially for Ms. Quiñones. She has premiered pieces by New York City-based composer Paul Pinto, and by British composers Joshua Kopacek and Tim New.

She has played principal piccolo with the Glasgow Chamber Orchestra, Assistant Principal Flute with the York Musical Society Orchestra, and Principal Flute with the Ryedale Opera Festival.

Ms. Quiñones is regarded as a highly reputable and innovative flute teacher. In 2002, she was named by the American Music Teacher National Association (MTNA) as one of the "Most Outstanding Studio Teachers under the age of 30". She is especially enjoys working with flute students who are hearing impaired or deaf as she passionately believes that music is truly ALL inclusive.

Ms. Quiñones currently resides and plays in York, England where she runs the Quiñones Flute Studio. She is also the flute instructor for York College, Ampleforth College, and the Mount School. Her hobbies include studying Expressionist art, yoga and baking desserts.