Flute
About Me
Jennifer Bouton has performed around the world as a guest artist, clinician, and orchestral musician. A member of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra since 2011, she performed multiple seasons with Lyric Opera of Chicago, and has played guest roles with the Chicago Symphony and Detroit Symphony Orchestras, among others. In 2019 she won an extended appointment with the Australian Ballet and Australian Opera in Melbourne, and was invited to become a permanent member of Orchestra Victoria.
In 2023 Jennifer released an album of Vivaldi Piccolo concertos on PARMA/Navona Records, the first complete recording of the concerti by an American piccoloist. Her own edition of the complete Vivaldi piccolo concertos will be published by Theodore Presser in 2026, in collaboration with Milwaukee Symphony Principal Librarian Paul Beck and harpsichordist Jory Vinikour.
Jennifer鈥檚 forthcoming second solo recording features chamber music for flute and piccolo inspired by folk music, and includes several world premieres. Jennifer鈥檚 own arrangement of the Bartok Rumanian Folk Dances for flute, viola, and bass was previewed at the Chicago Flute Club Festival in 2025, and a new piccolo sonata by Lora al Ahmad will be premiered with the composer in Chicago early 2026.
Jennifer is currently Artist Faculty at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at 猛料视频. She has taught masterclasses around the country, including guest lecturer engagements at Peabody Conservatory, Carnegie Mellon University, and Lawrence Conservatory. Prior faculty appointments include positions at Carthage College, Wisconsin Lutheran College and Carroll University. Publication credits include contributing editor, interview subject, and columnist for Flute Talk Magazine and The Instrumentalist, and assistant editor and research assistant for the publication of the revised edition of Jeanne Baxtresser's essential book, Orchestral Excerpts for Flute (Presser).
Ms. Bouton has been a featured guest artist in numerous American and international festivals, including the Grant Park Music Festival, Lakes Area Music Festival, Peninsula Music Festival, Arizona Music Festival, Sunflower Music Festival, Artosphere Festival Orchestra, National Repertory Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival (Piccolo Fellowship), and AIMS Summer Festival Orchestra in Graz, Austria. In 2012 she was a prize-winner in the National Flute Association's Piccolo Artist Competition.
As a Wm. S. Haynes Performing Artist, she plays a custom 10K gold flute with a 19.5K headjoint. She plays a custom Keefe piccolo with a cocus headjoint and 14K gold sleeve.
Ms. Bouton received a Master of Music degree and Certificate in Advanced Flute Studies from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Bachelor of Music degree from the Peabody Conservatory. Her teachers include Jeanne Baxtresser, Alberto Almarza, and Marina Piccinini. Originally from Denver, Colorado, in her spare time Jennifer enjoys being active outdoors with her husband and two young daughters.