Dr. Keith Hanlon earned his DMA in flute performance from West Virginia University (2017), his MM from Virginia Commonwealth University (2005) and his BA from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1998). Dr. Hanlon has presented lectures, master classes, and performances throughout Europe and the United States and has held faculty positions at Virginia Commonwealth University, Frostburg State University, Fairmont State University, and Brightpoint Community College teaching courses in applied flute, music theory, and music history. He has presented at workshops such as the Mid-West Clinic, Minnesota Music Educators Conference, the National Flute Association, the Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention, and has premiered and participated in commissioning projects for multiple works for flute and piccolo.
Dr. Hanlon served in the United States Army and was the former piccolo and associate principal flute with the 33rd Army Band in Heidelberg, Germany. He was a founding member of the Maryland Winds and has recorded on the Klavier and Citadel labels with the Keystone Wind Ensemble. He served as the assistant principal flute with the Richmond Philharmonic, piccolo for the Commonwealth Winds, and flutist for the Virginia Wind Quintet. He has also performed with the Richmond Symphony, Mountainside Baroque (on traverso), University of Iowa Opera Orchestra, the Premier Chamber Orchestra, and the Allegany Symphony. He is currently principal flute with the Ottumwa Symphony and the Derecho Wind Quintet, flute and piccolo with the Keystone Wind Ensemble, and performs with the NFA LGBTQ+ and Iowa City Flute Choirs on contrabass flute.
Dr. Hanlon lives in Iowa City, IA where he works for Flute Authority as an Educational Consultant and Flute Repair Technician. He trained in piccolo repair with piccolo maker, Adam Pettry from Pettry Piccolos.
Dr. Hanlon co-founded The Flute Examiner, an online publication & newsletter about the flute & flute pedagogy. He performs on both modern and historical instruments and is a founding member of the io ensemble, which serves to highlight the flute through the performance of a wide variety of repertoire and the use of historical and modern instruments.
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