BIO

Hailed for her "memorable" and "beautiful playing" (NY Classical Review and Opera News), flute and recorder extraordinaire Kelsey Burnham lives and loves to perform. Kelsey fell in love with early music as a student at Oberlin Conservatory where Michael Lynn first handed her a baroque flute in the winter of 2016. Kelsey quickly threw herself into historical performance by researching, studying, and playing flutes from the Renaissance to the Contemporary periods throughout her time at Oberlin. Since finishing her post-graduate studies at the Juilliard School, Kelsey has played all over the country performing early and new music alike. The Baltimore native also holds a teaching position at The Peabody Conservatory’s Tuned-In Program working with scholarship students of all ages. As an alumni of the program, Kelsey’s teaching philosophy focuses on instilling confidence in her students who sometimes come from difficult backgrounds such as herself. ​​

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Kelsey is a core member of Quodlibet Winds and has played with Juilliard415, the Smithsonian Academy Orchestra, Les Arts Florissants, Upper Valley Baroque, Aston Magna,  Handel & Haydn Society, University of Maryland Baroque Orchestra, Opera Lafayette, Ensemble Fantastique, Early Birds Baroque, Trinity Wall Street, NOVUS, Philharmonie Austin, Silentwoods Collective, Theotokos, Caelis Ensemble, Teatro Nuovo, Handel Choir of Baltimore, Amor Artists, and more.