RANDY BOWMAN, Flute
Randy Bowman has been Principal flute of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra since 1990. Originally a California native, he received his musical training at the New England Conservatory in Boston. A Leonard Bernstein Fellowship enabled him to further his studies at the Tanglewood Music Center.
Prior to his appointment in Cincinnati, Mr. Bowman was the Principal flutist of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, the Boston Ballet Orchestra, the Handel & Haydn Society and Emmanuel Music, to name a few. For several seasons, he was a member of the famed Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
During his tenure in the CSO, he has performed as guest Principal flutist with the Boston Symphony, the Bavarian Radio Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony and the Pittsburgh Symphony. In addition, he can be heard each August in the Hudson River Valley area at the Bard Music Festival's popular Rediscovery Series. He has been Principal Flutist of the American Symphony Orchestra during its summer residency at the festival since 1990.
Mr. Bowman has held faculty positions at the New England Conservatory and the Boston Conservatory. He is currently on the faculty of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. He gives frequent master classes throughout the U.S. and Asia, and has recorded for the Telarc, Koch, Nonesuch, and Albany labels.
