Lecturer

Contact:
afarrin1@naz.edu
585-389-2700

Departmental Responsibilities:
Applied flute

Education:
Florida State University, MM
Arkansas State University, BME

Biography:
Annette B. Farrington has been teaching flute and performing in the Rochester area since 2000. A native of West Memphis, Arkansas, she received her Bachelor of Music Education from Arkansas State University (cum laude) where she graduated with departmental honors, and a Master of Music in Flute Performance from Florida State University. Her principal teachers include Charles Delaney and Ann Marie Johnson, and she has also studied with Mary Louis Poor, and Dr. Marc Sackman. Annette is an enthusiastic supporter of the Rochester Flute Association having served as President, Newsletter Editor, Corporate Membership Director, and on the faculty of the RFA/Hochstein Flute Camp. In addition to teaching at Nazareth College, she has a private studio in Brighton, and has also taught at the Music & Arts Center in Pittsford. In 2006, Annette was a performer and a workshop presenter at the National Flute Association convention in Washington, D.C. She is also a member of the Fairport Musicale and Morning Musicale, local philanthropic music societies. She performs regularly with the Perinton Concert Band, the Flower City Society Orchestra, and Sinfonietta Cordancia. She has participated in the pit orchestras for Pittsford Musicals and the Penfield Theatre Guild. Before moving to Rochester, she was principal flutist of the Hamden (CT) Symphony Orchestra, the Northeast Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, and the Memphis Youth Symphony.

Personal website: https://abfflute.musicteachershelper.com/home