Margaret Cornils

A native of Sterling, Illinois, she began piano lessons at the age of 5 and flute at the age of 7. She received her Masters Degree from Northern Illinois University in Flute Performance and she was a Doctoral candidate at the University of Minnesota. Her teachers have included the late Geoffrey Gilbert, Tadeu Coelho, Immanuel Davis, the late Charles Delaney, Mary Louise Poor, Gale Coffee, the late Jacob Berg and Peter Middleton, William Bennett, James Galway, Julius Baker, Keith Underwood, Walfrid Kujala, Leone Buyse, Bonita Boyd, Wilbert Hazelzet, Wissam Boustany, and Jeanne Baxtresser. Margaret has been fortunate to have also performed with such greats as Garrison Keillor, Anne Murray, Isaac Stern and Mstislav Rostropovich and have performed all over the country including Orchestra Hall in Chicago, Illinois. She made her solo flute debut at Carnegie Hall April of 2008 and has been invited to perform again in 2010.She has judged flute contests for many years including the International Young Artist Competition for the National Flute Association and is currently a flute professor at University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Previously she has served as flute faculty at Hamline University, Concordia University, and College of St. Catherine, all in St. Paul, Minnesota and was a Visiting Artist in Residence at Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa as well as a substitute faculty member at the University of Iowa. Margaret Cornils is a published and recorded composer as well as a professional piano accompanist, and was featured on the PBS-IPTV Series Living in Iowa and on Wisconsin Public Radio Sunday Afternoon LIVE from the Chazen Museum. She published a flute CD entitled "The Voice Outside".

Website: www.margaretcornils.com
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