A dynamic performer and versatile musician, flutist Linda White excels in an array of musical styles and plays the entire spectrum of flutes from the piccolo to the contrabass flute.

Linda is an avid chamber musician and champion of contemporary music. She regularly collaborates with the composers of The Cleveland Composers Guild and performs on the annual Local 4 Musician’s Union She Scores series.

Linda regularly performs with classical guitarist Robert Gruca as part of the Gruca White Ensemble. The duo stretches the boundaries of the standard classical concert with their improvisations and unique musical arrangements. In 2020, the Gruca White Ensemble released their debut recording A Different Take through PARMA Recordings Big Round label. Linda also enjoys performing with the flute quartet Idle Twittering along with fellow flutists Jane Berkner, Kyra Kester and George Pope.

Linda is a founding member of the Blue Water Chamber Orchestra, and has also performed with the Cleveland Pops, Cleveland Ballet, Cleveland Opera Orchestra, Erie Philharmonic, Akron Symphony, and Canton Symphony.

Linda teaches at The Music Settlement where she teaches individual lessons, co-directs three flute ensembles and coordinates a program for adult amateurs to gather and play chamber music. She has been a guest clinician for the Interlochen Adult Flute Ensemble since 2020.

Education

MM, Cleveland Institute of Music
BA, University of Wyoming Close

Brandy Hudelson is a dedicated educator and accomplished artist, an internationally renowned flutist, chamber musician, and composer. As a classical flutist, Brandy has performed on the stages of esteemed orchestras such as the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, CityMusic Cleveland, the New York Gilbert and Sullivan Players, and many others.

She also performs throughout the U.S. with her pioneering wind trio The Aurea Silva Trio. The trio has commissioned and premiered several new works, including award winning composer Patrick Harlin’s Dead Reckoner and Michael Schachter’s Trio for Flute, Bassoon, and Piano.

Brandy has a wide range of teaching experience, having served on the faculties of Oakland University and Interlochen Arts Camp, leading workshops and flute festivals, and teaching students of all ages. She enjoys working with students on their own unique paths and helping them enjoy playing the flute to the fullest. She is equally at home teaching beginner and intermediate students, adult amateurs, university-level students, professionals, and working on college audition preparation.

Brandy is also widely known as a beatbox flutist and composer. Her popular works are performed all over the world and have earned the distinction of First Prize in the National Flute Association Newly Composed Music Competition Solo Flute and Chamber Music categories.

Brandy holds a B.M. in performance from Michigan State University, a Master of Music degree from the University of Michigan, and a Certificate in Advanced Flute Studies from Carnegie Mellon University where she studied with Jeanne Baxtresser.

When Brandy is not performing and teaching, she spends time with her husband and daughter, and enjoys gardening, foraging, making fermented foods, and cooking.

Education

Certificate, Advanced Flute Studies, Carnegie Mellon University
M.M. University of Michigan
B.M., Michigan State University Close