Dr. Leanne Hampton
Flute
Ralph Center for the Arts #15353
Education:
BA, University of Central Arkansas
MM, University of Colorado
DMA, University of Colorado
Areas of Instruction:
Applied Flute
Biography:
Flutist Dr. Leanne Hampton enjoys an exciting and versatile career as an orchestral performer, chamber musician, and teacher. She serves as Principal Flute of the Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, Consortium Instructor of Flute at the University of Evansville, and flutist of the Harlaxton Wind Quintet. In 2020, she was appointed Principal Flute of the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra.
A native of Little Rock, Arkansas, Leanne received a BA from the University of Central Arkansas and MM and DMA from the University of Colorado. She has performed with the Colorado Symphony, Breckenridge Music Festival, Cheyenne Symphony, and the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra. Leanne has competed and won prizes at the Mid-South Flute Society Young Artist, Colorado Flute Society, Oklahoma Flute Society, MTNA, Plowman Chamber Music, and Bruce Ekstrand Graduate Competitions. She received additional training at the Aspen Music Festival and Texas Music Festival.
Leanne has performed with an array of prominent and diverse artists from Gil Shaham and Stephen Hough to Leslie Odom Jr., Béla Fleck, and Weird Al Yankovic. She has been a featured soloist on Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 with the Evansville Philharmonic. Leanne appears on the 2017 live album of the Indigo Girls in Concert with the CU Orchestra. She has also performed with the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble and the Colorado New Music Ensemble, and at the Midwest American Composers Exchange, National Flute Association, and International Horn Society Conferences.
In addition to her university position, Leanne maintains a robust private flute studio. Her principal teachers are Christina Jennings, Dr. Carolyn Brown, and Brook Ferguson. Other important influences include Nadine Asin and Leone Buyse. In her free time, she enjoys running, watching Jeopardy and NBA basketball.