About Annie Darlin Gordon
A versatile performer and music educator…
Annie Darlin Gordon is the Principal Flutist of the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra, Adjunct Flute Professor at Xavier University, long-time member of the Cincinnati-based woodwind quintet Wayside Winds, and Founder of Flute Club Cincinnati. She is Second Flute in the orchestra of Queen City Opera and performs regularly with a variety of ensembles around the Tri-State region of Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana.
Some of her career highlights have included performing with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Concert:Nova, concerts in China, Singapore, Brazil, Italy, and Israel, and performing with the orchestras for several touring celebrities.
Annie is on the music faculty at Camp Encore/Coda in Southwest Maine, a sleep-away music camp for school-aged students with a passion for music. At Encore/Coda Annie is the private flute instructor, a chamber music coach, theory instructor, flutist and piccoloist of the faculty chamber orchestra, and has been a conductor of the Symphonic Winds group.
Annie received her Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance degree from Oberlin Conversatory and received her Master of Music degree from Carnegie Mellon University. Her principal teachers were Alberto Almarza, Jeanne Baxtresser, Alexa Still, Michel Debost, and Kathleen Chastain.
When Annie is not performing or teaching music, she is the director of a non-profit DIY Home Repair and Maintenance program called Do It Yourself Darlin, which offers beginner-level DIY home repair workshops taught by local Cincinnati craftspeople.
You can follow along with Annie’s flute pursuits on Instagram: @flutist_flautist