Dr. Kathryn Thomas Umble
Assistant Professor of Flute

Kathryn Thomas Umble is assistant professor of flute at Youngstown State University and has served on the faculties of Bowling Green State University and Grove City College.  Dr. Umble holds degrees from the University of Michigan, Bowling Green State University, and Michigan State University and was awarded the Prix d’excellence for Outstanding Musicianship from the Fontainebleau School of Music, France, which she attended on full scholarship.

Umble is principal flute with the Warren Philharmonic Orchestra and piccolo with the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra and has performed principal flute with the Toledo Symphony Orchestra and the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra.  She has presented recitals in Europe and throughout the United States, including venues such as Alice Tully Hall and Symphony Space, New York.  Umble performed for the Milhaud Society at the Cleveland Institute of Music with members of the Cleveland Orchestra, the Bowling Green State University Concert Series, and on recital series at the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art.  She performed in recital at the 2006 National Flute Association Convention in Pittsburgh.  Dr. Umble has also served as a National Flute Association competition judge and flute pedagogy panel member.  She conducted the Dana Flute Ensemble in a full concert performance at the 2005 OMEA Conference and the 2006 National Flute Association Convention. 

Other Dana flute pages include:
Audition Information
Flute Studio Syllabus
Flute Festival