FORMER STUDENTS

This is a partial list of Jim Walker's former students. If you studied with Jim in the past and would like to be added to this list, contact Jim here!

LISA ARSENAUT (PSC - COLBURN) - Associate Principal Flute position in the National Symphony Orchestra in Washington, D.C. She was previously won positions in the Louisville Orchestra and The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.the

NIKOLA ATANASOV (MM - USC) Principal Flutist with the Beijing Philharmonic Orchestra in August 2005 - Present. He is one of those rare "do-it-all" musicians who is a gifted composer, ethnic flutist, and a specialist in extended flute techniques.

JOHANNA BORENSTEIN (PSC - COLBURN) Principal Flute - Modesto Symphony, Modesto, CA and active teacher/free lance flutist in Los Angeles.

SUZANNE BUREKLE (PC - USC) is an active freelance flutist and teacher in the LA area. Also a Yoga instructor, she has developed Floga, Yoga for flutists. She has also played piccolo with the Baton Rouge Symphony.

HEATHER CLARK (BM - USC) is one of LA's most sought after flutists and can be heard on over 100 motion picture soundtracks. She is also Principal Flute with the LA Opera, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra and the Long Beach Symphony, and was formerly principal flute with the Pacific Symphony.

VIVIANNA CUMPLIDO (MM - USC) is Principal Flutist with the Phoenix Symphony. Vivianna was previously Principal Flutist with the Tucson Symphony.

PHOENIX DELGADO (BM - USC) Director of Development for the USC Thornton School of Music. Music Director and Conductor or the New Valley Symphony Orchestra. He is also Principal Flute with the El Paso Opera.

ELIZABETH DETWEILER (MM - USC) Principal Flute in the Coast Guard Band since 2003-2015. She also plays with the Hartford Symphony and is guest soloist with the Band. She has now started an additional career in nursing.

ANN GALBRATH (USC) is currently working at Haynes Flutes in their testing department. She previously worked for Powell Flutes in their Sonare division and was also a member of the US Coast Guard Band.

MARTIN GLICKLICH (DMA - USC) Professor of Flute and Ensemble Conductor at La Sierra University, Riverside, CA.

TIM HAGEN (MM - USC, PSC - COLBURN) Flute Professor at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

ALEXANDER (SASHA) LIPAY (MM - USC) is Principal Flutist with the Tucson Symphony after completing a successful one-year position with that symphony. Sasha also was winner of the 2006 USC Concerto Competition and played flute with the 2005-06 YMF Debut Orchestra.

ADRIANNA LIS - USC 2005 - Principal Flute of The Auckland Chamber Symphony (New Zealand).

ROSE LOMBARDO - Colburn Conservatory 2011-- Principal Flute of the San Diego, CA Symphony.

MARTHA LONG - Colburn Conservatory 2009 - Principal Flute of the Oregon Symphony Orchestra - Portland, OR.

JULIE LONG (DMA - USC) plays 2nd flute with the Riverside Symphony. She performs regularily with the Los Angeles Opera Company and is a very active teacher in the LA area.

GREG MILLIREN (MM - USC) is Associate Principal Flutist with the Minnesota Orchestra.

DIANA MORGAN (GC - USC) Acting piccolo and 3rd flute with the San Diego Symphony for the 2017-2018 season. Diana has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, among others. She is the Executive director of Jim's BEYOND THE MASTERCLASS and heads up the "Young Performers" division. She is also the
Founder of the award-winning cross-over trio "THE UPSIDE".

JENNIFER OLSON (MM, DMA - USC) plays 2nd Flute / Piccolo with the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra and the Long Beach Symphony. Jenni is also Principal Flute with the Stockton Symphony. She has performed with most of the major orchestras in Southern California, including the the LA Philharmonic and the Pacific Symphony, and teaches at Pasadena Community College and Citrus College.

JULIANA OVERMEIR (MM - USC) is a member of the Tulsa Opera Orchestra and performs with the Tulsa Symphony. She served as principal flutist for the Light Opera of Oklahoma Orchestra in Tulsa for the 2001 and 2002 seasons. In 2004, she joined the faculty at East Central University in Ada, OK. Currently a member of the Cimarron Wind Quintet, she also serves as Community Outreach Chair on the board of the Oklahoma Flute Society, and is a frequent clinician and adjudicator.

BOLIN PAN (MM - USC) formerly of the Shainghai Symphony now has an enormously successful studio of flutists and pianists in Los Angeles. His students are constantly winning awards and getting into the best schools in the country.

JESSICA PIERCE (DMA - USC) AlmaNova, flutist Jessica Pierce and guitarist Almer Imamovic, is one of the most active ensembles of its kind. Their first two recordings, 'Debut' and 'Classic Giuliani', have received much critical acclaim. Jessica is an active teacher and performer in the LA area.

TANG SOON PING was named Principal Flutist of the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, effective October 1, 2005. Mr Tang was Jim's graduate assistant at Duquesne Uinversity in 1994 and became his Music Librarian and Computer Specialist from 1996 until his departure in 2004.

ELIZABETH ROWE (BM - USC) is Principal Flutist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, having previously played Assitant Principal Flute with the National Symphony and the Baltimore Symphony, and Principal Flute with the Fort Wayne Symphony.

KELLY SULICK (MM - USC)
Kelly Sulick currently teaches at the University of Virginia and serves as Principal Flute in the Charlottesville and University Symphony Orchestra. Previously she was Principal Flute with the Evansville Philharmonic and Flute Professor at the University of Evansville. She was Principal Flutist with the YMF Debut Orchestra for three seasons.

AMY TATUM (MM - USC) is an active freelance flutist/performer and teacher in the LA area and Southern California.

MARK TEPLITSKY (BM - COLBURN) - Principal Flute of the San Antonio Symphony.

SAUL WASKOW - is Principal Piccolo with the Orchestra de la Philharmonica de Mexico.

KELLY WATSON (BM - USC) - She has released two albums as a bandleader, "from the shelf" (2006) and "dear and bare" (2009) on Phonector Indie record label. She now lives in Berlin, Germany, where she freelances, performs in creative music venues with her new ensemble and leads a large Suzuki Flute studio at a German-American public school.