Leone Buyse is the Mullen Professor of Flute at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. Previously the principal flutist of the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops and a member of the San Francisco Symphony and the Rochester Philharmonic, she has appeared as soloist with these orchestras and at some of North America’s finest music festivals. She has performed with the Boston Symphony Chamber Players throughout Europe and Japan, with the Tokyo, Juilliard, Brentano, and Muir String Quartets, and in recital with Jessye Norman and Yo-Yo Ma. Renowned as a recording artist and educator, Ms. Buyse has taught at the New England Conservatory, Boston University, and the University of Michigan, and has presented master classes and recitals across North and South America, Europe, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. Her former students hold positions in many major orchestras worldwide and at major North American universities. Honored in 2010 with the National Flute Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding contributions to the global flute community, she has served as a YOA faculty member since 2005.