Jonathan Baumgarten
Musician in Residence
Department of Performing Arts
Additional Positions at AU
Musician-In-Residence
Bio
Jonathan Baumgarten is a flute instructor in the applied music program. He holds a MM from Juilliard where he was a scholarship student of Samuel Baron. He studied with Thomas Nyfenger on a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and in Paris with Michel Debost. Mr. Baumgarten has been principal flutist of the Mexico City Philharmonic, and has made recordings for NPR and the Discovery Channel. He performs with the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra and other ensembles in the Washington DC area. He spends summers performing with the Bear Valley Music Festival in the High Sierra of California.
