CHERRY HILL, NEW JERSEY FLUTIST RONNA AYSCUE


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Ronna Ayscue was the Principal Flutist of the Haddonfield Symphony before joining the Bay-Atlantic Symphony. Ms.Ayscue was accepted at The Juilliard School of Music but chose to attend the Philadelphia Musical Academy. Her teachers include John Wummer and Julius Baker, both principal flutes with The New York Philharmonic; Murray Panitz, principal with The Philadelphia Orchestra; Ardelle Bowers, the first woman flutist at the Curtis Institute of Philadelphia; and Claire Polin, flutist and composer.

She has performed in master classes for the famous flutists Jean-Pierre Rampal and William Bennett. She studied Baroque performance practices with the renowned musical scholar and harpsichordist Igor Kipnis. In 1999 she and Mr. Kipnis, assisted by viola da gamba player Vivian Barton, performed in Philadelphia to a sold-out audience. Ms.Ayscue has performed twice with the Amerita Chamber Players, composed of top strings of the Philadelphia Orchestra. She was the solo flutist with the Musica Sacra Chamber Orchestra, performing Bach cantatas and oratorios. For many years she has given concerts with Philadelphia harpsichordist Elizabeth Boggs. In 2005, along with flutist Adeline Tomasone and pianist Davyd Booth, she presented a benefit concert to aid pets displaced by Hurricane Katrina. Mr. Booth, who is also a violinist with the Philadelphia Orchestra, has given many concerts with Ms. Ayscue as well.

Ronna was on the faculty of Rutgers University at Camden, New Jersey, and was past president and a founding member of The Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia. Her students have consistently taken top positions in statewide and regional competitions and have played in Broadway musicals and soloed with The Philadelphia Orchestra. Ronna performs on a Brannen-Cooper flute with a titanium headjoint by Jonathon Landell. She also plays the harpsichord and is learning the repertoire of the 17th and 18th century masters. Ms. Ayscue is the mother of Stephen Ayscue, the political analyst and TV commentator.