James DeVoll, flute, has appeared on concerts and recitals throughout the United States and Europe. He is principal flute of the Duluth Superior Symphony and has performed with groups throughout the area, including the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra and the Minnesota Orchestra. He enjoys working with composers and has participated with dozens of composers in the premieres of over 50 works. In addition to teaching at MacPhail, James is on the faculty of Gustavus Adolphus College and Minnesota State University—Mankato. He has been a clinician and judge for the Minnesota All-State Bands and has served as President of the Upper Midwest Flute Association. He studied at the University of Minnesota, Yale, and the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). Additional studies were in France, where he obtained a diplôme from the Conservatoire Internationale d’Eté in Nice, and spent two summers at the Centre Acanthes festival for contemporary music.
