Nadine Asin, flute, maintains a varied and busy career since leaving her full-time position with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra after a twenty-year tenure. She currently serves as principal flutist of the Florida Grand Opera and the Palm Beach Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Asin performs with the new All-Star Orchestra, whose series recently aired on PBS, and this season performed with the Seattle Chamber Music Society and Miami Music Festival. She serves on the faculty of the Bard College Conservatory of Music, and as adjunct faculty at The Juilliard School. She has recently given master classes to fellows of the New World Symphony, fellows of the newly established TON Orchestra, and at Rice University and Lynn Conservatory. Ms. Asin has performed with the New York Philharmonic, Great Performers Series of Lincoln Center, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Da Camera Society of Houston, and NPR’s Performance Today. She commissioned, performed and recorded the world premiere of Augusta Read Thomas’s flute concerto, Enchanted Orbits, and David Schiff’s After Hours for flute and piano, and recorded Aaron Avshalomov’s Flute Concerto on the Naxos label. Ms. Asin is an AMFS alumna and longtime member of the artist-faculty at the Aspen Music Festival and School.