Kelly Hill-Kretzer, flute

Kelly Hill-Kretzer hillkretzer@yahoo.com is the flute instructor at Adrian College and also teaches Music of Non-Western Civilizations.  She has previously instructed classes through the Musicology, Composition, and Theory department at Bowling Green State University, at Adrian College, and presently at The University of Findlay.  Kelly is a member of the Adrian Symphony and frequently performs with the Lima Symphony.  She continues to give numerous recitals with the flute-clarinet-piano trio Mirepoix, including an August 2004 performance on WGTE’s Live on FM 91. In 1994 she performed at the National Flute Association Convention and currently plays in chamber settings in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan.  A seasoned clinician, she received performance degrees from Illinois State University and a M.M. from Bowling Green State University. Her teachers include Randall Hester, Judith Bentley, Walfrid Kujala, and Max Schoenfeld.  In her spare time she enjoys reading, decorating, gardening and listening to jazz.