DEBORAH COBLE


Affiliate Artist

Performance
Wind and Percussion
Setnor School of Music

dccoble@syr.edu


Education:
M.M. University of Texas

Office: Crouse College Rm.213
Telephone: 315-443-2191

Biography:
Now in her 13th season as principal flute of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra (SSO), Deborah Coble began her tenure with the SSO as second/assistant first flute after joining the orchestra in 1975. She also performs with the SSO’s Wind Quintet. A native of Kingsport, Tennessee, she received her bachelor of music degree from Louisiana State University and her master of music degree from the University of Texas at Austin. In 1974, she received a fellowship to the renowned Tanglewood Music Center, summer home of the Boston Symphony, and won a C.D. Jackson prize. Her teachers have included Eugene Orner, Everett Timm, John Hicks, and Doriot Anthony Dwyer, retired principal flutist of the Boston Symphony. A former member of the Baton Rouge Symphony, she has also performed with the New York Philharmonic and Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, she has been a finalist for positions with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.  Ms. Coble has appeared as a soloist with the SSO on several occasions, performing the Lowell Liebermann Concerto, J.S. Bach Suite in b minor, and Carl Reinecke Concerto in D major, Op.283. In April 2006, she performed as soloist in Mozart’s Concerto for Flute in G Major with the SSO. Ms. Coble has been an affiliate artist of flute at Syracuse University’s Setnor School of Music since 1999, where in addition to her studio responsibilities, she directs the Flute Choir and performs as a recitalist.

Expertise:
  • Flute