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Esther Waite

Esther Waite

Department of Instrumental Studies
Division of Music
School of Fine Arts and Communication

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Education

  • DMA, Music, Louisiana State University
  • MMus, Flute, North Carolina School of the Arts
  • BS, Music Education, Bob Jones University

Courses

  • Flute Methods (ME 214)
  • Orchestral Repertoire (Mu 301)
  • Private Flute Instruction for the Non-Major (Fl 291)
  • Private Instruction for the Flute Major/Principal (Fl 493)
  • Recital Attendance (Mu 099)
  • Woodwind Ensemble (Ens 121)

About

Esther Waite is the woodwind program director and a professor in the Division of Music’s Department of Instrumental Studies at Bob Jones University.

Dr. Waite is principal flutist of the Hendersonville (NC) Symphony Orchestra. Solo performances have taken her to Panama, Romania, and NYC’s Carnegie Hall. She has coached chamber music and given workshops on extended techniques at several summer music programs, including Musica Piccola (Winston-Salem, NC), LSU Honors Chamber Winds Camp (Baton Rouge, LA), and Inspiration and Praise Flute Masterclass (Greenville, SC). She holds membership in the National Flute Association, previously served as president of the South Carolina Flute Society, and currently serves on the board of SC Bach.

Esther Waite holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Flute Performance from Louisiana State University, where she served for three years as a doctoral teaching assistant in the flute studio. Esther’s interest in Russian composers led to her doctoral dissertation topic of the 1960 flute sonata by the Soviet composer Edison Denisov. She also holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Music Education from Bob Jones University and a Master of Music degree in Flute Performance from University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Her primary teachers were Katherine Kemler, Tadeu Coelho, and Amanda Barrett.