Lorna McGhee

Scottish-born Lorna McGhee has performed as guest principal with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including the Chicago Symphony, London Symphony, London Philharmonic, Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields, Minnesota Orchestra and Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Before immigrating to Canada in 1998, Lorna was co-principal flute of the BBC Symphony Orchestra, England. As a soloist, Lorna has given concerto performances with the London Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in the UK and Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Toronto Philharmonia, & Victoria Symphony in Canada and the Nashville Chamber Orchestra and Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra in the USA. A career highlight was a performance of Penderecki's flute concerto with the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra under the baton of the composer in 2004.

As a chamber musician and recitalist, she has performed throughout Europe and North America in such venues as London's Wigmore Hall, Barge Music in New York, the Louvre, Paris and the Schubertsaal of Vienna's Konzerthaus. Lorna is regularly featured in chamber music festivals in Canada and the States. Her performances have been broadcast on CBC Radio in Canada, BBC Radio, NPR (USA), Netherlands Radio and ABC (Australia). She has made chamber music recordings for EMI, Decca ASV, Naxos and Meridian. Along with Duo partner Heidi Krutzen, Lorna has released two CDs on Skylark Music: "Taheke, 20th century Masterpieces for flute and harp" and "Canada, New Works for flute and harp." As a member of Trio Verlaine (with Heidi Krutzen, harp and David Harding, viola) Lorna has most recently recorded “Fin de Siècle,” a CD of music by Debussy and Ravel for Skylark Music. Both the Trio and Duo are committed to broadening the repertoire and are happy to have contributed six new commissions to date.

As a teacher, Lorna holds a visiting teaching post at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music as the ‘International Fellow in Flute.’ Having served on the faculty of the University of Michigan, she is currently teaching at the University of British Columbia. She has given master classes at major universities, conservatoires and flute festivals in the UK, USA and Canada. She has performed for the National Flute Convention, British Flute Convention and Austrian Flute Society. Lorna has been a resident artist/teacher at the Banff International Centre for the Arts on several occasions. Lorna studied with David Nicholson at the RSAMD and with William Bennett at the Royal Academy of Music, where she was awarded the Queen's Commendation for Excellence. She has recently been given the honorary title of ‘Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music.’