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Wendy Willis teaches and performs on both modern and historical flutes and recorders. She has served on the faculties of numerous colleges and universities, most notably the University of Notre Dame and St. Mary's College (Indiana). Ms. Willis has performed with numerous orchestras throughout Michigan, Indiana and Florida, including the Naples Philharmonic and the Southwest Florida Symphony. She also performs chamber music with Sounds of Paradise (flute and harp duo), Seaside Strings, (flute, violin and cello), as well as two historical instrument consorts dedicated to the performance of baroque music on period instruments: Neapolitan Baroque (Naples) and Fleur de Lys (Indiana). Willis has won competitions through the National Flute Association, performing in St. Louis, Minneapolis, Denver and Boston. In 1995, Willis was a semi-finalist in the NFA’s Baroque Flute Artist Competition held in Orlando, Florida. Ms. Willis holds a masters degree in historical performance from the New England Conservatory of Music, a Bachelors degree in flute performance from the University of Michigan and completed an additional year of study at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England.