Faculty || Andrea DiMaggio
flute & music initiation
Andrea DiMaggio, flute & music initiation
Andrea Di Maggio has been praised for her “silken tone and evident mastery” by the Santa Barbara Independent and is in demand as both a performer and teacher in the Central Coast. Andrea graduated from San Jose State University in 2001, summa cum laude, with a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Performance, where she studied with Paris Conservatory French flutist Isabelle Chapuis. Andrea was granted a teaching position at Arizona State University during 2001-2002, where she completed her first year of graduate school. She transferred to the University of California, Santa Barbara, in Fall 2002 to study with Jill Felber on a full scholarship. She graduated with honors with a Master’s Degree in flute performance in 2004. While a graduate student at UCSB, she was the recipient of performance awards from the Santa Barbara Foundation, the Santa Barbara Music Club, and the Leni Fe Bland Foundation.
Andrea has performed in masterclasses with Robert Stallman, Tadeo Coelho, Marianne Gedigian, Michel Debost, and Jill Felber. Performing regularly in solo and chamber music recitals, she is a founding member of Sonos Montecito, the Woodwind Quintet in residence at Westmont College, where she is the flute professor. Andrea served as flute instructor at the Westmont Academy of Young Artists during the summer of 2015 and was engaged to be on faculty there in 2016. Andrea also maintains a small and competitive private flute studio, with students winning awards from the Santa Barbara Music Club, the Music Teachers Association of California, and the National Flute Association. Andrea performs on a Miyazawa flute with a gold and platinum headjoint.