Lily Josefsberg
Lily Josefsberg has played flute and piccolo with the New York Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, Kansas City Symphony, Boise Philharmonic, Florida Grand Opera, Richmond Symphony, South Dakota Symphony, Palm Beach Symphony and the Midland Symphony. She won the 2019 Walfrid Kujala International Piccolo Competition and was a semi-finalist for the 2018 National Flute Association’s Piccolo Young Artist Competition.
Lily earned her Masters of Music (’17) and Graduate Performance Diploma (’18) in Piccolo Performance from Peabody Conservatory where she was the teaching assistant of Laurie Sokoloff. She earned her Bachelors of Music (’15) in Flute Performance from Boston University where she studied under Linda Toote and John Heiss. She also attended the Manhattan School of Music Pre-college program studying with Susan Deaver, and was principal flute of their orchestras for three years. In 2014, she was a charter member of the Miami Summer Music Festival, and in 2016, she was an orchestral flutist at the Aspen Music Festival and School, returning as the piccolo fellow for the summers of 2017-19.
She was on faculty at the Roberson School of Music and the Woodbridge Center in Baltimore, MD for the 2018-19 school year, and taught with P.A.L.S (Passes and Lessons Scholarship Program) as a flute/piccolo instructor through the Aspen Music Festival for the summers of 2016-19. In 2012, she was a TA at the New York Summer Music Festival in Oneonta, NY where she led band and orchestra sectionals, and coached chamber groups to grades 5-12.
Outside of music, she served as Vice President of the Boston University College of Fine Arts Student Government from 2014-15. Currently, she has a baking business, Bach2Baking, and works as an ESL speech test administrator in Kansas City, MO.
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING
“In my 55 years of teaching, Lily stands out as one with outstanding prospects and accomplishments. She was self-motivated, always doing more than what was asked. In addition to always being open to instruction and suggestion, she came with her own ideas and instincts, and I always found these well-considered and worthy of respect. In addition to bringing passion to her work, I have observed her being kind, generous and respectful with others. I regard her as an expert in the field of flute and piccolo playing, and I believe her teaching to be nurturing and constructive.”