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Jonathan Baumgarten Musician in Residence CAS | Performing Arts

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Jonathan Baumgarten
CAS | Performing Arts
4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Katzen Arts Center
Additional Positions at AU
Musician-In-Residence
Bio
Jonathan Baumgarten is a flute instructor in the applied music program. He holds a MM from Juilliard where he was a scholarship student of Samuel Baron. He studied with Thomas Nyfenger on a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship and in Paris with Michel Debost. Mr. Baumgarten has been principal flutist of the Mexico City Philharmonic, and has made recordings for NPR and the Discovery Channel. He performs with the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra and other ensembles in the Washington DC area. He spends summers performing with the Bear Valley Music Festival in the High Sierra of California.
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Teaching

Spring 2025

  • MUS-021 Private Instrument Study: Flute

  • MUS-022 Private Instrument Study: Flute

  • MUS-121 Private Instrument/Vocal Study: Flute

  • MUS-122 Private Instrument/Vocal Study: Flute

Fall 2025

  • MUS-021 Private Instrument Study: Flute

  • MUS-022 Private Instrument Study: Flute

  • MUS-121 Private Instrument/Vocal Study: Flute

  • MUS-122 Private Instrument/Vocal Study: Flute

  • MUS-334 Private Instrument/Vocal Study: Junior Recital, Flute