Alice Weinreb
Alice Kogan Weinreb has been a member of the National Symphony Orchestra since the l979-80 season. She comes from a musical family; her brother Peter Kogan is the timpanist of the Minnesota Orchestra, and her brother Robert is cellist of the Bridge Trio. Ms. Weinreb studied flute with Lois Schaefer and James Pappoutsakis of the Boston Symphony. She received her B.
Alice Kogan Weinreb has been a member of the National Symphony Orchestra since the l979-80 season. She comes from a musical family; her brother Peter Kogan is the timpanist of the Minnesota Orchestra, and her brother Robert is cellist of the Bridge Trio. Ms. Weinreb studied flute with Lois Schaefer and James Pappoutsakis of the Boston Symphony. She received her B.A. from Brandeis University, where she was awarded the Millender Prize in music, and her M.A. from The American University, where she was elected into the Phi Kappa Phi honor society. At Brandeis, she studied chamber music with Juilliard Quartet violinist, Robert Koff. She was awarded a Fulbright fellowship for study with Fernand Caratgé; at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, where she received first prize in flute. After returning to the United States, she became principal flutist of the Rhode Island Philharmonic and then served as piccolo player of the Richmond Symphony. In addition to the NSO, she now appears regularly as solo flutist with the Capitol Woodwind Quintet and the Eclipse Chamber Orchestra. Ms. Weinreb is a member of the faculty of Catholic University and teaches in the National Symphony Youth Fellowship program. In the summers, she performs at the Grand Teton Music Festival in Wyoming. She is the featured artist on the CRI recording of Margaret Brouwer's ry of an Alien solo flute and the Capitol Woodwinds Quintet recording entitled
A Musical Toast on the Americus label.
Video and Audio
IT'S NSO INSPIRING! Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2 (Apr. 4-6)
NSO Prelude Concert on the Millennium Stage, December 4, 2004
