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Professor, Valdosta State University, GA, Music Director for the VSU Flute Choir and Flute Quartet. Principal Flutist with the Valdosta (GA) Symphony Orchestra and the Albany (GA) Symphony, previously Principal Flutist with the Oak Ridge (TN) Symphony, Central Florida Symphony, the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, the New Haven Symphony, the Eastern Connecticut Symphony, Wallingford (CT) Symphony, and Orchestra New England.
As soloist, Dr. Goode recently performed Nielsen’s Concerto for Flute and Orchestra with the Oak Ridge Symphony Orchestra (John Welsh, conductor) and the Valdosta Symphony Orchestra, and Charles Griffes’ Poem, Robert Beaser’s Song of the Bells, Hamilton Harty’s In Ireland, Howard Hanson’s Serenade for Flute and Orchestra, and, most recently, the complete Brandenburg Concertos with the Albany Symphony Orchestra.
An avid proponent of chamber music, Goode currently is a member of the Scirocco Quartet, Exit 18 (a new music chamber group), and the Blazerquintet. She has participated in the Norfolk and the Tamworth Chamber Music Festivals, and was formerly a member of the Tennessee Woodwind Quintet, the Cypress Chamber Players, and the Yale Bach Aria Group.
A highly sought-after performer and teacher, her students have gone on to further music studies at the Boston Conservatory, Harid Conservatory, Boston University and the Florida State University, among others. Dr. Goode has also served on the faculties of Maryville College and the University of Tennessee.
In the summer of 2011, she joined the artist faculty of the prestigious Orfeo International Music Festival in Vipiteno, Italy, as a performer and teacher.
A native of Sweetwater, Tennessee, Elizabeth Goode holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees from the University of Tennessee, where she studied with John Meacham and Tyra Gilb, and Master of Music, Master of Musical Arts, and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from Yale University, where she was a student of Thomas Nyfenger. Dr. Goode has also been a student of Samuel Baron and Judith Mendenhall, and has participated in masterclasses with Peter Lloyd, Keith Underwood, and Jeanne Baxstresser.
Dr. Goode is a frequent adjudicator at various state and national competitions. She has also served as a clinician and performed at many state and national conventions, including the National Flute Association, Florida Flute Association, College Music Society, American Society of Composers, Music Educator’s National Conference, Atlanta Flute Club, and Raleigh Area Flute Association. She is also a frequent invited guest for masterclasses at colleges and universities throughout the United States. Her article, “Good Vibrations: A Practical Approach to Intonation,” was published in Flute Talk magazine, a division of The Instrumentalist.
