Professor Blackburn is principal flutist with the Dallas Opera Orchestra and a core member of the nationally acclaimed modern chamber music ensemble “Voices of Change”. In 2012, she was invited to serve as principal flute with the Dallas Chamber Symphony for their inaugural season. Prof. Blackburn has numerous credits with major performing arts organizations, both as a featured soloist and as a member, including the Breckenridge Music Festival (where she is currently principal flute), Aspen Music Festival, the South Bohemia Music Festival, the Dallas Chamber Orchestra, the Brevard Music Center, and the Chicago Civic Orchestra. She appears frequently in recital across the country and in Europe as a soloist and also with her husband in their flute/marimba duo. A prize winner of the Myrna W. Brown Artist Competition, the Ft. Collins Young Artist Competition, and the Aspen Wind Concerto Competition, Ms. Blackburn has previously served on the faculties of Texas Christian University, University of North Texas, Stephen F. Austin State University and McMurry University.
