Sophia Jean is recent graduate of the Yale School of Music where she was a student of Tara Helen O’Connor. A passionate orchestral musician, Jean has attended numerous festivals including the Music Academy of the West (2022 Flute Fellow), Aspen Music Festival (2025 ACA Fellow, 2024 Piccolo Fellow, 2023 New Horizons Fellow) and Kent Blossom Music Festival (2021 Fellow). Jean … Read More
Les Roettges has been the principal flutist for the Jacksonville Symphony since 1986. He has performed and taught at the Eastern Music Festival for more than 20 years and also teaches at Jacksonville University and with the Jacksonville Symphony Youth Orchestras. Before coming to Jacksonville, Roettges performed with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Mexico City, Solisti New York, Bel Canto Opera, the Opera Ensemble … Read More
What do you want patrons of the Symphony to know about you? One of my passions is teaching a subject called Body Mapping, which teaches musicians (although I’ve worked with non-musicians as well) to move efficiently and easily, thus avoiding pain and tension when they play. What would you be doing if you weren’t a professional musician? I would be … Read More
