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Molly Barth
(541) 346-3790
mbarth@uoregon.edu

Molly Barth is assistant professor of flute at the University of Oregon (2008-present) and has taught at Willamette University (2006-08) and held residencies at the University of Chicago (2000-06) and at the University of Richmond (2004-06). She received a M.M. from Northwestern University (2003), Artist Diploma in Chamber Music from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory (2000), and a B.M. from the Oberlin College-Conservatory of Music (1997). Barth's principal teachers include Michel Debost, Kathleen Chastian, Randolph Bowman, Bradley Garner, and Walfrid Kujala.

Described as "ferociously talented" (The Oregonian), Grammy-Award winning flutist Molly Barth is an active solo, chamber, and orchestral
musician, specializing in the music of today. As a founding member of the new music sextet eighth blackbird, Barth toured extensively throughout the
world, recorded four CDs with Cedille Records, won a 2008 Grammy ("Best Chamber Music Performance""), and was granted the 2000 Naumburg Chamber Music Award, first prize at the 1998 Concert Artists Guild International
Competition, the 1998/2000/2002 CMA/ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming, first prize at the 1997 Coleman Chamber Music Competition, and
first prize at the 1996 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.

Currently, as co-founder of the Beta Collide New Music Project, Barth collaborates with individuals from a broad spectrum of disciplines such as
music, art, sound sculpture and theoretical physics. In addition to her work with eighth blackbird and Beta Collide, Barth has performed chamber music
with Fear No Music (Portland, OR), Third Angle New Music Ensemble (Portland, OR), MusicNow, the Fulcrum Point New Music Project, and Contempo
Performances (Chicago, IL). Orchestral experience includes principal flute with the Salem Chamber Orchestra (Salem, OR), acting second flute with the Oregon Symphony Orchestra (Portland, OR), acting second flute with the Eugene Symphony Orchestra (Eugene, OR) and substitute principal flute with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (Cincinnati, OH).

In addition to frequent solo and master class appearances worldwide, Barth's adjudication experience includes work with the National Flute Association, Idaho State Solo Competition, Oregon State Solo and Ensemble Competition, Connie Fritz Memorial Competition (Salem, OR), Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, and Alpert Award in the Arts (Los Angeles). She has commissioned many new works, and appears on television and radio shows nationwide. Barth plays a Burkart flute and piccolo, and a 1953 Haynes alto flute.

"One of the best things to happen to the UO — and to Oregon music — this year is the arrival of Molly Barth. One of the world's greatest flutists…"
— Brett Campbell, Eugene Weekly, Jan. 29, 2009

"Like a good jazz player, she improvised according to what she got from the other players….Barth was fabulous, again."
— David Stabler, The Oregonian, Oct. 19, 2008