Anthea Kechley has been immersed in the sound of the flute from an early age, raised and taught by her mother, flutist Jerilee Kechley and composer David Kechley. She has since pursued an active life as a flutist with performances in the United Kingdom, Mexico, Japan, and throughout the United States.
As an orchestral musician, Anthea is principal flutist of the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra and has appeared with New Bedford Symphony, Emmanuel Music, Cape Symphony, Cape Ann Symphony, Phoenix Orchestra, The Philadelphia Singers, Florida Grand Opera, Sarasota Orchestra and Ballet, Ensemble 212, The Chelsea Symphony, Hubbard Hall Opera, and Wheelock Family Theater, among many others. She has had the pleasure of performing alongside some of today’s most popular musicians, such as Lang Lang, Itzhak Perlman, Peter Schickele, Andrea Bocelli, Gloria Estefan, Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth. Anthea has performed in Boston Symphony Hall, Carnegie Hall, Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory, Alice Tully and Paul Halls at Juilliard, and the Adrienne Arsht Center.
Anthea's ongoing fascination with folk music has led to a number of solo projects including "An Evening of Eastern European Music", “Music Without Borders”, and "Crosswinds: Folk-Inspired Music From Four Continents", all using the flute as a medium for cultural perspective through varied programming of international works and original arrangements. Anthea played her first solo recital at age 6 and made her solo concerto debut at age 10 performing Concerto in G Major for 2 Flutes by Domenico Cimerosa. She has appeared as soloist with members of Orchestra Seattle under George Shangrow, performing Suite no. 2 in B minor by J.S. Bach, and as a concerto soloist performing Fantasie Pastorale Hongroise by Franz Doppler, accompanied by The Chelsea Symphony in New York City. Anthea has been an active chamber musician as well, appearing with Williams Chamber Players, the resident faculty ensemble of Williams College, Mimesis Ensemble in NYC, Boston's own Sound Icon, and she was invited to perform as a guest artist with Camerata Ighme in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Anthea is also a founding member of The Boston Flute Quartet.
Awards include the Samuel Berkman Scholarship, Keith Lockhart Scholarship, and the Stella Mae Hepworth Music Award. Anthea was a recipient of the Best of Chamber Music award at The Hartt School for a series of concerts with harpist, Brandee Younger. She won First Prize in the Bennington Choral Society Competition for 2 years, and was selected as a finalist in Birmingham Conservatoire's Woodwind Prize Competition, performing Chant de Linos by Andres Jolivet. Anthea was also selected as a finalist in both the Mannes Concerto Competition in 2008, performing the Flute Concerto by Jacques Ibert, and in the Aspen Woodwind Concerto Competition in 2012, performing Concerto no. 1 in G major by Mozart.
Throughout her studies, Anthea has had the privilege of working with some of the most sought after flute pedagogues. She received her MM degree from Mannes College of Music in 2008, where she studied with Keith Underwood and Judith Mendenhall, and her BM degree with honors from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in England as a student of Jonathan Rimmer and Colin Lilly of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. She has extended her studies with scholarship awards at Aspen Music Festival and School, Brevard Music Center, and Texas Music Festival, where she has worked with Martha Aarons, Nadine Asin, Bonita Boyd, Elizabeth Buck, Aralee Dorough, and Christina Jennings.
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As an orchestral musician, Anthea is principal flutist of the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra and has appeared with New Bedford Symphony, Emmanuel Music, Cape Symphony, Cape Ann Symphony, Phoenix Orchestra, The Philadelphia Singers, Florida Grand Opera, Sarasota Orchestra and Ballet, Ensemble 212, The Chelsea Symphony, Hubbard Hall Opera, and Wheelock Family Theater, among many others. She has had the pleasure of performing alongside some of today’s most popular musicians, such as Lang Lang, Itzhak Perlman, Peter Schickele, Andrea Bocelli, Gloria Estefan, Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth. Anthea has performed in Boston Symphony Hall, Carnegie Hall, Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory, Alice Tully and Paul Halls at Juilliard, and the Adrienne Arsht Center.
Anthea's ongoing fascination with folk music has led to a number of solo projects including "An Evening of Eastern European Music", “Music Without Borders”, and "Crosswinds: Folk-Inspired Music From Four Continents", all using the flute as a medium for cultural perspective through varied programming of international works and original arrangements. Anthea played her first solo recital at age 6 and made her solo concerto debut at age 10 performing Concerto in G Major for 2 Flutes by Domenico Cimerosa. She has appeared as soloist with members of Orchestra Seattle under George Shangrow, performing Suite no. 2 in B minor by J.S. Bach, and as a concerto soloist performing Fantasie Pastorale Hongroise by Franz Doppler, accompanied by The Chelsea Symphony in New York City. Anthea has been an active chamber musician as well, appearing with Williams Chamber Players, the resident faculty ensemble of Williams College, Mimesis Ensemble in NYC, Boston's own Sound Icon, and she was invited to perform as a guest artist with Camerata Ighme in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Anthea is also a founding member of The Boston Flute Quartet.
Awards include the Samuel Berkman Scholarship, Keith Lockhart Scholarship, and the Stella Mae Hepworth Music Award. Anthea was a recipient of the Best of Chamber Music award at The Hartt School for a series of concerts with harpist, Brandee Younger. She won First Prize in the Bennington Choral Society Competition for 2 years, and was selected as a finalist in Birmingham Conservatoire's Woodwind Prize Competition, performing Chant de Linos by Andres Jolivet. Anthea was also selected as a finalist in both the Mannes Concerto Competition in 2008, performing the Flute Concerto by Jacques Ibert, and in the Aspen Woodwind Concerto Competition in 2012, performing Concerto no. 1 in G major by Mozart.
Throughout her studies, Anthea has had the privilege of working with some of the most sought after flute pedagogues. She received her MM degree from Mannes College of Music in 2008, where she studied with Keith Underwood and Judith Mendenhall, and her BM degree with honors from the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire in England as a student of Jonathan Rimmer and Colin Lilly of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. She has extended her studies with scholarship awards at Aspen Music Festival and School, Brevard Music Center, and Texas Music Festival, where she has worked with Martha Aarons, Nadine Asin, Bonita Boyd, Elizabeth Buck, Aralee Dorough, and Christina Jennings.
For performance booking, please send a message through the contact page.
