Kim McCormick

Kim McCormick is an assistant flute professor at the University of South Florida. She appears frequently as a soloist and chamber music performer and may be currently seen in eight episodes of "Issues in Music" on WUSF-TV Channel 16.

She has appeared on National Public Radio and Television, and has a CD on the market entitled Premiers Plus One for flute and percussion. She also has recordings with Tampa Bay Master Chorale and pop icon Tiny Tim. Prior to her appointment to USF, Dr. McCormick held posts at Iowa State University and the College of Charleston. She frequently appeared as a soloist and chamber music performer at the Spoleto Festival. She has also performed as a soloist at the Brevard Music Center and Sewanee Music Festival.

An honor graduate and Teaching Fellow at Florida State University, she studied with noted flutist Albert Tipton. She was also awarded a Teaching Fellowship at the University of North Texas while pursuing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree. In addition, she was awarded a scholarship to the Hochschule for music in Cologne, Germany, where she studied for one year.

Recent performances include the National Flute Association (New York, Orlando, Phoenix), Percussive Arts International, International Society of Music Education, International Double Reed Society, and the Florida Flute Fair.

She is a board member of the Florida Flute Association, and her pupils have won several local and national awards and competitions. As an active performer in the Tampa Bay area, Dr. McCormick performs with the Spanish Lyric Theatre and the Tampa Bay Chamber Orchestra. Recently, she appeared as a concerto soloist with the New Port Richey Symphony and Tampa Bay Chamber Orchestra.

She is a Yamaha Performing Artist.