Biographical Information: Flute Instructor Denise Roper

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Master of Music: Music-Conducting And Wind Literature

Louisiana State University And A&M College | Baton Rouge, LA | August 1996

Bachelor of Music Education: Instrumental Music Education

Louisiana State University And A&M College | Baton Rouge, LA | May 1991

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Nominated for Louisiana Music Educators Association Hall of Fame in 2021.

Nominated for the 2018 Bandmaster of the Year by the Louisiana Bandmasters Association. Nominated for Band Director of the Year by LMEA Districts II and VII more than a dozen times. 1998-1999 Teacher of the Year at Oaklawn Junior High School.

Qualifying participant in the LMEA State Large Ensemble Festival for more than two decades. Served as past Vice President, Honor Band Chairperson, and Parliamentarian of LMEA District VII BDA and as Secretary of LMEA District II BDA.

Numerous articles published in the Texas Flute Society Newsletter, the Natchitoches Parish Journal, The Natchitoches Parish Times, and The Natchitoches Parish Library Newsletter. Author of a published nonfiction book with 4.6 out of 5 stars on amazon.com (The Lord of the Hallows, Outskirts Press, 2009)

Administrator and Moderator of the Etude of the Week—Amateur Flutist Edition Facebook Group from 2016-present. I record and assign a new etude for the group every week. At the present time we have more than 1200 members from around the world.

RECENT AWARDS

2021 San Diego Flute Guild Festival-Piccolo Competition Finalist.

2021 San Diego Flute Guild Festival- two Superior Ratings given on two Solo Flute Performances.

2021 Floot Fire National Virtual Soloist Competition Honorable Mention/2nd Place.

2021 Texas Flute Society Honor Solo Performer Certificate/2nd Place.

2021 Houston Flute Club Denise Jennings Solo Competition-Honorable Mention/2nd Place.

2021 Utah Flute Association Virtual Sonata Competition-Honorable Mention/2nd Place.

2020 Louisiana Flute Society Adult Masterclass Competition-1st Place.

2020 Floot Fire National Virtual Soloist Competition Honorable Mention/2nd Place.

2020 Arizona Flute Society Virtual Soloist Competition-3rd Place.

2020 Performed with the National Flute Association Virtual Flute Choir.

2019 Dallas Flute Inferno solo performer and flute choir member.

2019 Texas Flute Symposium participant, festival flute choir and advanced flute choir performer. Member of Texas Flute Society Advanced Flute Choir since 2016.

2018 Texas Flute Society Outstanding Solo Performer certificate/1st Place.

2017 Houston Flute Club Denise Jennings solo competition participant.

2016 Texas Flute Society Honor Solo Performer certificate/2nd Place.

2015 Mid-south Flute Festival Superior Solo Performance certificates (Flute and piccolo).

Member of the National Association for Music Education, the Louisiana Music Educators Association, the Louisiana Bandmasters Association, the Louisiana Flute Society, the Texas Flute Society, the San Diego Flute Guild, the Arizona Flute Society, the Utah Flute Association, the National Flute Association.

Former member of the Louisiana State University Tiger Marching Band, Symphonic Band, and Chamber Winds.

LSU Dean's List, L.S.U.'s Top 100 Freshmen, Graduated cum laude. Perfect 4.0 average throughout graduate school.

Membership in the Outstanding College Students of America, Phi Kappa Phi, and Mu Sigma Rho Honor Societies.

LSU Alumni Federation Scholarship, LSU Academic Scholarship, LSU School of Music Scholarship, LSU Tiger Band Scholarship.

Honors Graduate of Vandebilt Catholic High, 4.2 GPA. National Honor Society, Principal's List, Outstanding Section Leader Award, John Philip Sousa Award.