Tina Kerchner

Flutist

About Tina Kerchner

Biography

Tina is a flutist and flute teacher in Fredericksburg, Virginia. With 16 years of teaching experience, she maintains an active studio of flute students and has served as clinician in schools in Hawaii and Virginia. She currently teaches at Forte Music Studios, and has been a faculty member of the Rappahannock Summer Music Camp in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Tina was an alternate finalist for the YouTube Symphony competition, 2009. She was one of the winners of the National Flute Association's Convention Performers Competition, 2006. She performs regularly as soloist and in chamber ensembles for recitals that to date have benefitted the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ("Lou Gehrig's disease") Association, Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, and the American Red Cross. She plays a Mateki flute that is expertly maintained by Alberto Grossi.

Tina performs regularly with the Virginia Grand Military Band (Sudler Silver Scroll Recipient, 2000), with whom she has recorded on numerous live concerts, as well as the soundtrack for the Bill moyers PBS documentary "America's First River; the Hudson." She is principal flute and served as Artistic Planning Committee chair for the Spotswood Community Orchestra and recently joined the flute section of the Piedmont Symphony Orchestra. She is Co-Director for the St. George's Chamber Music Series and has performed numerous times as part of that series. While a member of the Marine Forces Pacific Band in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, with whom Tina toured Australia and New Zealand, she served as woodwind section commander and solo flutist.

Tina has studied Alexander Technique with Karen Loving. She studied with flutist Jean Ferrandis at Accademia Internazionale di Musica di Cagliari in September, 2007. She is a former flute student of Thomas Robertello (flutist and art gallery owner), Joel Behrens, Jean Harling, and Lynn Hertel, and has studied in masterclasses and lessons with Gary Schocker, Laurie Sokoloff, Tadeo Coelho, William Montgomery, and Robert Willoughby. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Music Education from Millersville University.

Tina is employed by Sentel Corporation as a software engineer and is owned by two cats.