Geralyn Coticone
Lecturer in Music, Flute
Master teacher and clinician, Geralyn Coticone, lauded for her insight and support of both the music and the musician, has taught throughout the country, including places such as the New World Symphony, the Masterworks Festival, New England Conservatory, the National Flute Association Conventions, the University of Iowa Piccolo Intensive and the University of North Carolina. Ms. Coticone joined the faculties of the Boston University College of Fine Arts and the Boston Flute Academy in the Falls of 2005 and 2010 respectively.
A native of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, Ms. Coticone studied with Kazuo Tokito of the Philadelphia Orchestra, followed by her studies at Boston University with Doriot Anthony Dwyer. As a performer, Ms. Coticone enthralled audience members, colleagues and conductors alike, introducing them to the wide variety of expressive qualities she was capable of producing on the piccolo. After graduating Summa Cum Laude from Boston University she joined the New York Chamber Symphony & Mostly Mozart Orchestra, followed shortly by her tenure as solo piccolist and flutist of the National Symphony Orchestra, where she gave the world premier of Ezra Laderman’s Concertante and was a participant in the Casals Festival in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Ms. Coticone joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops Orchestra in the Fall of 1990 as solo piccoloist and flutist. She was soloist with the BSO; Seiji Ozawa conducting, performing Vivaldi’s Concerto in C and can be heard on numerous recordings on labels including: Erato, Angel, EMI, Philips, RCA, Sony, Deutsche Grammophon, and Koch. Television broadcasts include the Evening at Pops series, Salute to Symphony, a Capital Fourth and Rostropovich’s historic return to Russia broadcast.
Ms. Coticone’s students have secured positions in the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Toronto Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Brussels Royal Opera House, Chamber Orchestra of Luxembourg, the West Point Service Band and various other orchestras both nationally and internationally.
