Music is the UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
About mE
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EDUCATION AND TRAINING
A Columbus native, Valorie Adams-Hildreth participated as a youth in the Columbus Symphony Cadet and Youth Orchestras, winning first prize in the Columbus Symphony Orchestra Solo Competition her senior year in high school. She received degrees in Flute Performance from the Eastman School of Music (Bachelor’s) and Duquesne University (Master’s), studying with Bonita K. Boyd and Bernard Z. Goldberg. Valorie participated in advanced master classes with some of the world’s finest flutists, including Walfrid Kujala, James Galway, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Samuel Baron, Marcel Moyse, Liisa Ruoho, and most recently William Bennett at Wildacres and Great Lakes Flute Festival.
BIOGRAPHY
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PERFORMANCE
Valorie is Principal Flute for the Bexley Meadows Concert Band, a professional wind ensemble conducted by Anthony Zilinick. She was First Flute/ Piccolo in the Ohio Capital Winds, a professional Wind Ensemble conducted by Catherine Hope-Cunningham for five years. She has also performed with the Toledo Symphony.
FREELANCE
Valorie also is an active freelance performer representing the Paragon Trio (flute, violin, and cello), Adams-Brown Duo (flute and harp), and Duo Celeste (flute and keyboard). She has performed in recital with her husband, organist/pianist James Hildreth, at the Broad Street Presbyterian Church in Columbus, and at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
TEACHING
Valorie maintains a private flute studio and is an artist teacher for Central College Christian Academy and at St. Paul School in Westerville. She is also active as a clinician in the Westerville Schools and Columbus Catholic Schools.
Valorie's students are from young to adult, beginning to advanced.