Prof. Thomas Wible

Award-winning flutist Thomas J. Wible has garnered international acclaim for his accomplishments. He holds top-prizes in competitions sponsored by the National Flute Association, Music Teachers National Association, Pittsburgh Concert Society, New York Flute Club, Atlanta Flute Club, James Pappoutsakis Memorial Foundation and the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts. As a soloist, he has performed extensively across the United States and Eastern Europe, including appearances at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Germany; Dvorak Hall in Prague, Czech Republic; Franz Liszt Hall in Budapest, Hungary; Carnegie Weill Recital Hall in New York, and Boston’s Jordan Hall. Recent highlights include performances hosted by Washington Performing Arts, Smithsonian National Museum of American History, Goethe-Institut of Washington, Merkin Hall at Kaufman Music Center and The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Active as a chamber musician, orchestral player, and educator, Prof. Wible has performed with the Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Portland Symphony Orchestra, Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Smithsonian Chamber Players, Inscape Chamber Orchestra, York Symphony Orchestra and Great Falls Philharmonic. Prior to relocating to the DMV area, he completed a three-year appointment with The Orchestra Now, an innovative orchestral training academy in New York, performing regularly at Carnegie Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Alice Tully Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, the Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, and other landmark concert halls across New York City. During his time with the orchestra, he performed under esteemed conductors such as JoAnn Falletta, Fabio Luisi, Neeme Järvi, Gerard Schwarz and Oleg Caetani. He can be heard on the Hyperion Records and Sorel Classics labels on multiple recordings with the orchestra. His performances with the orchestra can be heard on APM’s Performance Today and public radio broadcasts across the country. Prof. Wible has performed at the Brevard Music Center, Eastern Music Festival, Bard Music Festival and the Grafenegg Music Festival in Austria.

As a recipient of the University of Maryland’s distinguished Woodwind Quintet Fellowship, his work in the chamber music field has been dedicated to forging personal and professional connections through educational outreach programs, unique collaborations, and concert series across the greater Washington DC Metropolitan area. At the University of Maryland, he has served as a coach for chamber music in addition to instructing courses on technique development, repertoire analysis, and orchestral literature.

Prof. Thomas J. Wible holds a Bachelor of Music degree from New England Conservatory of Music, Graduate Performance Diploma from Boston Conservatory, Artist Diploma from Boston University’s College of Fine Arts, Master of Music with Teaching Artist Certificate from Longy School of Music and a Master of Orchestral and Curatorial Studies from Bard College. He is currently completing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Maryland in May 2025. His principal teachers have included Sarah Frisof, Aaron Goldman, Robert Willoughby, Geralyn Coticone, Renee Krimsier, Wendy Webb Kumer and Bernard Goldberg.

Adjunct Applied Faculty

• Flute

Education

• BM, New England Conservatory of Music
• Graduate Performance Diploma, Boston Conservatory
• Artist Diploma, Boston University’s College of Fine Arts
• MM with Teaching Artist Certificate, Longy School of Music
• Master of Orchestral and Curatorial Studies, Bard College
• DMA Candidate (anticipated graduation 2025), University of Maryland