Artistic Directors
Dr. Danielle Breisach, Co-Artistic Director
Dr. Danielle Breisach’s exuberance and compassion permeate her performing and teaching. In demand as a collaborative musician and teacher, Dr. Breisach has performed all over the United States as well as in Canada, Asia and Europe. In addition to teaching as Associate Lecturer of Flute at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, she maintains a private studio of over 30 highly successful students in Madison, WI. In the summer, Dr. Breisach teaches at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Summer Music Clinics and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Flute Camp. She has adjudicated competitions for the National Flute Association, the Florida Flute Association and the Wisconsin Flute Festival.
As Co-Artistic Director of the Madison Flute Club since 2012, Dr. Breisach has extended the reach of the organization through founding the Chamber Ensemble, which gave its debut performance at the National Flute Association’s annual convention in 2014. Additionally, Dr. Breisach founded the Middle School and High School Flute Ensembles in 2013, giving young, Madison-area flutists the opportunity to collaborate with one another and gain experience on piccolo, alto flute and bass flute.
Dr. Breisach has appeared in performances, masterclasses and festivals in United States, Canada, Italy, and China including the Bay View Music Conservatory, Le Domaine Forget, and the Banff Centre. She has performed with the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, and Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, among others, and has been a concerto soloist with the Western Michigan University Symphony Orchestra. In addition to modern flute, she is a baroque flute and celtic flute enthusiast, and has participated in baroque masterclasses with Kim Pineda and Barthold Kuijken.
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Dr. Heidi Keener, Co-Artistic Director
As a performer and teaching artist, Heidi Keener enjoys a multi-faceted career, bringing energy and creativity to each collaboration. Heidi recently earned a DMA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a Paul Collins Distinguished Fellowship recipient and she holds performance degrees from Western Michigan University and Youngstown State University. Her primary teachers include Conor Nelson, Timothy Hagen, Martha Councell-Vargas, Kathryn Thomas-Umble, and Heather Young-Mandujano. She also studied Baroque flute with Jeanne Swack.
Heidi is a member of the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony and has performed with orchestras and ensembles in the Midwest, including the Milwaukee Symphony, South Dakota Symphony, Southwest Michigan Symphony, and Youngstown Symphony Orchestra. She was a quarterfinalist in the 2020 NFA Young Artist Competition and has placed in the COFA Young Artist, SEMFA Ervin Monroe, NFA Piccolo Orchestral Audition, and WMU Concerto Competitions. Heidi was also the winner of UW-Madison’s 2022 Wind Ensemble Concerto Competition and Irving Shain Piano and Woodwind Duo Competition.
Heidi began accepting private students in 2007 and has been working with individuals of all ages, levels, and goals for over 15 years. She has filled in as a lesson instructor for the flute studios at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and Western Michigan University while professors Jonathan Borja and Martha Councell-Vargas were on sabbatical. Heidi has worked as an instructor and chamber music coach for the UW-Madison Summer Music Clinic, WMU High School Music Seminar, and Kalamazoo Kids in Tune and has guest taught at various high schools in the Madison and Kalamazoo areas. She serves on the Wisconsin Flute Festival’s Competitions Committee and has taught guest classes, presented workshops, and adjudicated events at the Wisconsin Flute Festival, UW-Stevens Point, UW-Whitewater, Western Michigan University, and Youngstown State University. Heidi began working with the Madison Flute Club as an intern and was appointed as the new Co-Artistic Director in 2023. She conducts the MFC Adult Choir.
Conducting Staff
Melissa Ludois, Youth Director
Timothy Mullins, Student Intern
Angelica Blakesley, Assistant Conductor
James Lynch, Assistant Conductor
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