Lisa Jelle, Flute

“Particularly well-conducted and performed was Stravinsky's "Firebird Suite," which gave some of the symphony's excellent musicians the chance to display their skills and musicianship. Particularly oboist J. Scott Janush, cellist Mark Votapek, flautists Lisa Jelle, Susan McGinn and Erica Peel* and their dynamic performances made the piece shine.” - Valeria Wenderoth

“It's terrific playing, very interesting music, and well conceived all the way around. Congrats to you and Mark!” - Dr. Thomas Reed, Ashland University, Head of Woodwind Dept.

“...Finally I have had a chance to listen, and think that you and Mark totally rock! It's such a nicely balanced disc, too--great variety and fine playing throughout. And your pitch is excellent!” - Leone Buyse, Flute Professor at Rice University and former Principal Flutist of the Boston Symphony and the San Francisco Symphony

“Benjamin Britten's witty Matinees Musicales charmed the audience with their five brief movements... Pontomime featured outstanding woodwind principals: flutist Lisa Jelle, oboist Andrea Brennan Hoy and bassoonist Ian Hoy. Felix Mendelssohn's "Reformation Symphony", composed in honor of the tercentenary of Martin Luther's Augsburg Confession, paid homage to J.S. Bach chorale-style writing.... In the finale, the pure gold tones of Lisa Jelle's flute introduced "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God."'” - Patty Knox