Parramore, Allison

Flutist Allison Parramore is the Assistant Professor of Flute at Central Michigan University and leads a multifaceted and versatile career as an orchestral, chamber, and solo musician and freelance artist.

As an orchestral musician, she holds positions with the Boston Festival Orchestra and the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, and formerly with the Missouri Symphony Orchestra. She has performed with the Boston Symphony, Pops, and Esplanade Orchestras, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony, Boston Ballet, Boston Lyric Opera, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Philharmonic, Odyssey Opera, Portland Symphony, Albany Symphony, New Haven Symphony, New Bedford Symphony, Cape Symphony, and the Midland-Odessa Symphony, among others. Parramore has appeared as soloist with the Boston Festival Orchestra, Boston’s Phoenix Orchestra, and the University of Rhode Island Symphony Orchestra.

Her awards include first prize in the 35th Annual James Pappoutsakis Flute Competition, resulting in a solo debut recital at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall, first prize of the Boston Woodwind Society Doriot Dwyer Competition, third prize in the Upper Midwest Flute Association Young Artist Competition, and appearances at the Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition, the Astral Artists National Auditions, and the Plowman Chamber Music Competition.

As a solo and chamber artist, Parramore has been a featured performer in the Austin Flute Festival, Rochester Flute Association, and Upper Midwest Flute Association, presenting a collaborative recital: Raise Their Voices: Celebrating Female Composers, and has performed at the Tanglewood Music Center Festival of Contemporary Music, Phoenix Orchestra and Boston Festival Orchestra Chamber Series, and the Boston Conservatory New Music Festival.

An active and passionate educator, Allison Parramore is the Assistant Professor of Flute at Central Michigan University, and previously held positions on the flute faculty at the Longy School of Music (Boston, MA), the University of Rhode Island, and Ithaca College. She is a frequent guest performer and educator and has given several lectures and masterclasses at universities and conservatories throughout the United States, including her presentation, Freelancing and Entrepreneurship: navigating the field from student to full-time music professional. She has also been a guest educator for the Boston University Tanglewood Institute, the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra Youth Orchestra, and a presenter at the Flute Society of Berklee and the New Jersey Flute Society. Parramore currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Boston Woodwind Society, the James Pappoutsakis Memorial Flute Competition, and formerly the Rochester Flute Association.

In the summers, Parramore serves on the flute faculty at the New England Conservatory Summer Orchestral Institute, a four-week full symphony orchestra training program, and performs with the Boston Festival Orchestra during their Mainstage Summer Series. She has performed at the Hamptons Music Festival, the Tanglewood Music Center, the Texas Music Festival, the Lake Tahoe Music Festival, and was the teaching assistant at the Brevard Music Center.

Allison Parramore’s primary teachers include Linda Toote, Elizabeth Rowe, Susan Thomas, and Jacqueline Goudey. She holds degrees from The Boston Conservatory and the University of Rhode Island, where she won the Kingston Chamber Music Award, the Presser Scholarship, the President's Award for Musical Excellence, and the 2010 Concerto Competition.