Biography
Isabelle Jamois is an exuberant young flutist with a passion for her craft- flute performance.
Isabelle Jamois is pursuing a Master of Music degree in flute performance from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University studying with Marianne Gedigian. This summer, she was a fellow at the Yale Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, where she premiered Variations on a Theme by Ornette Coleman by renowned composer Vijay Iyer and worked with faculty including Valerie Coleman, Tara Helen O’Connor, and the Imani Winds. She received her bachelor’s degree in flute performance from the Peabody Institute, where she studied with Marina Piccinini, earned the Evergreen House Foundation Scholarship, Arrowood Prize, Premier Talent Scholarship, and was inducted in the Pi Kappa Lambda Society. In the summer of 2022 , Isabelle attended the Eastern Music Festival and in 2023, she attended The 21st Century Flutist: The Global Artist in Mondovì, Italy.
During her time at the Peabody Institute, she eagerly participated in community engagement projects such as the Peabody in the Library series, the Junior Bach program, and performed with her woodwind quintet, Aura Winds, in venues around Baltimore including the Walters Art Museum as part of their Drop-In Art Making events.
Isabelle enjoys performing traditional and new repertoire, having performed in Peabody’s Old Bay New Music ensemble, the ECCE in New York, and annually premiered works in the Flutists and Composers World Premieres Concerts from 2021-2023. She recently was part of the world premiere of Saxophone Concerto for Timothy McAllister by Pierre Jalbert. Isabelle is a Haynes Young Artist.