Isabelle Jamois
14K White Gold Custom Haynes with Offset G, B Footjoint, C# Trill Key and D# Roller
PURCHASED FROM FLUTISTRY
Isabelle Jamois is a Haynes Young Artist from San Diego, California, and is pursuing a Master of Music degree in flute performance from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University studying with Marianne Gedigian. She was recently given Robert E. Lohse Memorial and Richard E. Norris Endowment funds from Rice University. 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 Britton Johnson Prize, Evergreen House Foundation Scholarship, Arrowood Prize, Premier Talent Scholarship, and was inducted in the Pi Kappa Lambda Society. Before studying at the Peabody Institute, Isabelle attended University of California, Santa Barbara and studied with Jill Felber, having earned the Nuñez Woodwind Quintet Scholarship. 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.
She has performed under the batons of conductors Bryan Garner, Gerard Schwarz, Mei-Ann Chen, and Marin Alsop. In addition to her orchestral interests, Isabelle enjoys performing traditional and new repertoire. She 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.
Isabelle is also an avid fitness enthusiast, loves baking and reality television, and is fluent in French and Spanish.