Mary Jensen
Flute and Piccolo Instructor
Mary Jensen is Principal Flutist of Symphony Tacoma, Olympia Symphony Orchestra, Tacoma City Ballet Orchestra, and is Principal Flutist and Artist-in-Residence of the Lake Chelan Bach Festival. She has also appeared as Principal Flutist with such orchestras as the Northwest Sinfonietta, Tacoma Opera Orchestra, Federal Way Symphony, Yakima Symphony, Heritage Symphony, Bellevue Ballet, and Lyric Opera Northwest Orchestra.
As a chamber performer, Mary has performed with the Lake Chelan Bach Festival, Second City Chamber Series, Icicle Creek Music Center, Seattle Happy Hour Concerts, and as a guest performer for the Asociación Nacional de Conciertos de Panamá.
Mary has appeared as a concerto soloist with numerous orchestras throughout the Northwest region, including Symphony Tacoma, Olympia Symphony, Everett Philharmonic Orchestra, Federal Way Symphony, Icicle Creek Chamber Orchestra, Lake Chelan Bach Festival Orchestra, and Tacoma Young Artists’ Orchestra.
In addition to her position at the University of Puget Sound Community Music department and her active performance schedule, Mary maintains a private teaching studio in Tacoma and is a flute and chamber music coach for the Tacoma Youth Symphony Association, and is also on the faculty of the Evergreen Music Festival. She frequently conducts flute clinics, adjudicates competitions and coaches sectionals for school programs in the Puget Sound region.
Ms. Jensen holds a Performance Diploma from Oberlin Conservatory of Music, where she studied flute with Michel Debost and baroque flute with Kathie Stewart.