Paige Dashner Long

Flutist, Flute Orchestra Director, Flute Clinician, Flute Adjudicator

Paige Dashner Long, with contrabass flute, sub contrabass flute, and double contrabass flute. Paige Dashner Long, BA and MA Washington University in St. Louis, MO, is an internationally recognized flute choir director and contrabass flutist. Currently Ms Long directs the New England Conservatory Summer Metropolitan Flute Orchestra and the Florida Flute Orchestra. As an active guest flute clinician and ensemble director, she has led workshops and directed flute ensembles for music schools in France, Germany and Mexico, as well as for flute associations throughout America. She performs with the International Flute Orchestra, serves on the executive board of the Florida Flute Association and is past president of the Greater Boston Flute Association.

As an active performer, Paige currently plays flute and harpsichord with the Daytona Solisti Chamber Orchestra and the Ormond Beach Symphony Orchestra. As an active teacher, she maintains a private flute studio.

As a lower flute specialist, she has written several articles for Flute Talk Magazine as well as for flute association newsletters throughout the country. In addition to her flute activities, she is Director of Music at St. James Episcopal Church in Ormond Beach, FL.

Paige’s flute ensembles utilize her extensive flute collection including piccolo, Eb soprano flute, concert flute, Bb flute d’amour, alto flute in G; bass flute, contrabass flute, the Kingma sub contrabass flute in G-one of three in the world, and the Kotato double contrabass flute- one of four in the world. This unique and exceptional instrumentation enables all of Paige’s ensembles to be beautifully balanced, as well as provides unlimited repertoire possibilities. To achieve this wonderful, lyrical, balanced sound, 50% of each ensemble is comprised of lower flutes (alto, bass, contrabass, sub contrabass and double contrabass).