Amelia Vitarelli is the co-founder, co-artistic director and flutist for the innovative quartet, Areon Flutes. The other members of this dynamic ensemble are Jill Heinke, Kassey LeBow and Tamara Maddaford. Created in 2005, Areon Flutes is the first expandable chamber music ensemble, featuring innovative programming for duos, trios and quartets. Areon’s mission aims to give flute chamber music an equal voice in the chamber music world, leaving a new and diversified chamber music legacy. To ensure this goal, Areon has established an International Chamber Music Composition Competition and an International Chamber Music Performance Competition in addition to a year-round Chamber Music Institute based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Areon, a non-profit organization, is dedicated to sharing its passion for chamber music through numerous concerts and educational programs in the USA and Europe. The Areon Outreach Program offers free performances and programming for schools with varied socioeconomic demographics. In addition to its own Chamber Music Institute, Areon holds an annual summer Flute Institute each year in the San Francisco and Greater Los Angeles areas of California. This week-long progressive music camp provides abundant opportunities for growth in an array of musical fields: solo performing, music history, creative arts, music theory, and chamber music. Areon also serves as Artists-In-Residence for the El Camino Youth Symphony, where they direct the Flute Ensemble program, consisting of three flute ensembles and numerous award-winning flute quartets and trios. Areon Flutes is proud to be a part of the Miyazawa Artist family.

For more information, please visit www.AREONFLUTES.com.

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