Michael Lynn

Michael Lynn has served as Professor of Historical Flutes at Oberlin Conservatory of Music since 1977. He also served as an associate dean and Curator of Musical Instruments for 15 years. He performed for the inaugural luncheon for President Barack Obama’s first term and has given concerts throughout the United States, Canada, Taiwan, and Japan with Apollo’s Fire, Mercury Baroque, ARTEK, Oberlin Baroque Ensemble, Smithsonian Chamber Players, Tafelmusik, American Baroque Ensemble, Handel & Haydn Society, the Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Cleveland Opera, Santa Fe Pro Musica, and many other ensembles.

He teaches each summer at the Oberlin Baroque Performance Institute and has taught other workshops throughout the country. Lynn previously taught at the University of Michigan, Oakland University, Case Western Reserve University, and at the Recorder Institute of Indiana University.

Known for his knowledge of historical flutes, Lynn maintains a website—www.originalflutes.com—based on his flute collection and presents lectures and demonstrations about the history of the flute. His recent presentations include the 19th-century French Flute Extravaganza at Oberlin Conservatory, the International Congress of the National Association for Music Instruments in Tavira, Portugal, the Early Music Department of the Escola Superior de Música, Artes e Espectáculo in Porto, Portugal, at the conference “The Flute in the 19th Century” held at the Schola Cantorum in Basel, Switzerland, and the annual convention of the National Flute Association in Chicago.

Lynn previously served Oberlin as associate dean for facilities and technology for 15 years.