Darren Cook, Flute

Flutist Darren Cook is an accomplished musician. He has won many contests and competitions, and has performed professionally as soloist and orchestra member throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe. He received his BM in flute performance from the Harid Conservatory of Music (now the Conservatory of Music at Lynn University) in Boca Raton, Florida where he graduated top of class.

Darren is a native Oregonian and grew up in Gladstone. He was once co-principal flute of the Portland Youth Philharmonic, and has been a member of the Oklahoma Sinfonia, the Tulsa Ballet Theater Orchestra and the Sinfonia Virtuosi Ballet Orchestra as well as having subbed with many professional orchestras.

He and his wife Corrie decided to make Oregon their home, and returned to the Portland metro area in 1996. He is currently a member of the Vancouver Symphony and the Rose City Chamber Orchestra. He also actively freelances in the area and can be heard playing for his church every Sunday. Darren gets much enjoyment out of teaching private music lessons, and many of his students have done exceptionally well and plan to make careers in music; he is proud of all of them.

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