Versipel Collective – flutes
Erin O’Shea is a flute and piccolo player living in New Orleans, Louisiana. Originally from Marietta, Georgia, she earned her Bachelor of Music in flute performance with highest honors at the University of Michigan studying under Amy Porter, and she earned her Master of Music in flute performance summa cum laude with Dr. Katherine Kemler at Louisiana State University. An active performer, Erin has played with the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera, Augusta Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, Baton Rouge Symphony, Atlanta Symphony, as well as other orchestras in the southeast. She won third place in the 2014-2015 LSU Concerto competition. Erin also was awarded first place in the 2015 Louisiana Flute Society Solo, Piccolo, and Orchestral Excerpts Masterclass competitions and the 2011 Central Ohio Flute Association Collegiate Division Competition. In 2014, Erin was selected for the prestigious National Repertory Orchestra in Breckenridge, Colorado, and she studied through the European American Music Alliance in Paris, France in 2010. Her primary teachers include Amy Porter, Christina Smith, Dr. Katherine Kemler, Robert Cronin, and Bonita Boyd. Erin loves hiking, running, gardening, practicing yoga, and spending time with her husband, Kevin Harrell, and their dogs, Lady and Hamilton.