About

Originally from Russell, Manitoba, Charmaine is a classically trained flutist based in Winnipeg, MB. She is an active freelance musician, flute instructor, and artistic director of the Canadian Bacon Wind Quintet and Wind Chamber Flute Orchestra. Charmaine enjoys performing as an extra musician with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Royal Canadian Air Force Band, and Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, and travels to perform in solo and chamber concerts across Canada.

Charmaine maintains an active flute studio in the Charleswood neighbourhood, is flute specialist at Pembina Trails Collegiate, and resident flutist at Charleswood United Church. She is a guest clinician for the Winnipeg Youth Orchestras and has taught at the University of Manitoba, Canadian Mennonite University, Brandon University and Manitoba Honour Bands. Charmaine has adjudicated for music festivals including the Syrinx Flute Festival and Brandon Festival of the Arts, and is a returning flute instructor at the International Music Camp. Her students enjoy success in local festivals, honour bands, and youth orchestras, and many have continued their musical studies at the University of Manitoba and Brandon University.

Charmaine attended the University of Manitoba, University of Toronto, and Glenn Gould School of Music. Her primary instructors include Jan Kocman and Laurel Ridd, she has also studied with Joanne Kosheluk, Martha Durkin, Dr. Kathleen Rudolph, and Leslie Newman.

Charmaine is artistic director the Wind Chamber Flute Orchestra where she plays ‘Karel the Contrabass’, one of only a handful of low flutes in Canada. In her spare time she enjoys playing the pipe organ, recently performing for productions of Handel’s Messiah and Interstellar with the WSO. Charmaine is currently president of the Music Professionals of Manitoba (Local 190) and the RCCO Winnipeg Centre.