About Lynne Marie Mangan
Lynne Marie Mangan (Flegg), Oboe and English horn, performs as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician throughout the United States and Canada.
Lynne frequently appears with Detroit-area orchestras such as the Detroit Symphony, Michigan Opera Theatre, Toledo Symphony, Ann Arbor Symphony, and Flint Symphony.
In 2007, 2009, and again in 2010, she was a member of the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Marin Alsop.
Lynne’s orchestral background includes both classical and pop music, as she has accompanied many popular music stars such as Harry Connick Jr., Marvin Hamlisch, Roberta Flack, and Mannheim Steamroller.
Lynne enjoys an active chamber music schedule, performing dozens of recitals and educational concerts every year as a member of both the Great Lakes Consort and the Ann Arbor Symphony Woodwind Quintet. She frequently collaborates with many of the Detroit area’s outstanding choral groups.
Her solo and chamber music performances have been heard on National Public Radio and on several compact discs.
She earned Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees from Arizona State University, and completed additional studies at the Banff Centre for the Arts, Boston University, and Harvard.
In 2011, Lynne moved to Kansas City to pursue the Doctorate of Musical Arts Degree at the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance. She is an Adjunct Instructor of Oboe at UMKC, teaching Oboe Techniques class.
As an accomplished educator, Lynne continues to be a frequent adjudicator and guest clinician. With over twenty years of teaching experience, she currently provides music lessons in her Kansas City, Missouri studio. She accepts students from age 10 and up, from beginner through advanced skill levels. Lessons are available for:
- private oboe lessons
- private English horn lessons
- small chamber ensemble lessons (two to six players, all woodwinds or a combination of winds and strings)
- private oboe or English horn reed making lessons
- group reed adjusting lessons or group reed making lessons
