Tara Helen O'Connor, Flutist

Flutist Tara Helen O'Connor is a charismatic performer sought after for her unusual artistic depth, brilliant technique and colorful tone in music of every era.  A current artist member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Tara is a member of the woodwind quintet WINDSCAPE, the 1995 Naumburg Award winning New Millennium Ensemble, Talea Ensemble and is the flute soloist of the world renowned Bach Aria Group.  A 2001 Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient and two time  Grammy nominee,  Tara has appeared on A&E’s “Breakfast for the Arts” and Live from Lincoln Center.  She has recorded for Deutsche Gramophon, EMI Classics, Koch International and Bridge Records.   This past season's highlights included performances of the Art of the Fugue with the Orion String Quartet and Windscape in Detroit, Virginia, and the Kennedy Center, a concerto with the NY String Orchestra at Carnegie Hall under Jaime Laredo, a trip to Spain with the Andalusian Dogs and Dawn Upshaw performing Golijov's Ayre, a collaboration with guitarist Elliott Fisk at The 92nd Street Y.  Tara is Associate Professor of Flute at the Purchase College Conservatory of Music, Bard College Conservatory of Music, Manhattan School of Music Contemporary Music Program and teaches summer masterclasses at the Banff Centre in Canada.  An avid photographer, she has photo credits in Time Out, Strad, and Chamber Music America magazines.  Tara lives with her violinist husband Daniel Phillips on Manhattan’s Upper West Side.