Background
Buyse, Leone Karena was born on February 7, 1947 in Oneida, New York, United States. Daughter of Leonard Cornelius and Ione Esther (Hinman) Buyse.
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Leone Karena Buyse, Orchestral musician, educator. Fulbright grantee, Paris, 1968-1969. Member National Flute Association (board directors 1985-1986, convention program chairman 1987), Greater Boston Flute Association (founder, president 1992-1993), Mu Phi Epsilon (winner international competition 1970), Pi Kappa Lambda.
Education
Bachelor of Music, Eastman School Music, Rochester, New York, 1968; Master of Music, Emporia (Kansas) State University, 1980; certified, Paris Conservatory, 1971.
Career
2d flute and piccolo, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, 1971-1978; assistant principal flute, San Francisco Symphony, 1978-1983; assistant principal flute, Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1983-1990; acting principal, Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1990-1993; principal flute, Boston Pops Orchestra, 1983-1990; professor flute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1993-1997; professor flute and chamber music, Shepherd School Music, Rice U., Houston, since 1997. Member of faculty Boston University, 1983-1993, Tanglewood Institute of Boston University, Lenox, Massachusetts, 1984-1994, New England Conservatory, 1988-1993.
Achievements
Membership
Member National Flute Association (board directors 1985-1986, convention program chairman 1987), Greater Boston Flute Association (founder, president 1992-1993), Mu Phi Epsilon (winner international competition 1970), Pi Kappa Lambda.
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Married Michael Fanning Webster, September 7, 1987.
