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Kevin Willois

Woodwind Faculty

Flute (Hopewell)

M.M. in Music Performance, Rutgers University

B.S. in Music Performance and Education, Rutgers University

Kevin Willois attended Rutgers University during the mid 90s, and graduated with degrees in music performance and music education. He studied flute under Bart Feller, and has participated in master classes with James Galway, Paula Robison, Jean Pierre Rampal, and Keith Underwood.


Mr. Willois is an active performer in the NY/NJ area, performing with the Perth Amboy Band, the Edison Symphony, Artemis Chamber orchestra, Chelsea Opera orchestra, Martina Arroyo Opera orchestra, and Bravura Philharmonic; as well as small chamber groups Trio at Play and Vento Trio. The latter group of flute, clarinet, and bassoon was a featured group for the “Fou de Bassoon” conference of 2008 in Angouleme, France. In the Summer of 2014, Mr. Willois participated in the 34th annual Music Festival of Londrina, Brazil, to perform and teach workshops in jazz and flute performance.


Vento Trio released their first CD, Brazilian Dances and Inventions, in 2007, and later released their second CD, Hudson Views, which features original compositions by Janet Grice, and Brian DuFord, Pixinguinha, Paquito D'Rivera and others. Trio at Play has released two CDs to date: Willy was Different, featuring a musical setting to a popular Norman Rockwell children's book, and In the Sandbox, which contains a mix of contemporary and classical selections.


Mr. Willois traveled to Taiwan in the spring of 2010 to perform in a concert series in Taipei and Kaohsiung, with percussionist Kevin Romanski. A DVD of the concerts called "Beneath the Canopy" was released in 2011. Mr. Willois is also an accomplished doubler, playing saxophone and clarinet in musicals.


Mr. Willois is well known as a teacher in New Jersey, and he has taught at the Rutgers extension division (formerly RCMP), the Westminster Conservatory (flute), and the Peddie School where he teaches flute, clarinet and saxophone. He has also been active with the Westminster Philharmonic outreach program, bringing his knowledge of woodwind instruments to young students in the New York area.

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