D.O.B. 17-Jan-1980
email: gareth.mclearnon@gmail.com
phone: +33 (0)7 67 26 67 33
web: www.garethmclearnon.com
Nationality: Ireland & UK Passports
Languages: English (Native) French (C1-C2) German (A1 - undertaking structured study) Russian (A1-A2)

Gareth McLearnon is an International flutist, published and prolific composer/arranger, pedagogue, and artistic leader with extensive experience in solo performance, chamber music, orchestral work, recording artistry, higher education teaching, with many international festival invitations and an entrepreneurial approach towards guiding the next generation of flutists. Following intensive professional activity in orchestral, theatrical, recording, and educational contexts during the first decade of his career, his work has developed into a sustained global presence combining performance, composing, direction, recording, pedagogy, and artistic leadership

• 1999-2003: BMus (Hons) Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London

• Professors: Averil Williams, Samuel Coles, Ian Clarke, Michael Cox

• 2003: Ian Fleming Award – Musicians Benevolent Fund

• 2003: Countess of Munster Musical Scholarship Award

1997–1999
Guest 2nd Flute – Ulster Orchestra, Northern Ireland

2001-2019
Deputy Flute/Piccolo/Alto Flute/Ethnic Flutes in major London West End productions including – The Beautiful Game, Oliver!, The Lord of the Rings, The Wizard of Oz, The Lion King, Miss Saigon, Wicked, Love Never Dies, Les Miserables, and UK/international Tours

2003
Illness Cover - 2nd Flute (Half Season) – Southbank Sinfonia

2003–2021
Freelance orchestral engagements in London and throughout the UK (symphony, chamber, and recording projects)

2005
Full Member – Southbank Sinfonia
90 Concerts, UK & International Tours, Operas, Ballets, Contemporary Music Premieres, Solo Concerto, Workshops, Community Outreach Projects

2009–Present
Principal Flute – Heritage Orchestra
UK & International Tours, Performances & Recordings with Dua Lipa, Elton John, SPARKS; Jane Birkin; Ben Folds; GOLDIE; Seu Jorge; Tim Minchin; Ibiza Classics; BBC Proms performances with Jamie Cullum, Jules Buckley, Pete Tong & Scott Walker. Concerts at Royal Albert Hall, Barbican, Royal Festival Hall, The O2 Arena, Recordings in Abbey Road and AIR Studios.

2016–2021
Guest Flute/Piccolo/Alto/Bass/Contrabass Flute– London Contemporary Orchestra - Concerts, Broadcasts, BBC Prom, Film & TV Sessions

2016–Present
Principal Flute – Voces8 Foundation Orchestra - Concerts , Broadcasts and Multiple DECCA Classics recordings

2018
Guest Flute/Piccolo – London Symphony Orchestra - five concerts in total

2018
Guest Principal Flute – Orchestra of St John’s

2021
Principal Flute (Enescu Festival) – East-West Chamber Orchestra

2003-2005
Making Music UK Artist – Recitals with Pianist throughout the UK

2003-2019
Concordia Foundation International Artist – Concerts as Soloist in London and throughout the UK, Europe, Africa, China including Mozart D major Concerto with Shanghai Symphony Orchestra in Shanghai Music Hall, Muthaiga Club Recital, Kenya, Queen Elizabeth Hall gala performance, Solo Recitals in St James, Piccadilly, St Paul’s Covent Garden and St Martin-in-the-Fields among many others.

2013-2021
Concerto Soloist with Moscow Soloists dir. Yuri Bashmet – concerto soloist in Samara, Chapayevsk (x3), Yaroslavl, Khabarovsk, Sochi (x2), Chelyabinsk.

2019
Concerto Soloist with Samara Philharmonic Orchestra

2019
Solo Recital - Florianka Hall, Krakow

2026
Künstlerhaus Boswil - Switzerland Soloist and Chamber Music in Gala Concert

2026 - upcoming
Concerto Soloist at the National Flute Association Convention – premiering Taylor Scott Davis Concertino for Flute & String Orchestra

2007/08/14/16/18/22/24/26
National Flute Association Convention – USA
Solo Recitals, Solo Performances, Classes, Flute Ensemble, Workshops, Panels, 2026 Concerto Soloist

2007/09/12/13/14/15/16/17/18/19/22/23/24/25/26
Adams Flute Festival - Netherlands
Solo Recitals, Workshops, Masterclasses, Flute Ensemble

2010/12/14/25
British Flute Society Convention - Manchester, London, Birminham, UK
Solo Recital, Workshops, Flute Ensemble

2013/14
Sir James Galway Flute Festivals - Weggis Switzerland & Athens GA
Solo Performance, Workshops, Flute Ensemble

2015/17/19
Australian Flute Festival - Canberra, Brisbane, Sydney
Solo Recitals, Masterclass, Workshop, Adjudication, Flute Orchestra Direction

2015/18/21/22/23/24/25
Polish Flute Meeting - Katowice
Solo Recitals, Performances in Gala Concerts, Masterclasses, Workshops, Flute Ensemble

2016/17/18
Portuguese Flute Association Festival (AFLAUP)
Solo Recitals, Masterclasses, Workshops, Flute Ensemble Direction

2016/18/23/25
Spanish Flute Convention - Bilbao, Valencia, Malaga, Madrid
Solo Recital, Masterclass, Workshops, Flute Ensemble

2019
Campos do Jordão Festival - Brazil
Solo Recital, Masterclasses, Orchestral Sectionals, Chamber Music Performances & Coaching

2019
Taishan International Music Festival - Dalian, China
Gala Performance, Masterclass, Workshops, Flute Ensemble

2019/22
Flautissimo Festival - Rome
Gala Performance & Flute Ensemble

2019/24/25
Luxembourg international Flute & Piano Forum
Gala Performance, Masterclass, Workshops, Flute Ensemble

2020/22
FlojtFest & Norsk Flute Forum
Solo Recitals, Masterclass, Workshop, Flute Ensemble

2022/24/25/26
Finnish Flute Festival - Sibelius Academy/Helsinki Music Centre - Tampere Flute Festival
Solo Recitals, Masterclass, Workshop, Competition Adjudication, Flute Ensemble

2023/24
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Flöte - Convention & Festival - Freiburg, Saarbrucken
Gala Performance, Masterclass, Workshops, Flute Ensemble

2024
Dorian Music Flute Festival - Taipei, Taiwan
Gala Performance, Masterclass, Workshops, Flute Ensemble

2024
Austrian Flute Festival - Vienna & Syrinx Flute Festival - Wolfurt
Solo Performance, Workshops, Flute Ensemble

2025
La Traversière Convention - Paris
Performance, Workshops, Flute Ensemble - featured composer

2025
Tallinn Flute Festival - Estonia
Gala Performance, Masterclass, Workshops, Flute Ensemble

2025
Puerto Rico Flute Festival
Gala Performance, Masterclass, Workshops, Competition Adjudication, Flute Ensemble

2025/26
International Flute Seminar Bruges
Gala Performance, Masterclass, Workshops, Flute Ensemble

2025
Croatian Flute Festival
Gala Performance, Masterclass, Workshops, Flute Ensemble

2026
South African international Flute Festival - Stellenbosch & Pretoria
Gala Performance, Masterclass, Workshops, Flute Ensemble

2013
The Colburn School, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Flute Class of Jim Walker

2015/17/19/20/24
Yale School of Music, New Haven, CT, USA
Flute Classes of Ransom Wilson & Tara Helen O’Connor

2016
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow, UK
Flute Classes of Helen Brew, Katherine Bryan, Ruth Morley, Yvonne Robertson

2016/23
Hamburg Hochschule für Musik & Theater
Flute Class of Jürgen Franz & Hans Udo Heinzmann

2016
Beijing Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing, China
Flute Class of Guoliang Han

2017
Stavanger College of Music, Stavanger, Norway
Flute Class of Vidar Austvik

2017
Norwegian Academy of Music, Oslo, Norway
Flute Class of Tom Ottar Andreissen

2017/21
Akademia Muzyczna Krakow, Krakow, Poland
Flute Class of Wieslaw Suruło

2017
Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London, UK
Flute Class of Philippa Davies, Ian Clarke, and Sarah Newbold

2018
Gnessin Academy of Music, Moscow, Russia
Flute Class of Vladimir Kudrya

2018
Zagreb Academy of Music, Croatia
Flute Class of Renata Penezic

2018
St John’s University, Taipei, Taiwan
Flute Class of Chai Fen Tsai

2018
Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan
Flute Class of Jen Pin Lin

2018
Ljubljana Conservatory of Music, Slovenia
Flute Class of Alenka Zupan

2018/19
Gnessin School of Music, Moscow, Russia
Flute Class of Olga Ivusheikova

2019
Central School of Music, Moscow, Russia
Flute Class of Sergei Zhuravel

2019
Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen, Denmark
Flute Class of Ulla Miilmann

2019
Jerusalem Music Centre, Israel

2019/20/21/24
Royal Holloway University of London, Egham, UK
Flute Class of Carla Rees

2019/25
mdw - University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, Austria
Flute Class of Wally Hase

2020/25
Manhattan School of Music, NYC, NY, USA
Flute Class of Linda Chesis

2023
Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, USA
Flute Class of Susanna Loewy

2023
Boyer College of Music, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Flute Class of Prima Kesselmann

2023
Penn State University, State College, PA, USA
Flute Class of Naomi Seidman

2024
Longy School of Music, Boston, MA, USA
Flute Class of Allison Parramore

2024
Sarajevo Conservatory of Music, Sarajevo, Bosnia
Flute Class of Mirna Mlikota

2025
Juilliard School, NYC, NY, USA
Flute Class of Carol Wincenc

2025
Conservatoire de la Ville de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Flute Class of Aneila Stoeffels & Carlo Jans

2025
Hochschule für Musik Münster, Germany
Flute Class of Eyal Ein Habar

2018
British Flute Society Young Artist Competition, UK

2018
Katowice Flute Competition, Poland

2020/22
Towarnicki Flute Competition, Poznan & Warsaw, Poland

2022
Pappoutsakis Flute Competition, Boston, MA, USA

2023
Cimarosa International Flute Competition, Aversa, Italy

2024
Tampere Flute Festival Young Artist Competition, Tampere, Finland

2024/25
Dutch International Flute Competition - Pre-Selection & Bachelor Category

2025
Puerto Rico Flute Festival Young Artist Competition

2024
Concours Maxence Larrieu - Artistic Program Jury

2016–2022
Sony Interactive Entertainment - Horizon series (Horizon Zero Dawn, Horizon Forbidden West, Horizon: Call of the Mountain and related titles)
Solo flute - original soundtrack recordings (Abbey Road Studios, AIR Studios, remote sessions). Franchise sales exceeding 30 million copies worldwide.

2017–2025
Voces8 & Voces8 Foundation Orchestra
Commercial, album release and broadcast recordings as soloist and Principal Orchestral Flutist (DECCA Classics and associated labels).

2022
L’appassionata Chamber Orchestra - Giovanni Sollima: Contrafactus for Flute & Strings - Salle Maffeiana, Verona
Commercial recording release.

2016–2025
Heritage Orchestra
Studio and live recording and television projects including Disney, Ibiza Classics, Dua Lipa Live at the Royal Albert Hall, and GRAMMY-nominated RAYE at the Royal Albert Hall (AIR Studios, Abbey Road Studios, on-location recording).

2016–2026
London Contemporary Orchestra / English Session Orchestra / Hillary Skewes
Recording sessions for film, television and commercial productions including Alien: Covenant, Magdalene, Ludwig (BBC), Wild Mountain Thyme, Carmella, Satisfaction, and numerous library music projects (AIR Studios, Abbey Road Studios, remote recording).

2017
Karl Jenkins - Symphonic Adiemus
Orchestral piccolo

2019
Sonixinema - BRUTE FLUTE
Eponymous performer on internationally distributed contrabass flute sample library, featured on numerous international film, television and video-game soundtracks.

2016–2019
Spitfire Audio - Sample Libraries (including Bernard Herrmann Composer Toolkit, EVO Winds, Albion Neo, Albion Orchestral Selects and others)
Solo and ensemble flute, alto flute, bass flute, contrabass recordings for commercial orchestral sample libraries.

Composer and arranger of original works and published arrangements for flute and flute ensemble, widely performed at international festivals and conservatoires, including the Royal Albert Hall, Royal Festival Hall, Cadogan Hall, the Concertgebouw, and the Rachmaninoff Hall.

2008
Round Ireland with a Flute for Flute & Piano
Published by Theodore Presser

2010
Musical Moments for Flute/Clarinet/Saxophone & Piano
Published by Trinity College of Music Press

2010
The Flutewise Theme for Graded Flute Ensemble
Premiere - Flutewise Academy, Purcell School, London, UK

2012
Flutewise Fanfare for Graded Flute Ensemble
Premiere - Flutewise Live, LSO St Luke’s, London, UK

2013
Single Yellow Line for Graded Flute Ensemble
Premiere - Sir James Galway Flute Festival, Weggis, Switzerland

2015
Lamasery Jigsaw for Flute Orchestra
Premiere - Australian Flute Festival, Canberra, Australia

2017
Cosmic Dawn for Flute Ensemble
Premiere - Australian Flute Festival, Brisbane, Australia

2019
Edge Effect for Flute Ensemble
Premiere - Australian Flute Festival, Sydney, Australia

2022
DEEP DISH for Flute Ensemble
Premiere - NFA Convention, Chicago, IL, USA

2023
Steel City for Flute Ensemble
Commissioned by Flute Community of Pittsburgh
Premiere - Slippery Rock Honors Flute Ensemble Day, PA, USA

2023
Three Sheets to the Wind for Flute Quartet
Commissioned by Dan Parasky
Premiere - Pittsburgh, PA, USA

2023
Fondant Forward for Low Flute Ensemble
Commissioned by Birmingham Flute Choir
Premiere - Birmingham, UK

2023
AFFanfare for Flute Ensemble
Commissioned by Australian Flute Festival
Premiere - Australian Flute Festival, Sydney, Australia

2024
A Peace of the Acton for Flute Ensemble
Commissioned by Wm. S. Haynes Co., Boston
Premiere - NFA Convention, San Antonio, TX, USA

2024
Adams Funk Fanfare for Low Flute Ensemble
Commissioned by ADAMS Music Centre
Premiere - Adams Low Flute Festival, Ittervoort, NL

2025
HOT METZ for Junior Flute Ensemble
Commissioned by Nathalie Lamour
Premiere - Metz, France

2025
Pick Pic Picc for Piccolo Trio
Commissioned by Peter Verhoyen
Premiere - NFA Convention, Atlanta, GA, USA

2025
Aurora for Flute Ensemble
Commissioned by the Finnish & Australian Flute Festivals
Dual Premiere - Helsinki, Finland & Sydney, Australia

2025
Roots for Flute & Piano
Premiere - Finnish Flute Festival, Sibelius Academy, Helsinki, Finland

2025
Fourmies-dabble for Junior Flute Ensemble
Commissioned by La Volière Ensemble
Premiere - Fourmies, France

UPCOMING PREMIERES

2026
Seconds on State Street for Flute Ensemble
Commissioned by The Chicago Flute Club
World Premiere - Chicago, IL, USA - March 21
European Premiere - Barbican Centre, London, UK - March 26

2026
Delightfully Naughty for Piccolo & Piano
Commissioned by Peter Verhoyen
Premiere - NFA Convention, Portland, OR, USA - August 8

2005–2014
Artist-in-Residence - Pearl Flutes (Japan-based flute manufacturer)
Artistic ambassador and consultant, product testing, product and headjoint development and instrument evaluation.

2014–2026
European Artist-in-Residence - Wm. S. Haynes Co. (world’s oldest continuously operating flute manufacturer)
Artistic and technical consultancy. Guiding product and headjoint development; advising on design, materials, and specification; testing and evaluating new instruments; liaising with specialist flute dealers worldwide.