Janice MacDonald is the principal flutist of the Chicago Sinfonietta and the Joffrey Ballet Orchestra, and is solo piccolo of the Lake Forest Symphony. She also performs regularly with the Grant Park Symphony, Chicago Opera Theater, Concertante di Chicago, Ars Viva, the new music ensembles PINOTAGE, Fulcrum Point and CUBE, among others. Her credits also include several theatrical productions including Aida, Jekyll & Hyde and The Wizard of Oz. An active studio musician, she has recorded for the “American Girl” doll CD series as well as numerous radio and television commercials. Ms. MacDonald performs throughout the country as well as internationally. Most recently, throughout Ethiopia and Mali on a three week tour with Trio Chicago, including the first performance of an American classical group in Timbuktu. She performed in Italy with the Parnassus Orchestra of London, which included appearances as a soloist and chamber musician, has toured Greece and Britain, appearing with the Regent Quintet in London, and has also toured Switzerland and Germany twice with the Chicago Sinfonietta. Janice MacDonald holds degrees from DePaul University and the California Institute of the Arts.

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