Lenora Mathias

Lenora Warkentin has appeared as flute soloist in concert with the Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet, Sounds New, Peninsula Women’s Chorus, Composers’ Inc., San Francisco Camerata Americana, and Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional del Peru. She has performed with many Bay Area ensembles, including West Edge Opera, and the Napa Valley, Oakland East Bay, Monterey, Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, and Fremont Symphonies. Lenora holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California at Los Angeles where she was a teaching assistant for the Wind Ensemble and music history classes. Awards include first prizes in the Frank Sinatra Competition (Classical Instrumentalist), the Atwater Kent, and the UCLA Concerto Competition. From 2010 to 2013, she served as Music Director of the Junior Bach Festival. A frequent adjudicator for local music festivals and competitions, Lenora enjoys teaching private flute and piano lessons at her home in Oakland. Her students have performed in the Junior Bach Festival, San Francisco Youth Orchestra, Young Peoples Symphony Orchestra, Berkeley Youth Orchestra, local theater orchestras, Santa Cruz Jazz Festival, and California Jazz Conservatory Ensembles.