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Musician Profile - Betsy Reeds
What is your hometown?
Springfield, Missouri
How long have you been with the BPO?
10 years
What is your favorite part of being a member of the BPO?
Being able to share my lifelong dream of being an orchestral musician with people that have become like a family to me.
What is your favorite piece of music?
Elgar- Enigma Variations (Nimrod)
Saint-Saens Organ Symphony, Brahms Symphony #1
What other orchestras have you performed with?
Springfield, Missouri Symphony
What types of music do you like to listen to?
I don't listen to music much in my down time.
Do you play any other instruments?
No
What do you like to do in your free time?
Yoga, crossword puzzles, orchids
What is your favorite movie?
The Wizard of Oz
What is your favorite TV show?
Project Runway & The Office
What is your favorite restaurant?
Seabar
What do you like best about Buffalo?
Summer- especially around Lake Erie
Biography
Betsy Reeds, a native of Springfield Missouri, has held the position of second flute with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra since 1997.She is an alumna of Southwestern Missouri State University (now, Missouri State University) in Springfield, MO. She studied advanced flute performance in St. Louis, MO with Jacob Berg, Principal Flutist of the St. Louis Symphony (also past Principal Flutist of the Buffalo Philharmonic).She has been a featured soloist with the Springfield (MO) Symphony and with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as various chamber orchestras, both in Southwest Missouri and Western New York. She has been a featured soloist on WBFO radio and at several National Flute Association Conventions. Ms. Reeds is on the faculty of Canisus College and Daemen College in Buffalo and keeps a private teaching studio. She performs with The Amberg Quartet and in the Reeds/Ali Flute and Guitar Duo which toured in Spain in 2001, performing music from their cd: "Café". Betsy is also a member of the National Flute Choir, performing on all eight of its cds.In February 2007, Missouri State University, in partnership with the Springfield Symphony and Ron Spigelman (past BPO Associate Conductor), invited her back to premier a concerto written for her by John Prescott of MSU.
Betsy currently lives in Amherst, NY with her husband, Geoffrey, and three teenage sons, Draper, Vance, and Zak.
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