A first-prize winner in the Carmel Chamber Music Society Competition, a second-prize winner in the National Flute Association's Young Artist Competition, and a Carnegie Hall Recital Debut winner with Artists International, Dr. Kris Palmer is Principal Piccoloist with the Golden Gate Park Band, and she is the conductor of the San Jose Youth Symphony's Avant and Avance Flute Choirs. She performs regularly with Opera San Jose, Monterey Symphony, Santa Cruz Symphony, and Lamplighters Musical Theatre. She is a former member of the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra and former Principal Flutist of the Chamber Orchestra of Albuquerque. Kris is on the faculty of San Jose State University's Summer Flute Institute, and she holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts from Rice University, a Master of Music from Rice University, and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Southern California. Kris is the director and founder of Black Cedar Chamber Music, and she has two commercial album releases.
