Orlando Cela’s career as flutist and conductor has taken him all over the world. He started playing flute at a very early age in his native Venezuela. He pursued flute studies at DePauw University under the tutelage of Anne Reynolds, as well as classical improvisation with Eric Edberg. He also studied in Vienna with Barbara Gisler-Haase, professor at the Hochschule for Musik und Darstellende Kunst, before moving to Boston, where he studied with Paula Robison at the New England Conservatory. At NEC, Orlando also earned a double masters degree in wind ensemble and choral conducting in one year, studying under Tamara Brooks. He has performed in masterclasses with Raymond Guiot, Shigenori Kudo, Alain Marion and Trevor Wye in Quebec's "Le Domain Forget" and the Teatro Teresa Carreño in Caracas, Venezuela, among others. Orlando is a member of Music at Eden’s Edge, and the music director of Willow Flute Ensemble. He has served as faculty in UMass Dartmouth, SUNY Fredonia and College of the Holy Cross. Orlando’s recordings can be found in iTunes, CDBaby and Amazon, and include music from all genres and time periods.

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