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Byron W. Petty
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Byron W. Petty, (b.1955) flutist, pianist, composer, and conductor holds a BM degree in flute performance from the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University, where he studied with the noted flutist, Britton Johnson. As a member of the ARDO DUO, Petty and his wife, Dr. Shuko Watanabe (piano) have performed throughout the Eastern U.S. and in Japan. He has served as Instructor of Piano at Roanoke College, VA and Instructor of Flute and Piano at Southern Virginia University. He is a Lecturer in Music (Flute) and has taught courses in Composition and Musical Analysis as Visiting Assistant Professor of Music at Washington and Lee University. Petty has appeared frequently as a solo pianist and chamber musician on the Con Spirito Concert Series of Roanoke, Virginia and has been a judge for the 21st through 23rd annual Bartok-Kabalesky-Prokoviev International Piano Competition held at Radford University, VA, the 2003 Virginia Music Teachers Association Collegiate Concerto Competition, and the Bland Music Scholarship Competition. From 1995-2002, Petty was the Conductor/Music Director of the Eurydice Community Orchestra of Roanoke, VA and subsequently, the Artistic Director from 2002 through 2003. Appearances with both Con Spirito and E.C.O.R. have been broadcast on Public Radio’s Music Around Roanoke 89.1 FM. As a composer, his works have been performed at regional meetings of the Society of Composers Inc., Southeastern Composers’ League, College Music Society, and at the 199
