Jean Hein, Baroque Recorder

Jean Hein was previously a member of the Baroque Soloists of Illinois, Director of the St. Luke’s Recorder Ensemble in Oklahoma City and featured as recorder soloist on the St. Luke’s Sunday at Five Concert Series.  She has toured Ireland and Wales performing Baroque and Celtic music and presented recitals in the Midwest, Southwest and in several East Coast states. Ms. Hein has an extensive background as a clarinet teacher and performer.  Currently teaching at Columbia College and the Palmetto Center for the Arts, she maintains a large clarinet studio in Northeast Columbia, while performing with several area orchestras and chamber music groups.  She holds degrees in music from the Oberlin Conservatory and Northwestern University, with further study at the University of Iowa and the Indiana University Summer Recorder Institute.  She has taught music history at Cornell College.  Ms. Hein performs on a handmade Thomas Prescott recorder after P. Bressan.