Jodi Sowers
Jodi Sowers holds degrees in flute performance from the University of Indianapolis (BM, Summa Cum Laude, 1996), and Butler University (MM, 1998). Winner of the Frank and Madge Gerke Performance award from Mu Phi Epsilon, she was featured at the Mu Phi Epsilon International Convention at Depauw University in 1996. She has also performed as soloist at the Alpha Chi National Convention in Atlanta.
Other musical experiences have included performing with Raymond Leppard and members of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra at the DeHaan Center in Mozart's D Major Concerto, as well as Bach's Brandenburg Concert No. 4 in the fall of 2006. Ms. Sowers has studied flute with Karen Moratz of the ISO, Anne Reynolds, and Nadine Asin at the Aspen Music Festival.
She currently teaches flute, flute choir, and Introduction to Music at both the University of Indianapolis and at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis. At IUPUI, she also teaches a chamber music class and frequently performs on faculty recitals. Ms. Sowers has earned multiple awards for her teaching. In 2005, she was awarded the IUPUI Faculty Teaching Award for excellence in teaching; in 2006, she was the recipient of the Favorite Professor Award from the IUPUI Athletic Association, and 2008 she won the Innovative Artist Award from that institution.