Jane Lenoir, flutist, has a career which spans many diverse genres of music. Born in Washington, DC to a family of professional musicians, she grew up in Tampa, Florida, and left when she was 15 on a scholarship to the Interlochen Arts Academy in Interlochen, Michigan. She later graduated from the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. She has participated as a soloist, chamber and orchestral flutist in many ensembles, including Principal Flute and Soloist with the Music in the Mountains Festival in Nevada City, California.

Her experience as a soloist and performer includes performances with the San Francisco Chamber Music Society, the Mills College Group for New Music, the Paul Dresher Ensemble, George Coates Performance Works, The San Francisco Conservatory Contemporary Music Ensemble, the Berkeley Contemporary Chamber Players, the LA Museum’s Monday Evening Concerts, UC Santa Cruz Contemporary Music Festival, the Seattle Group for New Music. She has performed many world premieres of compositions, and can be heard also on Mode Records and Vienna Artists.

She has resided in the San Francisco Bay Area since the 70’s, and she currently lives Berkeley. Her involvement in jazz dates back to the 70’s, when she first started hanging out in clubs and sitting in, working with such well-known Bay Area jazz artists as the late Al Plank, Hal Stein, Calvin Keys, Harold Jones, Vince Lateano, Art Lande, Andy Narrell, John Wiitala and others. Her jazz CD “fluid” has been played on radio stations all over the U.S. and Europe. She appears frequently with her sister, clarinetist Annie Lenoir in jazz and classical concerts. Jane has explored many other styles, including Brazilian Choro Music, Persian Music, Armenian and Middle Eastern styles, and is currently working on a CD of World Music and Jazz which will incorporate these styles.