Kelley Russell Latshaw earned a master’s degree in flute performance from Boston University and a bachelor’s degree in flute performance from the Ohio State University. Her additional studies included chamber music and orchestral repertoire at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Her teachers include Peggy Vagts, Katherine Borst Jones and Doriot Anthony Dwyer.
Before joining the CMU music faculty in 2018, Latshaw worked at Verne Q. Powell Flutes and Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. She served as principal flutist of the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra for seven years and has performed with the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra, Ex-Art Opera, the Bloomington Camerata, Bloomington Pops Orchestra, Columbus (IN) Philharmonic, Terre Haute Symphony, and Westerville (OH) Symphony Orchestra. She frequently performs with the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra and is a member of the Mesa Winds faculty woodwind quintet.
Before joining the CMU music faculty in 2018, Latshaw worked at Verne Q. Powell Flutes and Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. She served as principal flutist of the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra for seven years and has performed with the Flagstaff Symphony Orchestra, Ex-Art Opera, the Bloomington Camerata, Bloomington Pops Orchestra, Columbus (IN) Philharmonic, Terre Haute Symphony, and Westerville (OH) Symphony Orchestra. She frequently performs with the Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra and is a member of the Mesa Winds faculty woodwind quintet.