Flutist Elizabeth Kleiber is currently based in the Minneapolis area and will begin her appointment as Second Flute and Piccolo with the Minnesota Opera in the 2025–26 season. She holds a MM from Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music (2025) and a BM from the New England Conservatory (2023). She has been a fellow at the National Repertory Orchestra (2024) and the Music Academy of the West (2025). In 2022, she was the winner of the 42nd James Pappoutsakis Competition and presented the Fenwick Smith Tribute Recital in Boston’s Jordan Hall.