Flutist Elizabeth Kleiber is an emerging artist based in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. She serves as Second Flute and Piccolo with the Minnesota Opera and Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra. She has appeared as a fellow with the National Repertory Orchestra and the Music Academy of the West. As the winner of the 42nd James Pappoutsakis Competition, she presented the Fenwick Smith Tribute Recital in Boston’s Jordan Hall. Elizabeth holds degrees from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University (MM) and the New England Conservatory (BM).