{"id":1,"name":"RDBflute","url":"http:\/\/www.rdbflute.com","description":"Canadian-born flutist Robert David Billington earned his Doctor of Musical Arts Degree majoring in flute performance from the University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL. He also has a Master of Music Degree majoring in flute performance from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, MI, and a Bachelor of Arts degree majoring in music from Northern Michigan University in Marquette, MI. Dr. Billington has also done post-graduate work at Ball State University in Muncie, IN, and at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne. His flute teachers have included Bernard Goldberg, Donald Peck, James Pellerite, Robert Aitken, Francis Fuge, and Arthur Kitti.\r\nDr. Billington is a free-lance flutist and flute instructor in the South Florida area. He has taught at the University of Miami, Boise State University, the University of Illinois, the University of Louisville Preparatory and Non-Credit Department, the Louisville Academy of music, and at Ball State University. His doctoral essay, \"A Description and Application of Robert Aitken's Concept of the Physical Flute,\" demonstrates a means by which the flutist can control certain physical elements of flute playing to become a better flute player.\r\nDr. Billington currently performs as principal flutist of the Miami Lyric Opera Orchestra and performs on baroque flute with the Camerata del Re, an early music group. He concertizes with the Billington and Gonzalez Classical Flute and Guitar Duo and with the LGEM Trio, a flute, guitar, and percussion trio that performs Western Hemisphere popular and folkloric music. He has also has performed with numerous orchestras in the United States and with festival orchestras in Europe and has also been a soloist on Trinidad and Tobago Television.","link":"https:\/\/rdbflute.com\/RDBfluteBLOG\/author\/administrator\/","slug":"administrator","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5ef0f8f2041ecd56f7984be78658b1fdd2a960203c1f495e19a49e339ace7edf?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5ef0f8f2041ecd56f7984be78658b1fdd2a960203c1f495e19a49e339ace7edf?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5ef0f8f2041ecd56f7984be78658b1fdd2a960203c1f495e19a49e339ace7edf?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdbflute.com\/RDBfluteBLOG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rdbflute.com\/RDBfluteBLOG\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}