Brightmusic Chamber Ensemble

Chicago-born cellist Dr. Kevin Flynn enjoys an active career as a teacher and performing artist, firmly believing that each informs the other. Flynn is Visiting Assistant Professor at the Michael and Anne Greenwood School of Music at Oklahoma State University, Assistant Principal Cello in the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, and Acting Principal Cello in the Oklahoma Baroque Orchestra. He has served as Principal Cellist of the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, the Drs. Dale and Linda Guse Principal Cellist of the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, and the Sajo and Chiqui Fellow of the International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico. He is cellist in the groundbreaking historically-informed chamber ensemble Tonos del Sur and the prize-winning Cercis String Quartet. 

Flynn earned Doctor of Music and Master of Music degrees in Violoncello Performance from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he was the Eva Heinitz Memorial Fellow. He earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in Music and in Philosophy from Grand Valley State University. Flynn’s primary teachers include Emilio Colón, Pablo Mahave-Veglia, Joanna Blendulf, Helga Winold, Stanley Ritchie, and Edward Kelsey Moore. He has participated in masterclasses with Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Uri Vardi, and Steve Doane.

Highlights of Flynn’s 2024-25 season include: the Cercis String Quartet’s semi-annual Midwest Tour, performances withTonos del Sur in Indianapolis, IN and at BLEMF 2025; summer teaching at BLEM’s Early Music; performances with violinist Jeff Myers of the Calidore String Quartet, pianist Dr. Tomomi Sato, and clarinetist Wendy Bickford; the successful defense of his dissertation, “A Study of Adrien-François Servais’ Pedagogical Works and Stylistic Traits: Towards an Understanding of the Belgian Cello School.”