Marisela Sager, flutist           

                A native of Southern California, Marisela Sager  is currently the Assistant Principal flutist with the Cleveland Orchestra.  Previously she held the same position with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.  From 2001-2004 she served as rotating principal flutist with the New World Symphony in Miami Beach, Florida. Ms. Sager also enjoys performing as a soloist and chamber musician throughout the country.
            Marisela Sager has played in orchestras throughout the United States, Mexico, and Europe with ensembles such as the National Repertory Orchestra, the Tanglewood Orchestra, the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, the Orquesta Sinfonica UANL (Monterrey, Mexico), and the Florida West Coast Symphony. She has collaborated with conductors including: Franz Welser-Most, Michael Tilson Thomas, Larry Rachleff, Seigi Ozawa, Hans Graf, Roberto Abbado, Sir Neville Mariner, Zdenek Macal, Robert Spano. 
            Also active as a soloist and chamber musician, Ms. Sager has received first prize in the San Diego Flute Guild Young Artist and piccolo competitions, was a two-year award winner in the Musical Merit Foundation Competition, and won the 2000 Frank Bowen Young Artist competition. Her chamber music career includes performances with such artists as flutist Paula Robison, violinist Cho-Liang Lin, renowned pipa player Wu-Man, and Academy Award winning composer, Tan Dun. Ms. Sager has performed repeatedly with Summerfest La Jolla in California where she was featured in a broadcast on National Public Radio’s "Performance Today". She has appeared as soloist with the San Diego State Symphony Orchestra, the New Mexico Symphony, and the New World Symphony.
            In addition to her extensive performance experience, Marisela Sager enjoys and has been recognized as an excellent music educator. She actively participated as a leader in the New World Symphony’s community outreach program as well as working with VITAS, an organization that sends volunteers to visit and play music for patients in nursing homes and hospitals.
               Ms. Sager holds a Master of Music from Rice University and a Bachelor of Music from San Diego State University, where her teachers included Leone Buyse and Claude Monteux, respectively.