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Internationally acclaimed Grammy nominated composer and flutist Valerie Coleman is one of the most performed living composers in the world. Named Performance Today’s 2020 Classical Woman of the Year, her works have garnered multiple awards including the Van Lier Fellowship Award, Herb Alpert Awards’ Ragdale Prize and MAPFund. In addition to multiple commissions at Carnegie Hall and with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Coleman’s works have been performed by The Metropolitan Opera, New York Philharmonic, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra and BBC Symphony Orchestra among many others. Coleman is the founder of the acclaimed ensemble Imani Winds and holds positions at The Juilliard School, Tanglewood Institute and Manhattan School of Music.