Tamara Thweatt serves as Principal Flute of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra and the Carmel Symphony Orchestra. She was formerly Piccolo and Third Flute of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and has been a guest musician with the Chicago Symphony, National Symphony and the Minnesota Orchestra, Detroit Symphony and Indianapolis Symphony. Thweatt has appeared as soloist with the Bach Sinfonia of Washington, DC, the Pontiac Oakland Symphony and the Charlotte, NC Symphony. As a Fulbright Scholar to England, Thweatt spent a year of intensive study in the studio of Trevor Wye and performed in Fulbright-sponsored recitals in London and Berlin. She holds a Doctorate from the University of Michigan, a Master's degree from Northwestern University and a Bachelor's degree from Florida State University. Dr. Thweatt was formerly Assistant Professor of Flute at the University of Iowa, and is currently Instructor of Flute at the University of Indianapolis. Tamara has a new interest in Shakuhachi (Japanese bamboo flute), and attended two Shakuhachi workshops this summer in California and Maine.