Ali Dettmer is an active performer and educator dedicated to her craft in classical music. She currently holds the position of Second Flute with the Lima Symphony Orchestra and recently attained the position of Piccolo/Third Flute with the Fredricksburg Symphony Orchestra. She also maintains a private studio and freelances around Richmond, VA. She has been a prize winner of several competitions, winning first prize in the 2020 Kentucky Flute Society Young Artist’s Competition and third prize in the Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia Young Artist’s Competition. She has been a featured soloist with the Concordia University Orchestra and the City of Fairfax Band, performing the solo parts from J.S. Bach’s Suite in B Minor and Franz Doppler’s Hungarian Fantasie, respectively.
     Ali has attended several prestigious summer programs, including Brevard Music Center, Boston University Tanglewood Wind Ensemble Institute, and ARIA International Summer Academy. She has been a substitute flutist and piccolo player with the Akron Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Opera, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and New World Symphony.
     As an educator, she currently enjoys teaching at her private studio in Richmond, VA. She is a faculty member of the Greater Richmond School of Music, teaching beginner piano, clarinet, and trumpet and all levels of flute. In the past she has also served as a faculty member for the Judith Lapple Woodwind Camp in Fairfax, Virginia.
     Ali received her Bachelors of Fine Arts in Flute Performance from Carnegie Mellon University in 2018 with college and university honors. While there, Ali also completed certification for music education in grades K-12 and received the Elizabeth Graf scholarship for her excellence in the field. Upon finishing her student teaching semester, she pursued and received a Master's of Music in Flute Performance from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Her primary teachers throughout her career have included Alberto Almarza, Amy Porter, Jeanne Baxtresser, Jennifer Lapple, and Judith Lapple.