"exquisite performer"
High Performance Review

"performances are expert"
Prodigy, Martin Bookspan

First-prize winner of England's International Performance Competition, Jan Vinci is a dedicated chamber musician who has appeared across the United States and Europe, commissioning and recording many new works.

Jan has performed at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Caramoor, The Kitchen, Merryall Center for the Arts, Lake Placid Center for the Arts, the International Computer Music Conference in The Hague, and the Chamber Music of the East Festival. Her ensembles have commissioned more than 20 works, and she has recorded Five Premieres: Chamber Works With Guitar with TRITONIS (a flute, guitar, and cello trio) for Albany Records.

Currently Senior Artist-in-Residence at Skidmore College and director of the Skidmore Summer Flute Institute, Jan has served on the faculties of Queens College and Hofstra University, and was president of the New York Flute Club. She often teaches master classes while on tour, and has performed in concert series and festivals at Stanford University, Ithaca College, Crane, the University of West Florida, the University of Central Oklahoma, and in return engagements at her own alma maters.

Jan holds a DMA from The Juilliard School, an MM from The Cleveland Institute of Music, and a BM from Bowling Green State University. She studied with Julius Baker, Samuel Baron, Maurice Sharp, Judith Bentley and Martha Aarons.