Professor of Flute Michel Debost to be Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award by National Flute Association By Marci Janas '91
			Some achievements of a few Debost students: • Flutist and Oberlin graduate Molly Barth is a member of the acclaimed new music ensemble eighth blackbird, called "fiendishly good" by The New Yorker. • Leone Buyse, who studied with Debost in France, was acting principal flutist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra before relinquishing her performing career to teach; she is on the faculty of Rice University's Shepherd School of Music. • A 2001 graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College, Claire Chase was awarded a $5,000 grant from the Presser Foundation to commission, perform and record new chamber music for flute. Chase used the grant to fund the commissioning of new works by four composers. • Emmanuel Pahud, another student of Debost's in France, won first prize in the prestigious Geneva International Music Competition in 1992. In North America during the 1999-2000 season, Pahud made his New York concerto and Lincoln Center debuts at the Mostly Mozart Festival. Following his New York recital debut in 1998, a New York Times reviewer wrote: "Emmanuel Pahud is the new flute sensation....he has extraordinary technique, flawless intonation, and uncanny breath control....most important, Mr. Pahud is an insightful and vital musician."
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