Caitlin Boruch (she/her), flute, has a Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance from the University of Iowa, studying with Robert Dick and Tadeu Coelho, and a Master of Music in Flute Performance from the University of California Santa Barbara, where she studied with Jill Felber. She has enjoyed a varied career within music as performer, instructor, and administrator. While living in Santa Barbara from 2003-2008, she was the program manager of the MERIT Program of the Music Academy of the West and general manager of the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra. 

She lived Washington, DC from 2008-2010, where she served as a faculty member at the International School of Music and performed with the Capital City Symphony, Great Noise Ensemble, and the Columbia Flute Choir. 

Caitlin relocated to Switzerland in 2010, where she co-founded The International Community School of Music-Basel music school and performed with the Arthur Lourié Society Basel. While in Switzerland, Caitlin studied the Basler Piccolo, a fife-like instrument used in the annual Swiss festival of Fasnacht. She performed with Spezi Clique 1905 and Mimösli-Ensembles, taught both private lessons and clinics on the instrument, and was featured on the Swiss national television show Basler Fasnacht Querschnitt on SRF.
 

Since moving to Ventura County in 2013, Caitlin has taught chamber music, group flute and keyboard, and private flute lessons with the Laby Harmony Project of the New West Symphony. She also teaches chamber music at La Reina Middle and High School and private flute lessons to a full studio. Caitlin is a member of the National Flute Association and a branch vice president of the Music Teachers’ Association of California. Caitlin encourages her students to pursue philanthropic endeavors; her studio-sponsored events have raised thousands of dollars in donations for nonprofit organizations. Her students enjoy an active performing schedule of MTAC's Certificate of Merit and Royal Conservatory of Music Certificate Program, as well as international, local, and studio festivals, competitions, masterclasses, and events. 

Busking for Charity, 2018