Andrea “Fluterscooter” Fisher
A graduate of The Juilliard School in flute performance (BM 02, MM 04), Andrea "Fluterscooter" Fisher started the popular Fluterscooter bag brand nearly 15 years ago and has grown the business to be sold in over 250 stores worldwide. She manages the company's growing custom branch whose clients include Powell Flutes, Brannen Bros. Flutes, Gemeinhardt Flutes, Mollard Conducting Batons, Pettry Piccolos, Straubinger Flutes, and Flute Center of New York. Fluterscooter has thus expanded to include oboe, clarinet, and most recently guitar and ukelele bags as a collaboration with Martin Guitar. Her bags have garnered the attention of today's flutists including pop artist, Lizzo.
Andrea was active in the inception of The Juilliard School's Entrepreneurship program as one of their first Resident Entrepreneurs, and she has been giving lectures and workshops to students and graduates of all arts disciplines at Juilliard, New York University, Penn State University, University of Iowa, Butler University, West Virginia University, University of Missouri, University of South Carolina, Texas Flute Festival, Iowa Flute Intensive, Tampere Flute Festival, National Flute Association, Panamá Flute Festival, Flute Association of Serbia, and at music stores and high schools throughout the USA and abroad. She was also a founder, editor, and writer for The Flute View magazine. Andrea has taught masterclasses in China at the Tianjian and Nanjing Conservatories and throughout Asia as an ambassador for the Nord Anglia Education program.
Her eclectic flute career includes collaborations with John Legend, 50 Cent, Rick Ross, Puff Daddy, Wiz Khalifa, and Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull. Andrea has performed in concert halls throughout the world and has given world premieres at Seoul Arts Center and the Galway Flute Festival. As an educator, Andrea has taught masterclasses in China at the Tianjian and Nanjing Conservatories and throughout Asia as an ambassador to The Juilliard School/Nord Anglia Education program. She has self-produced and released 3 albums of meditation and medicine music. Andrea is known for her unique performances using hologram technology and is best recognized for her viral videos where she plays flute and organ simultaneously. Her Halloween video of Danse Macabre, where she played flute, keyboards, and pedals has gotten over 1 million views.
She presents her Entrepreneurship sessions in a fun and engaging atmosphere, and includes her personal stories, from selling CDs out of an ice cream truck to balancing her creative and business endeavors. Students leave her sessions inspired and with a fresh outlook on their careers and opportunities both in and outside of school.
Fluterscooter is a Powell Flutes Artist.
Website: fluterscooter.com