Jayden Lee enjoys an exciting career as an orchestral flutist. A native of Arizona, USA, he has had the opportunity to work with several ensembles including the Omaha Symphony, Erie Philharmonic, Kingston Symphony, l’Orchestre Symphonique du Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, l’Orchestre Classique de Montréal, l’Orchestre de chambre de Hawkesbury, and is a regular principal flute of Ensemble Obiora, an orchestra based in Montréal with a focus on diversity and inclusion within the classical music community.

 

As a soloist, he performed Cecile Chaminade’s Concertino for Flute and Wind Band with the Desert Ridge High School Wind Ensemble and François Devienne’s 7th flute concerto with McGill’s Beethoven Orchestra. A dual citizen of the United States and Canada, he has had the opportunity to work with several conductors on both sides of the border including Samy Rachid, Simon Rivard, Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, Alexis Hauser, Jean-Philippe Tremblay, Jean-Michel Malouf, Larry Livingston, and Jeffrey Meyer.

 

In 2025, he was named one of the four winners of the Concours Prix d'Europe in Montréal, receiving the Prix Guy Soucie Fourth Prize and the Prix de l'Académie de musique du Québec. Jayden is a recipient of awards from the Sylva Gelber Foundation, la Fondation Jeunesses Musicales Canada, and is a Wm. S. Haynes Young Artist.

 

Jayden recently obtained a graduate and undergraduate degree from McGill University as a student of Joanna G’froerer, while pursuing additional graduate studies with Robert Langevin in New York City.