Madison Deppe is a Hamilton-based flautist who performs in solo, chamber, and orchestral settings across Ontario. She is the Principal Flute with Sinfonia Ancaster and maintains an active freelance career, performing regularly with the Niagara Symphony, the Guelph Symphony, the Sudbury Symphony, the Brott National Academy Orchestra, and the Oakville Symphony and Chamber Orchestras. She also collaborates frequently with choral ensembles throughout the region, including choruses in Woodstock, Hamilton, Georgetown, Collingwood, and Brantford.

An enthusiastic chamber musician, Madison performs in a variety of collaborative projects, including Duo Petrichor (flute & guitar), which presents concerts throughout the Greater Toronto Area. She spent five seasons as a piccolo player with the Ceremonial Guard Band on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, and has participated in summer training with Tafelmusik. She continues to explore historically informed performance and performs regularly on baroque flute.

Madison is also an enthusiastic educator. She maintains a large private flute and piano studio, serves as flute instructor at Redeemer University, and conducts the university’s Chamber Music Club. She is a sought-after clinician and coach, working with the Hamilton and Oakville Youth Orchestras and frequently leading sectional rehearsals and workshops at schools including Hillfield Strathallan College, Ridley College, Dundas Valley Secondary School, and Cawthra Park Secondary School for the Arts, her alma mater. She is also a returning faculty member and soloist at Summer Music Camp in Port Elgin, and is looking forward to joining Lake Field Music this summer.

Madison holds an Honours Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance from Western University, where she studied with Anne Thompson, and has also studied with Patricia Dydnansky, Claire Guimond, and Susan Hoeppner. She is thrilled to now call Hamilton home, and has recently co-led flute choir events for the Greater Hamilton community. She plays on a silver, platinum, and 14k gold Haynes flute.

In her free time, Madison enjoys reading, studying languages, and training for a future triathlon.