About Me

Cassie Slater is a young and bubbly flute player who grew up on the beaches of the Gold Coast in Australia. Cassie’s career highlights include winning the second prize at the Dutch International Flute Competition in 2022 where she performed the Malcolm Arnold Flute Concerto with the Philharmonie Zuidnederland, performing a solo concert at Het Concertgebouw as a part of their lunchtime concert series in 2022, perfoming the Ibert Flute Concerto with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and with the Jenaer Philharmonie, working with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra in Germany as a part of the MCO Academy and performing in the Musica Viva Chamber Music Festival. Her flute quartet, Eolica Flutes, was also awarded third prize at the 19th International Friedrich Kuhlau Flute Competition. In 2022, Cassie travelled to Dubai where she performed at the German Pavilion at the Dubai World Expo 2020 and gave a concert at the German Consulate in Dubai with her colleagues.

Cassie is currently the Principal Flute at the Mecklenburgische Staatskapelle Schwerin, Germany. She also plays as a casual musician with the Gewandhaus Orchestra, Staatskapelle Weimar, Thüringen Philharmonie Gotha, Theater Erfurt, Philharmonisches Orchester Altenburg-Gera, Thüringer Symphoniker, Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Adelaide Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonic and with other various ensembles in Australia and Germany.

Cassie has performed and worked with internationally renowned flautists such as Denis Bouriakov, Michael Cox, Adam Walker, Wally Hase and Tim Munro and performed chamber music with the LA Philharmonic Wind Quintet. Cassie is currently undertaking a Masters of Music at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt Weimar with Professor Anna Garzuly-Wahlgren where she holds a DAAD Stipendium. She previously studied at the Australian National Academy of Music with Virginia Taylor and completed her Bachelor of Music (First Class Honours) at the University of Queensland with Patrick Nolan.