Scott Metlicka

Flute | Elgin, IL

Scott Metlicka enjoys a versatile career as a performer, pedagogue, piano accompanist, and promoter of live music. He received his B. M. (performance) degree from Northern Illinois University and M. M. (performance) degree from Northwestern University in 2002. Noteworthy engagements include playing bass flute at the 2014 and 2022 National Flute Association Convention and piccolo, flute, alto flute and recorder for the shows Wicked and Beauty and the Beast. Mr. Metlicka has performed as concerto soloist with the South Bend, Rockford, and Lake Geneva Symphonies, Wisconsin Philharmonic, and Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra (Rockford).  Additional engagements include Lyric Opera of Chicago, Grant Park Symphony, Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Opera Theater, Joffrey Ballet Orchestra, Fulcrum Point New Music Project, Present Music Milwaukee, Milwaukee Ballet, Madison Symphony, and Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra. During the summer, he has played with the Peninsula Music Festival in Door County, WI and the Pine Mountain Music Festival in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. He currently is a member of the Rockford, Elgin, and South Bend Symphonies. Mr. Metlicka is the Flute Instructor at Northern Illinois University. As an advocate for live music, his chamber music group, Apollo Trio, presents concerts throughout the Midwest.