Deborah Coble
Principal Flute
Now in her 14th season as principal flute, Deborah Coble began her tenure with the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra as second flute/assistant first after joining the orchestra in 1975. She also performs with the SSO’s Wind Quintet and Baroque Ensemble.
A native of Kingsport, TN, she received her Bachelor of Music degree from Louisiana State University and her Master of Music degree from the University of Texas at Austin. In 1974, she received a fellowship to the renowned Tanglewood Music Center, summer home of the Boston Symphony, and won a C.D. Jackson prize. Her teachers have included Eugene Orner, Dr. Everett Timm, John Hicks, and Doriot Anthony Dwyer, retired principal flutist of the Boston Symphony.
A former member of the Baton Rouge Symphony, she has performed as a substitute with the New York Philharmonic and Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra.
She has appeared as a soloist with the SSO on several occasions, performing the Lowell Liebermann Concerto, the J.S. Bach Suite in B minor, and the Carl Reinecke Concerto.
She has been an adjunct professor of flute at Syracuse University’s Setnor School of Music since 1999.
She is married to SSO Principal Trumpet George Coble, and they reside in Liverpool.
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