Scott Metlicka

Instructor

Scott Metlicka, NIU flute instructor, enjoys a versatile career as a pedagogue, performer, piano accompanist and promoter of live music. Originally from Batavia, Illinois, he received a B.M. degree in flute performance from Northern Illinois University and a M.M. degree in flute performance from Northwestern University.

Noteworthy engagements include playing bass flute at the 2014 and 2022 National Flute Association Conventions and piccolo, flute, alto flute and recorder for the shows Wicked and Beauty and the Beast. Mr. Metlicka has performed as soloist for Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto #5 and Honegger’s Concerto da Camera with Chamber Music on the Fox, Ibert’s Flute Concerto with the Wisconsin Philharmonic and Rockford Symphony, Liebermann’s Piccolo Concerto with the South Bend Symphony and Dexter Morrill’s Piccolo Concerto with the Mendelssohn Chamber Orchestra (Rockford).

Additional engagements include subbing with Chicago’s Lyric Opera Orchestra and Grant Park Symphony, Milwaukee Symphony, Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra, Chicago Opera Theater, Illinois Philharmonic, 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 is currently a member of the Rockford, Elgin and South Bend Symphonies and the Wisconsin Philharmonic.

A passionate music educator, Mr. Metlicka has a highly regarded private studio in the Chicago area, with many of his students receiving music education and flute performance degrees. He was the Flute Instructor at Elgin Community college before his position at NIU. As an advocate for live music, his chamber music group, Apollo Trio, has presented concerts throughout the Midwest. Mr. Metlicka is an avid bicyclist and pedals from his home in Elgin to his cabin in Wisconsin’s Northwoods, where he is currently developing a chamber music series.