Merryl Neille
FLUTE SPECIALIST & ADMINISTRATOR
Merryl Neille (DMA in flute performance, University of Michigan) has taught, researched and performed in South Africa, the Netherlands, Canada, the United States and Australia. Her eighteen-year long career as a professional flautist saw Merryl as principal flute of the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, guest principal flutist of the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra and a member of several international ensembles.
As a composer, Merryl was a prize winner of the Flute Society of NSW Composition Competition for Winter Solstice for Flute and Piano (2020). She was commissioned to write Sighs and Silence (2021) for Karen North's publication of Lyrical Flute Legends.
Merryl has been a woodwind clinician at youth music programmes around the world, and teaches the flute and piano at the Lane Cove Cultural and Music Centre and online. She is currently a Director of the Australian Flute Festival, a biennial event that’s the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere.
Merryl's administrative experience comes from working in customer service in Vancouver, Canada, and in administrative support at Bedford CA Chartered Accountants in Sydney. She is thrilled to combine her administrative abilities with her love of the flute at Flutes & Flutists.