Houston Flute Club Flute Choir Concert

April 24, 2021 • 3pm-4pm

Houston Flute Choir Director Bio

James Marioneaux has been the conductor of the Houston Flute Choir for five years. He also keeps a very busy schedule as principal clarinetist in the Galveston Symphony Orchestra, principal clarinetist and assistant conductor of the Baytown Symphony Orchestra, teaches at Lone Star College, and maintains an active private lesson studio. He was a very successful high school band director for thirty years before retiring.  His bands have won numerous awards at the regional, area, and state levels.  He has performed as a soloist with the Baytown and Galveston symphony orchestras, performing the world premiere of the Leroy Osmon Clarinet Concerto, which was written for him and commissioned by his wife. 

Although he is primarily a clarinetist, Mr. Marioneaux enjoys teaching all woodwinds, especially flute. He has had many very successful flute students, most notably Beatriz Macias, who now plays professionally in Europe. He is in demand as a woodwind and band clinician and contest judge in the Houston area and throughout the state of Texas. He was inducted into the Texas Bandmasters Hall of Fame in 2018.  

Mr. Marioneaux resides in Baytown with his wife, Christina, who is an award-winning middle school orchestra director, French hornist with the Baytown and Galveston symphonies, and plays flute in the Houston Flute Choir. 

Houston Flute Choir Members Performing

Michael Barber

Leah Cessna (piccolo, flute)

Penny Davis

Jill Derise

Christina Marioneaux (bass flute)

Elaine McAnelly (alto flute)

Jim McGehee

Angie Patterson

Susan Wescott