about delara hashemi

Delara Hashemi is Acting Second Flute of the Memphis Symphony for the 2023-2024 season and has been since 2018, she is freelance artist, and teacher in the Mid-South region. She plays with the Memphis Symphony Woodwind Quintet, and plays in the Blueshift Ensemble, Shear Winds, Gemini Duo and River City Flute Quartet. 

Ms. Hashemi is currently pursuing her Doctorate in flute performance at the University of Memphis where she studies flute with Associate Professor Elise Blatchford, and also holds a degree from the University of Central Oklahoma where she studied with Professor Dr. Emily Butterfield.