Bill McBirnie is a Canadian jazz and Latin flute specialist. He has studied with renowned flutists, Robert Aitken and Samuel Baron and Cuban charanga legend, Richard Egues.

His awards include Flutist of the Year—Jazz Report Awards and winner in all three of the USA National Flute Association's Jazz Flute (1) Soloist, (2) Masterclass and (3) Big Band Competitions.

He has produced two Extreme Flute projects and three acoustic jazz projects—one with The Mark Eisenman Trio ("Nature Boy"), one with Bernie Senensky ("Paco Paco") and, most recently, one with Robi Botos ("Mercy")—which have all been in syndicated Jazz With Bob Parlocha's Top 40 and the latter of which won a Toronto Independent Music Award (2010) and was nominated for a USA Independent Music Award (2011).

Bill is a teacher, clinician as well as a woodwind columnist with Canadian Musician magazine. Also, he is now a Designated Artist with Wm. S. Haynes Co. Finally, in 2005, he was solicited personally by no less than Sir James Galway to serve as his Resident Jazz Flute Specialist at the official Sir James Galway website.

You can find out more at my website: www.extremeflute.com