Dorothy Stone, flutist, composer and conductor, has been active on the vanguard of the international contemporary music scene for over twenty years and has been consistently hailed for her virtuosic and persuasive interpretations of the latest literature.

Ms. Stone is a founding member of the highly acclaimed California EAR Unit, Ensemble in Residence at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. She has performed as soloist throughout the United States and Europe as well as for National Public Radio and WGBH’s Art of the States Program. She has built a custom live electronic system for her solo flute composition Wizard Ball which has received prizes from the International League of Women Composers, the Freeman Composition Contest, and the Ars Electronica Festival.

Ms. Stone has recorded for Crystal, New Albion, Cambria, Newport Classics,O.O. Discs, Tzadik, CRI/Emergency, the Nonesuch Record labels, and the Voyager label in CD-ROM format. Her solo album for New World Records entitled None but the Lonely Flute includes works by Milton Babbitt, Stephen L. Mosko (both written especially for her), John Cage, Morton Feldman, and Kathryn Alexander. Her recording of Morton Feldman's four hour trio "for Philip Guston" was awarded “Best Classical CD” by CDNow.