Kim McCormick, flute, is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of South Florida, Tampa. She also performs with Opera Tampa and the Florida Flute Orchestra. Previous to her appointment at USF she taught flute at Iowa State University, and the College of Charleston, where she also served as principal flutist with the Symphony and was a frequent performer at Spoleto Festival USA and with the Savannah Symphony, She has performed at numerous festivals and conferences including the College Music Society, International Double Reed Society, International Society for Music Education, the Center for Intercultural Music at Cambridge University as well as eight appearances at the National Flute Convention. During the past three years she toured extensively, performing in Ecuador, China, South Korea and France.

As flutist with the McCormick flute/percussion duo, she has been committed to commissioning and premiering numerous new works. The recently released CD Twilight Remembered has been highly acclaimed in some of the leading audiophile journals including Fanfare, American Record Guide and Gramophone. "The McCormick Duo has carved out a unique comer for intelligent, modem music, and it is good to spend an hour in such varied, sophisticated company/' Paul Ingram, Fanfare. "Kim McCormick is a flutist of bountiful tonal imagination." Donald Rosenberg, Gramophone. "Kim McCormick's flute playing is always supple and expressive…Peyton MacDonald, American Record Guide.

Her articles have been published in Flute Talk Magazine and the Florida Flutist Quarterly. Currently she is President of the Florida Flute Association. She holds a Doctorate in Musical Arts from the University of North Texas, and is a Yamaha Artist. Her students have been prize winners in numerous regional and national competitions including the Piccolo Young Artist and the Jazz Artist Masterclass sponsored by the National Flute Association, the Florida Flute Association Young Artist Competition and the Yamaha International Young Artist Competition.

Robert McCormick is currently Professor of Music at the University of South Florida, freelance percussionist and timpanist with Opera Tampa. Robert has worked with major conductors and artists with such organizations as the Harry Partch Ensemble, San Francisco Symphony, and the Philharmonica de las Americas, among others. He was also principal percussionist/assistant timpanist with the Florida Orchestra from 1975 to 1996. Well represented on recordings, McCormick has credits on the Arista, Bourges Prix Magisterium, Sony, GM, Continuum, Centaur, Nuema, Capstone, HoneyRock and C. Alan labels. He has authored several articles, solos, and two percussion texts: Percussion for Musicians (Warner Bros.) and 32 Duets for Percussion (G. Schirmer). Robert also performs with the McCormick Duo, a flute/percussion duo that has received high critical acclaim in leading journals such as Gramophone, Fanfare and American Record Guide. A noted teacher, many of his students have developed highly successful careers. Under his direction, the USF Percussion Ensemble is among the most recorded percussion groups in the USA. McCormick also is an artist-clinician for Encore Mallets, Zildjian Cymbals and Grover Pro Percussion, which has honored him with a signature drumstick. Robert was the 2006 recipient of the Florida Music Educator of the Year Award and in 2007 received 1st Prize in the Keystone Percussion Composition Contest.

The McCormick Duo appears with the generous support of Yamaha Corporation of America.