Rowland Sutherland

Who is Rowland Sutherland?

Rowland Sutherland is a British flautist, who studied flute at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Kathryn Lukas, Philippa Davies and Peter Lloyd and participated in master classes given by the late Geoffrey Gilbert. He studied jazz with the late pianist Lionel Grigson. Sutherland performs in new music ensembles, jazz groups, symphony orchestras, various non-Western groups, pop outfits and as a soloist. Many of Sutherland's solo contemporary flute performances have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3. He has also composed and arranged music for groups, ensembles and for the BBC.

Sutherland is a professor at the Trinity College of Music and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He has worked at the York and Durham Universities and the Centre for Young Musicians, Morley College, giving consultations and workshops. He is also tutor in jazz flute at the Royal Northern College of Music.

Sutherland fronts his own band, Mistura, who perform Brazilian jazz fusion alongside Afro-Cuban and pan-African grooves and have released the album Coast to Coast. Mistura have performed at a number of the leading jazz festivals in Britain, including at Glastonbury, Glasgow, Greenwich and Bath.