Kevin Flynn

Dr. Kevin Flynn enjoys an active career as a teacher and performing artist, firmly believing that each informs the other. Flynn is Visiting Assistant Professor at the Michael and Anne Greenwood School of Music at Oklahoma State University, Assistant Principal Cello in the Oklahoma City Philharmonic, Acting Principal Cello in the Oklahoma Baroque Orchestra, and the Sajo and Chiqui Fellow of the International Chamber Orchestra of Puerto Rico. He is cellist in the groundbreaking historically-informed chamber ensemble Tonos del Sur and the prize-winning Cercis String Quartet. 

Highlights of Flynn’s 2025-26 season include a CD recording, tour, and video production of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons Concerti with Emilio Colón and the Colón Cello Quartet, concerts with the Brightmusic Society of Oklahoma, BEMI & BLEMF2026 with Tonos del Sur, and musical collaborations with cellists Sterling Elliot and Sophie Shao, violinist Jeff Myers, pianist Dr. Tomomi Sato, and clarinetist Wendy Bickford.

Flynn earned his Doctor of Music as the Eva Heinitz Memorial Fellow and teaching assistant to Emilio Colón at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in Music and in Philosophy from Grand Valley State University. Flynn’s primary teachers include Emilio Colón, Pablo Mahave-Veglia, Joanna Blendulf, Helga Winold, Stanley Ritchie, and Edward Kelsey Moore. He has participated in masterclasses with Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, Uri Vardi, and Steve Doane.