McGhee, Lorna

Lorna McGhee is a Scottish flutist, currently serving as Principal Flute of the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 2024. Before that, since 2012, she was the Principal Flute of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.

She studied with David Nicholson at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music in Glasgow and later with William Bennett and Michie Bennett at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She won the position of co-principal flute in the BBC Symphony Orchestra immediately following her graduation from RAM.
In 2012, she succeeded Robert Langevin as principal flute of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Since 2015, she has been a faculty member of Carnegie Mellon University. She has performed as a soloist with the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra, where she performed Krzysztof Penderecki's flute concerto under the baton of the composer. She has taught at several summer schools, including William Bennett International Summer School. Lorna McGhee advocates the use of the Alexander Technique, which she credits as helping her free her sound and play without pain.