Seth Morris has been Principal Flutist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra since 2017. Prior to the Met, he held the same position with the Houston Grand Opera and Houston Ballet Orchestras. Seth was also a member of the New World Symphony and West Michigan Symphony and has performed with ensembles including the Pittsburgh, Houston, Detroit, and Pacific Symphonies, American Ballet Theatre, Mainly Mozart Festival Orchestra, Classical Tahoe, and the Lakes Area Music Festival.

Seth won first prize in the National Flute Association’s Young Artist Competition, Myrna W. Brown Artist Competition, and James Pappoutsakis Memorial Flute Competition and has given solo performances with the Houston Symphony, Boston Chamber Symphony, and the Bay View Chamber Orchestra. As an educator, Seth has guest taught at universities and festivals around the country including as guest professor at the University of Michigan and at the University of Texas at Arlington. He has served on faculty for Carnegie Hall’s NYO-USA and is the Program Director and Flute Faculty for the Festival of Winds.

Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, Seth has a Bachelors of Music in Music Performance and Education from the University of Kentucky, a Masters of Music from New England Conservatory, and a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Michigan, and had additional studies at the Tanglewood Music Center, AIMS Festival in Graz, and Bay View Music Festival. Seth is a William S. Haynes Artist.