Linda Caprice Vogt (28 September 1922 – 2 April 2013) was an Australian flautist. Vogt was born in 1922 in

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, and began to learn the flute under

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second flute, Leslie Barklamb, in 1938. She joined the MSO in 1940 as "extra flute"—an unusual appointment due to her lack of conservatorium training. In 1942, she joined the ABC Sydney Studio Orchestra, which would later become the

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.Paget, Clive
Australian flautist Linda Vogt Evans has died
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'', 5 April 2013. In 1952, she married Colin Evans, the SSO's third flute and piccolo, and subsequently left the orchestra to start a family, although she gained a reputation as a soloist with Musica Viva Australia and the

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, and also crossed over from classical to

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, joining Charlie Munro's jazz quintet and acquiring the nickname "Hot Lips". In the 1970s and 1980s, Vogt taught music, and was involved in the establishment of several flute organisations, including the Sydney Flute Society (1973), as executive director of the Australian Flute Conventions in 1973 and 1983, and as a member of the steering committee for the foundation of the Australian Flute Association (1981). She also instigated the creation of the Register of Historic Flutes with Robert Brown.Brown, Robert
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Australian Flute Society. In 1976, she founded Zephyr Music, a

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supply company which became a successful family business.Zephyr Music Pty Ltd
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in the Australia Day honours in 1989, for service to music.VOGT, Linda Caprice
''It's an Honour'', 26 January 1989.

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