birth_place background birth_date instrument image article_title name occupation
grundy center , iowa , united states non_vocal_instrumentalist 06 june 1921 modern flute , baroque flute robert willoughby.jpg robert hugh willoughby
 robert hugh willoughby flute player and teacher
robert hugh willoughby

robert hugh willoughby -lrb- born june 6 , 1921 -rrb- is an american classical flute player and flute teacher .
he plays both baroque and modern flute .
he has been described by `` flute '' magazine as the `` american grandmaster of the flute '' .
willoughby taught for many years at oberlin college , where he was the first robert wheeler professor of performance .
he taught for ten years at the peabody institute , and now teaches at the longy school of music of bard college .
in 1996 he received a lifetime achievement award from the national flute association .
