Rose Rutledge, the New York-based rogue flutist, producer, and Blair School of Music alumna (BM’06), will bring her Late Blooming project to Brooklyn Art Haus on October 1, 2025. The program, Loops and Light: Electro-Acoustic Explorers, pairs her lush “flutescapes” of layered flute choirs, vocal loops, and electro-acoustic textures with Past Imperfect, the solo project of New Orleans singer-songwriter Lauren Oglesby, featuring spell-binding harmonies and synth loops. Together, they create an immersive evening where looping technology meets organic performance, weaving ethereal and emotionally charged sound worlds.
Rutledge’s evolution as an artist has led her to seek out fresh creative inspiration. “During the post-pandemic years, I began experimenting with looping pedals, flutes, vocal work, and production tools,” she said. “It felt like unlocking an entirely new voice through technology, allowing me to explore different colors and landscapes. These songs became a coming–of-age story, mourning branches that never grew, celebrating those that did, and finding hope in the buds yet to bloom.”
“This is music about growth, about finding your voice when you least expect it,” Rutledge said. “I hope audiences come away feeling immersed, transformed, and maybe even inspired to keep blooming, no matter their stage in life.”
Loops & Light: Electro-Acoustic Explorers
Featuring Late Blooming (Rose Rutledge) and Past Imperfect (Lauren Oglesby)
Tuesday, October 1, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Brooklyn Art Haus, 24 Marcy Avenue, Brooklyn, New York
About Rose Rutledge:
Rutledge grew up immersed in Seattle’s vibrant music scene, mastering flute, and saxophone at an early age and competing nationally in classical and jazz genres. She earned a rare multiple woodwinds degree from the Blair School of Music, where she championed the inclusion of jazz in the undergraduate curriculum, specifically having the Blair Big Band as a credited ensemble. She then completed a M.M. in jazz studies at NYU while working with renowned jazz historian Phil Schaap at Jazz at Lincoln Center.
Her early career saw her freelancing in NYC’s dynamic music scene, performing across genres and in Broadway pit orchestras where her versatility with woodwinds became apparent. Rutledge continued her work at Jazz at Lincoln Center in development, where connecting fans with the artists they loved inspired her mission: enabling musicians to connect with audiences.
This passion guided her roles as audience development director at Sofar Sounds, product marketing manager at iZotope, director of product marketing at Native Instruments, and currently, director of product marketing at Output. Output makes innovative music creation software, powering the world’s biggest hitmakers behind artists like Beyoncé, Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish, Skrillex, and Björk, as well as scores for films and shows like Stranger Things, Game of Thrones, and countless others. In her role, she works across teams to bring new tech to life with the goal of enabling musicians to unlock their creativity.
Working in music technology has influenced her own music, evolving a previously analog career on woodwinds to a place where Rutledge brings in digital elements to form an original, modern voice and an immersive live experience.
– Lauren Carnahan