PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA William Kincaid, flute

William Kincaid was born in Minneapolis. In 1911, he went to Columbia University and the Institute of Musical Art, where he studied flute with flutist, Georges Barrere. He played next to Barrere in the New York Symphony Orchestra under Walter Damrosch. Following service in the U.S. Navy, Kincaid returned to New York to perform with the New York Chamber Music Society and at the age of 26, to Philadelphia with conductor Leopold Stokowski to succeed Andre Maquarre as solo flutist of the Philadelphia Orchestra, a position he held until his retirement in 1960. William M. Kincaid (April 26, 1895 - March 27, 1967)