Cobus du Toit

About Cobus

As an international soloist, South African native Dr. Cobus du Toit has concertized in Russia, Taiwan, Japan, Germany, Australia, Norway, and France. Pretoria News declared:  “du Toit makes you believe the impossible. With du Toit in flight, one is never aware of technique alone. He is driven by purely musical inspiration.”

Concerto appearances include performances with the KwaZulu Natal Philharmonic, Taurida International Symphony Orchestra St. Petersburg, Russia, Boulder Philharmonic, Johannesburg Festival Orchestra, Pioneer Valley Symphony, and Boulder Chamber Orchestra. Cobus has also been the principal flute for the Boulder Chamber Orchestra since 2010. 

For the Naxos recording label, professional recordings include three albums of the complete flute oeuvre by Jacques Castérède. An advocate for new music, other creative projects include #WeBringFlowers, a set of 5 socially conscious commissions that deal with societal violence in a non-political manner. His compositional and creative work has been featured in the Massachusetts Museum of Modern Art and Oslo, Norway, at the ITAC6 conference. Cobus received his M.M. and D.M.A. from the University of Colorado at Boulder and a Bachelor of Music from the University of Pretoria. His principal teachers include John Hinch and Christina Jennings. Cobus serves as the Associate Professor of Flute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and is a Wm. S. Haynes performing artist.