Geri Mueller, a native of the Netherlands, is director of the Columbia Union College Baroque Consort, a position she has held since 1998. She also maintains a private studio. Mueller previously was director of the Early Music Ensemble at Andrews University in the early 1990s.

Despite extensive musical training from the age of six and study as a flute major at the Conservatory of Music in Darmstadt, Germany, starting at age 16, Mueller graduated from Marienhoehe Theological Seminary with a B.A. in theology. She subsequently graduated from the Richard Strauss Conservatory in Munich, where she studied recorder under Julia Hirsch and Karl-Heinz Schickhaus. She also studied flute with Wendy Willis and attended master classes by Michael Schneider, Mario Verbruggen, and others.

Mueller was a frequent soloist while residing in Germany and is now active as performer in the United States. She is a member of the American Recorder Society, the Flute Society of Washington, Adventist Music Society, and International Adventist Musicians Association.

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