Flutist Mathew Krejci, born in Cleveland to a family of musicians, was a member of the Sacramento Symphony for nineteen years and the Principal Flutist of the Sacramento Philharmonic since its inception.  He is now Professor of Flute in the Conservatory of Music at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.  He has studied with James Pellerite at Indiana University, and Maurice Sharp, of the Cleveland Institute of Music. Active in chamber music, he has performed with the contemporary music ensemble, Music Now in a concert at the Los Angeles Museum of Art and is a member of and President of the Board of the Chamber Music Society of Sacramento.   He also performs with San Francisco's Earplay, an ensemble which specializes in new music.  In March, Mr. Krejci performed Pablo Furman's Matices Coincidentes at the SEAMUS convention at San Jose State University and will perform Jennifer Higdon's spectacular solo flute piece, Rapid Fire in concerts in Sacramento and at the Music Teachers Association  of California convention in Monterey. For fourteen years, Mr. Krejci has been Principal Flute of the Bear Valley Music Festival.  He has appeared there as soloist on the Bach, Suite in A Minor and the Concerto for Flute and Harp by Mozart. In 1997, Mr. Krejci and his violinist son, Evan, were invited by the Slovak government to tour the Slovak Republic as part of the Slovaks Living Abroad Festival.  They performed solos and chamber music with other Slovak artists from around the world.  He has been invited to tour Slovakia again in July of 1999. His CD, music from the jazz suites of Claude Bolling, has been issued by Klavier Records.