[1][8] Later, her father wrote to Ernest Wagner, then with the New York Philharmonic, asking him to teach "my Jim" flute lessons.
[10] In the 1930s she was first flute of the National Orchestral Association, New Opera Company, New York City Ballet and the New Friends of Music.
[8] In 1935, she appeared as a soloist at Radio City Music Hall in a special set written for her alongside the Rockettes.
[1] Blaisdell also performed with regional, vaudeville and commercial ensembles, including appearances at Madison Square Garden, on Broadway, with the Gordon Quartet at the Library of Congress,[4] at Radio City Music Hall, and on Hour of Charm with Phil Spitalny and His All-Girl Orchestra on CBS and NBC radio.
Additionally, she performed or collaborated with chamber ensembles such as the Gordon Quartet, Blaisdell Woodwind Quintet, Blaisdell Trio, Bach Circle, and soloists soprano Lily Pons, harpist Mildred Dilling, harpsichordist Ernst Victor Wolff, and composer Henry Hadley.
[9] In 1973, she and her husband moved to California where she accepted an interim position at Stanford University, which ultimately lasted for 35 years.
[11] She is credited with teaching in the French tradition of flute playing to generations of American flutists while at Stanford and positions in New York.
[13] The New York Flute Club held an 80th birthday celebration for Blaisdell in 1992, where internationally renowned flutist and pedagogue Jean-Pierre Rampal made a surprise appearance to introduce her.
[1][10] The couple have two children together, son John and daughter Alexandra Hawley, also a flutist and lecturer at Stanford University.
4020 recording, "The Flutist's Showcase: The Artley Flute Quintet," along with Murray Panitz, Frederick Wilkins, Harry Moskevitz, and James Pellerite.