In addition to Jean-Pierre Rampal, Wilson's other flute teachers have included Alain Marion, Severino Gazzelloni, Julius Baker, Christian Lardé, Philip Dunigan, and Arthur Lora.

The New York Times review hailed him as “an exceptional virtuoso, as he has proved before, and his bravura talents served him well… he showed an interesting command of the long melodic line and use of rubato… beautifully phrased… this was great fun.”[7] An exclusive recording contract with Angel/EMI followed soon thereafter, along with extensive performances all over the world.

A champion of contemporary music, Wilson has had works composed specially for him by Steve Reich, Peter Schickele, Joseph Schwantner, John Harbison, Jean Françaix, Jean-Michel Damase, George Tsontakis, Tania Léon, and Deborah Drattel.

According to Schwantner, his piece A Play of Shadows represents “an attempt to mirror [Ransom Wilson’s] dramatic and compelling musical personality”.

[18] Maestro Wilson was appointed Music Director and Conductor of the Redlands Symphony (CA) in 2016 as well as the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company (NYC) in 2000.

Premiere of the comic opera “Le médecin malgré lui” by Charles Gounod (with recitatives by Erik Satie) at Yale University.

With the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and guest soloist James Galway, Wilson led a successful tour of Southern California and has accompanied numerous internationally renowned artists from the podium, including Itzhak Perlman, André Watts, Barry Douglas Frederica von Stade, Joshua Bell, Todd Levy, and Hilary Hahn.

Among the many works that he has conducted by living contemporary composers, is Aaron Jay Kernis’ Musica Celestis, premiered by Wilson and Sinfonia San Francisco in 1992,[19] and John Luther Adams’ songbirdsongs, programmed by Le Train Bleu in 2011, which the New York Times called “a gorgeous performance… it was a strange, thrilling immersive experience”.

With an emphasis on classic French la belle flûte traditions, students have the opportunity to clean up and improve their sound, technique and interpretation”.