Student & Alumni Accomplishments
Current Students
Jordi Banitt (M.M. student at FSU)
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Selected masterclass performer at the 2025 FFA Convention
Pamela Bereuter (D.M. Student at FSU)
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Won 3rd Flute/Piccolo of the Tallahassee Symphony
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Selected recital performer at the 2024 and 2025 FFA Conventions
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Selected masterclass performer at the 2025 FFA Convention
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Winner of the 2025 National Flute Association Convention Performer's Competition
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Kaitlyn Calcagino (D.M. Student at FSU)
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Finalist in the 2025 Nancy Clew Eller Young Artist Competition
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Selected performer at the 2025 FFA Convention
Paige Douglas (B.M. Student at FSU)
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Accepted to Wintergreen Summer Music Festival
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Nikkie Galindo (M.M. Student at FSU)
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Winner of the National Flute Association Masterclass Competition (2025)
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Sarah Kimbro (B.M. Student at FSU)
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Winner of the Mid-South Masterclass Competition​​
Kathryn Lang (B.M. Student at FSU)
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Professional Achievement Award from the Florida Music Educators Association (2025)
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Ryleigh Templeton (B.M. Student at FSU)
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Winner of the Mid-South Masterclass Competition (2024)
Former Graduate Students
Lindsey Kovach (FSU, M.M. 2025)
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Selected performer at the 2025 FFA Convention
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3rd Place in the Kentucky Flute Society's Young Artist Competition (2025)
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Communications and Education Coordinator and Wintergreen Summer Music Festival
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Rachael Lawson (FSU, D.M. 2025, Tennessee Tech, B.M. Flute Performance & Music Education 2020)
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Selected recital performer at the 2025 FFA Convention
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Master of Music Degree and Graduate Teaching Assistantship from the University of Wyoming (2022)
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Winner of UGA's summer C.R.E.A.T.E. competition
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Performer at N.F.A. 2019 and 2022
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Brenna Wiinanen (FSU, D.M. 2024)
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Communications and Education Coordinator and Wintergreen Summer Music Festival
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Flute instructor at Southern Adventist University
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Flute instructor at University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
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3rd Flute/Piccolo of the Panama City Symphony
Former Undergraduate Students
Allison Acevedo (FSU, B.M. Flute Performance 2025)​
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Attending Arizona State University for a Master of Music Degree
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Winner of the Atlanta Flute Club Masterclass Competition (2025)
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Alternate in the Florida Flute Fair Young Artist Competition (2025)​
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Emma Cranford (FSU, B.M. Flute Performance 2025)
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Winner of the Austin Flute Club Young Artist Competition
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Attending Northwestern University for a Master of Music degree in Flute Performance
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Taylor Hawkins (FSU, B.M. Flute Performance 2025)
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Attending FSU on a full graduate assistantship for a Master of Music Degree in Arts Administration
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Internship at the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival (2025)
Cameron McGill (FSU, B.M. Flute Performance 2025)
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Attending UNLV on a full graduate teaching assistantship for a Master of Music Degree
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Selected for the NFA Collegiate Flute Choir (2024)
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Winner of the NFA First Generation College Scholarship (2024)
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Accepted to Music Festival of the Ozarks (2025)
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Talley Powell (FSU, B.M. Flute Performance 2025)
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Attending Boston Conservatory of Music for a Master of Music Degree
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Mackenzie Hargis (Tennessee Tech, B.M. Flute Performance 2024)
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Attending University of Northern Colorado on a full assistantship for a Master of Music Degree
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2023 Atlanta Flute Club Orchestral Excerpts Masterclass Performer for Christina Smith, Principal Flutist of the Atlanta Symphony
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Kent Mathis (Tennessee Tech, B.M. Flute Performance 2024)
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Attending University of Northern Colorado for a Master of Music Degree
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Lily Summey (Tennessee Tech, B.M Music Education 2024)
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Director of Bands at Church Hill Middle School
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Autum Winston (Tennessee Tech, B.M. Music Education 2023)
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Director of Bands at Lincoln County High School
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Alli Harris (Tennessee Tech, B.M. Music Education 2022)
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Choir and Middle School General Music Teacher at Portland East Middle School
Skylar McGee (Tennessee Tech, B.M. Music Education 2022)
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Band Director at South Middle School
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Joanna Sells (Tennessee Tech, B.M. Flute Performance 2022)
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Currently pursuing a master's and equivalency in Music Therapy at Appalachian State University
Calista Richlen (Tennessee Tech, B.M. Flute Performance 2021)
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Master's degree in Flute Performance from the Longy Conservatory
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Winner of the 2020 Derryberry Memorial Concerto Competition
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2021 Atlanta Flute Club Masterclass Performer for Christina Smith, Principal Flutist of the Atlanta Symphony
Rebecca Rosales (Tennessee Tech, B.M. Music Education 2020)
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Drum major instructor at Tennessee Tech University
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Flute and piano teacher at Stevens Street School of Performing Arts
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Lucas Schaefer
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2022 National Flute Association Collegiate Flute Choir Competition Winner​
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Flute Ensembles
Florida State University Flute Ensemble
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Selected to perform at the 2025 National Flute Association Convention in Atlanta, GA
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Selected to perform at the 2024 Florida Flute Fair in Orlando, FL
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Selected to perform at the 2024 National Flute Association Convention in San Antonio, TX
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Tennessee Tech Flute Choir
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Selected to perform at the 2023 Florida Flute Fair in Orlando, FL
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Selected to perform at the 2022 National Flute Association Convention in Chicago, IL
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Selected to perform at the 2022 Mid-South Flute Fair in Lebanon, TN
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Selected to perform at the 2021 virtual National Flute Association Convention
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Selected to perform at the 2020 virtual Chicago Flute Festival
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Selected to perform at the 2019 Mid-South Flute Fair in Memphis, TN
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