Student & Alumni Accomplishments

Current Students

Jordi Banitt (M.M. student at FSU)

• Selected masterclass performer at the 2025 FFA Convention

Pamela Bereuter (D.M. Student at FSU)

• Won 3rd Flute/Piccolo of the Tallahassee Symphony

• Selected recital performer at the 2024 and 2025 FFA Conventions

• Selected masterclass performer at the 2025 FFA Convention

• Winner of the 2025 National Flute Association Convention Performer's Competition

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Kaitlyn Calcagino (D.M. Student at FSU)

• Finalist in the 2025 Nancy Clew Eller Young Artist Competition

• Selected performer at the 2025 FFA Convention

Paige Douglas (B.M. Student at FSU)

• Accepted to Wintergreen Summer Music Festival 

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Nikkie Galindo (M.M. Student at FSU)

• Winner of the National Flute Association Masterclass Competition (2025)

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Sarah Kimbro (B.M. Student at FSU)

• Winner of the Mid-South Masterclass Competition​​

Kathryn Lang (B.M. Student at FSU)

• Professional Achievement Award from the Florida Music Educators Association (2025)

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Ryleigh Templeton (B.M. Student at FSU)

• Winner of the Mid-South Masterclass Competition (2024)

Former Graduate Students

Lindsey Kovach (FSU, M.M. 2025)

• Selected performer at the 2025 FFA Convention

• 3rd Place in the Kentucky Flute Society's Young Artist Competition (2025)

• 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)

• Selected recital performer at the 2025 FFA Convention

• Master of Music Degree and Graduate Teaching Assistantship from the University of Wyoming (2022)

• Winner of UGA's summer C.R.E.A.T.E. competition

• Performer at N.F.A. 2019 and 2022

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Brenna Wiinanen (FSU, D.M. 2024)

• Communications and Education Coordinator and Wintergreen Summer Music Festival

• Flute instructor at Southern Adventist University

• Flute instructor at University of Tennessee, Chattanooga

• 3rd Flute/Piccolo of the Panama City Symphony 

Former Undergraduate Students

Allison Acevedo (FSU, B.M. Flute Performance 2025)​

• Attending Arizona State University for a Master of Music Degree

• Winner of the Atlanta Flute Club Masterclass Competition (2025)

• Alternate in the Florida Flute Fair Young Artist Competition (2025)​

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Emma Cranford (FSU, B.M. Flute Performance 2025)

• Winner of the Austin Flute Club Young Artist Competition

• Attending Northwestern University for a Master of Music degree in Flute Performance 

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Taylor Hawkins (FSU, B.M. Flute Performance 2025)

• Attending FSU on a full graduate assistantship for a Master of Music Degree in Arts Administration

• Internship at the Wintergreen Summer Music Festival (2025) 

Cameron McGill (FSU, B.M. Flute Performance 2025)

• Attending UNLV on a full graduate teaching assistantship for a Master of Music Degree

• Selected for the NFA Collegiate Flute Choir (2024)

• Winner of the NFA First Generation College Scholarship (2024)

• Accepted to Music Festival of the Ozarks (2025)

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Talley Powell (FSU, B.M. Flute Performance 2025)

• Attending Boston Conservatory of Music for a Master of Music Degree

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Mackenzie Hargis (Tennessee Tech, B.M. Flute Performance 2024)

• Attending University of Northern Colorado on a full assistantship for a Master of Music Degree

• 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)

• Attending University of Northern Colorado for a Master of Music Degree

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Lily Summey (Tennessee Tech, B.M Music Education 2024)

• Director of Bands at Church Hill Middle School

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Autum Winston (Tennessee Tech, B.M. Music Education 2023)

• Director of Bands at Lincoln County High School 

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Alli Harris (Tennessee Tech, B.M. Music Education 2022)

• Choir and Middle School General Music Teacher at Portland East Middle School

Skylar McGee (Tennessee Tech, B.M. Music Education 2022)

• Band Director at South Middle School 

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Joanna Sells (Tennessee Tech, B.M. Flute Performance 2022)

• Currently pursuing a master's and equivalency in Music Therapy at Appalachian State University

Calista Richlen (Tennessee Tech, B.M. Flute Performance 2021)

• Master's degree in Flute Performance from the Longy Conservatory

• Winner of the 2020 Derryberry Memorial Concerto Competition

• 2021 Atlanta Flute Club Masterclass Performer for Christina Smith, Principal Flutist of the Atlanta Symphony

Rebecca Rosales (Tennessee Tech, B.M. Music Education 2020)

• Drum major instructor at Tennessee Tech University

• Flute and piano teacher at Stevens Street School of Performing Arts

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Lucas Schaefer

• 2022 National Flute Association Collegiate Flute Choir Competition Winner​

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Flute Ensembles

Florida State University Flute Ensemble

• Selected to perform at the 2025 National Flute Association Convention in Atlanta, GA

• Selected to perform at the 2024 Florida Flute Fair in Orlando, FL

• Selected to perform at the 2024 National Flute Association Convention in San Antonio, TX

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Tennessee Tech Flute Choir

• Selected to perform at the 2023 Florida Flute Fair in Orlando, FL

• Selected to perform at the 2022 National Flute Association Convention in Chicago, IL

• Selected to perform at the 2022 Mid-South Flute Fair in Lebanon, TN

• Selected to perform at the 2021 virtual National Flute Association Convention

• Selected to perform at the 2020 virtual Chicago Flute Festival

• Selected to perform at the 2019 Mid-South Flute Fair in Memphis, TN                         

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