Teacher Enrichment: Top 5 Skills Every High School Flutist Should Know Before Graduation with Nancy Stagnitta

Join us on Zoom for a special teacher enrichment session with Nancy Stagnitta, Powell Artist and Instructor of Flute and Chamber Music at the Interlochen Center for the Arts. During this session we will learn Nancy's Top 5 Skills that every high school flutist should know before graduation and how she teaches these skills.

Praised for her "brilliance and beauty of tone," by the Baltimore Sun, Powell Artist Nancy Stagnitta is a leading crossover artist as both classical flutist and jazz artist. Her passion, versatility, and elegant artistry have led to concert engagements in Africa, Europe, Asia, and across the U.S. She recently performed with Grammy Award-winning pianist and composer Billy Childs and the Ying Quartet, and served on the jury for the 2022 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. Summer engagements included appearances as guest artist at Sir James Galway’s International Festival, the Clazz International Music Festival in Italy, and the Chicago Flute Symposium.

Stagnitta currently serves as Instructor of Flute and Chamber Music at Interlochen Arts Academy and principal flutist with the Traverse Symphony and Great Lakes Chamber Orchestras. She earned her degrees from the Peabody Institute, where she received the Ashworth Prize. Her teachers include Robert Willoughby and Tim Day.