Dr. Virginia Broffitt Kunzer is Assistant Professor of Flute at Auburn University, Principal Flute of the Symphony of Northwest Arkansas, Flute Mentor for the Hot Springs Music Festival, and a founding member of the Pangaea Chamber Players. A versatile musician, she has established a successful career as a teacher, soloist, orchestral musician, and chamber musician. Before […]

Terri Sánchez is a Miyazawa Performing Artist, a top prizewinning flutist, the newly appointed flute professor at the University of Missouri–Kansas City Conservatory and the author of The Aspiring Flutist’s Practice Book Series. Legendary flutist Paula Robison writes, “Sánchez has a beautiful presence as a player, and her sparkling clear sound spins out and fills […]

“Tadeu Coelho has the most solid technique of a very consistent school. The art of interpretation of this wonderful Latin American musician is compared by critics to soloists in the rank of Jean-Pierre Rampal or Severino Gazzeloni.”  — Siempre!, Mexico “Bravo! Tadeu! Rampal used to say that the flute has the sound of humanity. Listening to […]

Hailing originally from Iowa City, Iowa, Stacy Newbrough Ascione is an accomplished professional flutist in the Washington D.C. area.  She is an active freelance musician who has performed in ensembles such as the Apollo Orchestra (MD), American Festival Pops Orchestra (VA), Fairfax Symphony Orchestra (VA), Tysons McLean Orchestra (VA), Prince William Symphony Orchestra (VA), the […]

Dr. Giles has appeared as a soloist with the Kaliningrad Symphony Orchestra (Russia), Iowa State University Wind Ensemble, Ottumwa Symphony Orchestra, Iowa State University Orchestra, and numerous bands throughout Iowa. Giles is a member of the Cedar Rapids Opera Company and performs with the Cedar Rapids Symphony Orchestra. She is a founding member of the […]