Studio Resources
Recitals
Performing is an integral part of instruction so multiple performances are scheduled each season as a part of your flute lessons.
All students perform in one formal solo recital annually but there are additional recitals scheduled as well. Flute ensemble participants will participate in a minimum of 3 concerts each year.
Information about each recital is sent out with 8 weeks’ notice provided. A small additional fee is billed for the solo recitals to support pianist and rental fees.
Notable Audition Winners
PMEA Events
PMEA/NAfME All Eastern Band
2021
- Audrey Lawrence
2019
- Lauren DeLuca
2015
- Katja Kochvar
- Jessica Smith
2013
- Alex Schwab
PMEA All State Festival
2025-2026
- Nick Hanington, Band
- Cara Campbell, Band
2024-2025
- Nick Hanington, Wind Ensemble
- Vanessa Amayo, Band
- Elsa Bandli, Band
2023-2024
- AJ Schmidt, Band (piccolo)
- Nick Hanington, Band
PMEA District 1 Honors Band
2025
- AJ Schmidt, Piccolo
- Nick Hanington
- Elsa Bandli
- Ava Zannikos
- Kaitlyn Lippmann, alternate
2024
- AJ Schmidt, Piccolo
- Nick Hanington
- Vanessa Amayo
- Elsa Bandli
- Lacey Pribanic, alternate
2023
- AJ Schmidt, Piccolo
- Elsa Bandli, alternate
2022
- AJ Schmidt, Piccolo
- Anna Qin
- Lawrence Liu
- Nick Hanington, alternate
Ensemble Competitions
Pittsburgh Youth Symphony Orchestra
- Rhys Vander Kelen (2023-2026)
- AJ Schmidt (2022-2026)
- Anna Qin (2022-2023)
- Ami Shaw (2017-2018)
- Rebecca Scimio (2014-2017)
- Katja Kochvar (2013-2016)
Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestra
- Nick Hanington (2022-2026)
- Elsa Bandli (2023-2026)
- Rhys Vander Kelen (2023-2024)
- AJ Schmidt (2022-2023)
NFA National High School Flute Choir Competition
2026 - Portland
- Elsa Bandli
2025 - Atlanta
- Elsa Bandli
2024 - San Antonio
- AJ Schmidt
- Rhys Vander Kelen
2022 - Chicago
- Kaitlyn Dotson
Solo Competitions
Mid-Atlantic Honors Competition
- AJ Schmidt, first (2026)
- Rhys Vander Kelen, finalist
NFA High School Soloist Competition
- Rhys Vander Kelen, alternate
Woodbridge Flute Choir Concerto Competition
- Rhys Vander Kelen (2025)
- AJ Schmidt (2024)
- Kaitlyn Dotson (2022)
Pittsburgh Concert Society
- AJ Schmidt, Flute (2025)
- AJ Schmidt, Piccolo (2024)
- Ab-So-Flutely Amazing Quartet (2023)
COFA Soloist Competition, Senior
- Rhys Vander Kelen, 1st place (2025)
- AJ Schmidt, 1st place (2024)
Flute Society of Philadelphia Solo Competition
- Rhys Vander Kelen, 1st place (2024)
Music Majors Accepted at
- Rice University
- Glen Gould School
- Manhattan School of Music
- New England Conservatory
- Eastman
- University of Iowa
- Amherst College
- Silppery Rock University
- Penn State University
- West Virginia University & Lehigh University