I am a Coach, Speaker, Educator, &
a Radically Traditional Flutist…
I believe the most traditional path for an artist is to engage with the art of their own time.
As a flutist, I create, perform, and fearlessly explore the growth edges of sonic possibilities for my instruments while integrating new and historically reimagined works with electronics, movement, and other multi-disciplinary elements to create seamless, immersive concert experiences that illuminate new understandings.
I’m obsessed with sound and believe whole-heartedly in Sound Inclusivity – the idea that all sounds from all music and time periods are inherently beautiful and enrich our lives in a myriad of different ways.
Through my work as an integrative coach, I use neuroscience, somatic practices, insatiable curiosity, and the fearlessness of a world-class performer to help people love & trust themselves fully and create wildly fulfilling lives & careers. To quote a client: I help you person better.
As the Artistic Director and Co-founder of FluteXpansions, I foster a community of sonic exploration at the frontier of contemporary flute performance and composition through a comprehensive e-learning platform and revolutionary mentoring courses.
What do you want to know more about?
New Release
World Premiere Recordings
Now available on NEOS
"A Remarkable Solo Debut Album"
-Thomas May, Memeteria
(Read the full review here.)
Upcoming Engagements
18 February, 2024 – Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention, presenter
Workshop: Hacking Your Brain for Practice and Performance
14-16 March, 2024 – MOXSonic Festival
Workshop: Hacking Your Brain for Practice and Performance
Final Concert: Chimera's Garden by Lisa Renee Coons, Isaac Newton in a Spaceship by Blaise Ubaldini, Stutter Edit by Eric Honour
26-28 April, 2024 – Tampere Flute Festival (Tampere, Finland)
Workshop: Hacking Your Brain for Practice and Performance
Gala Concert
1-4 August, 2024 – National Flute Association Convention
Workshop: Hacking Your Brain for Practice and Performance
Workshop: Learn Extended Techniques with Matthias ZIegler and SHanna Pranaitis
4-6 October, 2024 – Golden Flute Classic Festival (Switzerland)
Workshop: Hacking Your Brain for Practice and Performance
International Superflutes Collective Concert
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January - October 2023, ArtsMBA, coach
April 23, 2023 – NUNC! 5 Northwestern University New Music Conference
Call for electronics: Performance of "The Rope Dancer Accompanies Herself with Her Shadows" (Jay Alan Yim)
1-10 May, 2023 – FluteXpansions Unlimited Possibility Retreat
8-16 July, 2023 – FluteXpansions Sonic Immersion
3-6 August, 2023 – National Flute Association Convention
Performing world and US premieres, presenting improvisation workshops
7-9 January 2022 – Creativity Refresh! Challenge
4-6 February 2022 – FluteXpansions Creativity Intensive
3 day live virtual intensive for holistic exploration of your personal and artistic voice
20 February 2022 – Woodwind Day Purdue University- Fort Wayne
Guest Artist and Speaker
14 March, 2022 – Chicago Symphony Orchestra CSOMusicNow
Night of Song
Harris Theater for Music and Dance at Millenium Park
30 March 2022 – SEAMUS Conference Key-Note Concert
Featured Guest Artist
Western Michigan University
5-31 July, 2022 – FluteXpansions Sonic Immersion
October 2022 – CD release
Sunbathing (portrait album of works by Blaise Ubaldini)
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2 Oct 2021 – Ear Taxi Festival Main Stage
Shanna Pranaitis and Jay Alan Yim
1:15 PM 2:00 PM
Gray Center for Arts and Inquiry (map)
World Premiere of new installation performance work by Jay Alan Yim: The Rope Dancer Accompanies Herself With Her Shadows
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