I am a Radically Traditional Flutist,
Integrative Hypnotist & Coach,
and Feral Human…
I believe the most traditional path for an artist is to engage with the art and culture 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.
As a certified Integrative hypnotist & coach, I use a holistic and neuroscience-based approach to help my clients trust themselves fully, reclaim their wildly authentic self, and create their idea of a fulfilling life & career. 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
7-10 August, 2025 – National Flute Association Convention
Workshop: Imagination Of Sound with Matthias ZIegler and Shanna Pranaitis (advanced contemporary flute improvisation workshop)
Memorial Concert for Walfrid Kujala
Superflutes Collective Concert
Rep at Eva Kingma Booth
1-3 May, 2025 – Festival de Flauta, Madrid, Spain
Workshop: Hacking Your Brain for Practice and Performance
Recital: Landscapes of the Heart
Songish (2016) for solo alto flute by Wiek Hijmans, Featuring: poem Untitled by Dima Yousef Raghis
If My Heart Was A God (2025) Jane Rigler and Shanna Pranaitis – World premiere
outSide [sPac3 T1mE] (2025) for wind instrument The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker – World premiere
12 April, 2025 – Arkansas State University Jonesboro Residency
Flute Masterclass and Workshop: Hacking Your Brain for Practice and Performance
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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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