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University of Wyoming

Nichole RinerNicole Riner

Flute

nicole.riner@gmail.com

Dr. Nicole Riner is an active recitalist, clinician, and freelance flutist. She has performed with various chamber ensembles and orchestras throughout the Midwest and Rocky Mountain West, including the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, Traverse City Symphony Orchestra, Boulder Philharmonic, MahlerFest Orchestra, and the Beaux Arts Festival Orchestra; she has also worked as a studio musician for Hal Leonard Music Company in Indianapolis. She is a popular clinician in Colorado and Wyoming, and her doctoral research has been presented at national and international conferences in Colorado and Hawaii. Nicole is currently a member of the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra and she serves on the music faculties of University of Wyoming, Rocky Mountain Center for Musical Arts and University of Northern Colorado.

Prior appointments include the nationally recognized Interlochen Arts Camp, Michigan State University, and Indiana University. Nicole also served as president of the Colorado Flute Association from 2004-2006 and as musical director of the Rocky Mountain Flute Choir until 2005.

In addition to these appointments, Nicole is dedicated to performing and recording new music written for flute by women and non-Western composers. She is a participant in the American Women Composer's Project, a nationally endowed organization designed to promote the performance of women's music and commission new chamber works for flute.

Nicole received the Doctor of Music in flute performance and literature from Indiana University. Previous teachers include Kathryn Lukas, Barbara Kallaur (Baroque flute), Richard Sherman, Alexander Murray, and Dr. Janice Boland. She can be heard on recordings with Wyoming Symphony and MahlerFest, and her faculty recitals have been broadcast on Interlochen Public Radio.