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Prize-winning flutist Brittany Trotter leads a diverse career as an educator, soloist and collaborator. At 91成人导航, she serves as assistant professor in flute and the Chair of the Woodwind Program.

Trotter has been awarded first prize in numerous national and regional competitions including the Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Competition in woodwinds in the states of West Virginia (2017, 2016), Wyoming (2015, 2014) and Mississippi (2009). She has also competed as a semi-finalist in the 2017 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.

Since moving to California in 2021, Trotter has performed as a substitute with most of the Central Valley regional orchestras such as the Stockton Symphony Orchestra, Modesto Symphony Orchestra and Auburn Symphony Orchestra. Equally versed in post-classical contemporary and experimental music as well as electro-acoustic music and interdisciplinary works, she has also performed with the San Francisco Contemporary Players and premiered new works for the flute nationally.

Trotter regularly performs, teaches and serves as a guest lecturer throughout the United States. Recent appearances include Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of the Performing Arts, Slippery Rock University and the University of Memphis to name a few. She has performed and presented at numerous regional and national flute conventions such as the Kentucky Flute Fair, Florida Flute Association Convention, Rochester Flute Fair, Mid-Atlantic flute convention and the National Flute Association Convention where she was a featured soloist in the 2020 virtual summer series celebration concert series.

Recipient of the NFA鈥檚 2020 Graduate Research Competition for her dissertation entitled, 鈥淓xamining Music Hybridity and Cultural Influences in Valerie Coleman鈥檚 Wish Sonatine and Fanmi Imen,鈥� Trotter continues to actively study the merging of western classical music, diverse culture, and modern popular music. She has presented a lecture recital entitled 鈥淔lute and Hip Hop鈥� at several music conferences.

A native from Laurel, Mississippi, Trotter has received degrees from the University of Southern Mississippi (BM, BME), University of Wyoming (MM), and West Virginia University (DMA, Certificate of University Teaching).

Outside her professional performing and teaching life, she enjoys running, crafting, and reading self-help books.