Tracy Doyle honored by National Flute Association

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Adams State University Professor of Music Tracy Doyle was recently chosen a winner of the 2016 National Flute Association Convention Performers Competition. She will perform in the Newly Published Music concert at the convention in San Diego.

"I am very honored and excited to have been selected for this special performance," Doyle said. "I will collaborate with a pianist in San Diego, and have the opportunity to perform newly published music."

The National Flute Association Convention Performers Competition is open to all professional flutists. Winners are selected by audition and perform on a program devoted to music that has been published within the past year. The NFA convention will be held August 11-14, 2016 in San Diego, Calif.

Doyle teaches applied flute, chamber music, and courses in music education. An active performer, she enjoys a variety of styles from classical to Celtic, and is an advocate for new music. Tracy has performed throughout the United States, Australia, and Japan in solo, chamber, and orchestral settings. As an educator, she leads an engaged and vital collegiate flute studio comprised of students from throughout the United States. Tracy earned her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in flute performance from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, and her Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in music education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.