Christine Erlander Beard, flutist

Described by Flute Focus as “…having shattered any notions that the piccolo might be lacking in deep, expressive powers," Christine Erlander Beard enjoys an active international career as a soloist, chamber artist and teacher throughout North and South America and Europe. Noted for her “great expressive tone and range” (Christopher Caliendo, composer) and for “…not only having a beautiful tone and phrasing, but the capacity to reveal the deep soul of a composition” (Martin Rokeach, composer), Christie strives to showcase expressive music written for the flute and piccolo as well as promoting new and original works by living composers.

Recently appearing as a concerto soloist with the Orquestra Filarmonica de Mendoza in Argentina and the Orquestra Sinfonica de Porto Alegre in Brazil, her engagements since 2018 include serving as an artist-teacher at the International Piccolo Festival in Italy and at international flute festivals held in Brazil, Costa Rica, France, Honduras, and Spain, as well as making her 17th appearance on the program of the National Flute Association Convention (NFA).

Founder of the International Piccolo Symposium, she serves the NFA as a member of both the Scholarship and the Piccolo Committees, and as a contributing editor to The Flutist Quarterly. An international solo artist for Sankyo Flutes and piccolo artist for Hernandez Flutes, she can be heard alongside the French piccolo legend Jean-Louis Beaumadier on his CD, Postcards: World Piccolo, Vol. 2, and with Grammy award-wining guitarist Daniel Wolff (Brazil) on his recent CD, IberoAmericano.

Awarded Second Place in the coveted American Prize competition’s Professional Soloist Division (April 2019), Beard is the Kayser Professor of Flute and International Studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha where she teaches flute, chamber music, contemporary music literature, and heads UNO's Music Entrepreneurship program. www.christiebeard.com