East Carolina University Flute Studio

Bravo to Natalia Irusta, who played a lovely senior recital late Saturday night, April 25, 2026! Many thanks too to collaborative pianist Alisa Gilliam, we so appreciate you. Much appreciation to ECU Music Therapy, the ECU Flute Studio and Natalia’s entire family for their support, despite the pouring rain and the late hour, proud of my class! Congratulations, Natalia!!

Bravo to the outstanding young musicians of the ECU Symphonic Wind Ensemble, who performed beautifully in the fifth and final concert of their tour, on Saturday evening in Wright Auditorium. Kudos to the flute section—truly excellent playing by every single member, and superb solo work by Farhad Hossein Ebadollahi! Thanks to Music Director Dr. Bill Staub for his musical guidance and the hard work that has gone into making this tour happen. A terrific end to an excellent concert season.

Congratulations to the fabulous flute section of the ECU Symphonic and Concert Bands! They played a wonderful final performance of very challenging repertoire to finish the year. Very proud of our talented and hardworking musicians! Many thanks to Music Directors Dr. Jay Juchniewicz and Dr. Joe Busuito for their musical excellence, support and dedication, this year and always!

Bravo to our most excellent flute section for their performance with the ECU Symphony Orchestra yesterday evening. Congratulations!

The TRPO performed the interactive educational program, “Mozart’s Magnificent Voyage,” in two concerts today for over 1,000 fifth-graders from Rocky Mount public schools at the Dunn Center for the Performing Arts! We had two highly talented actors from Chicago in costumes as guests, featuring Mozart’s music and stories from his life. Great fun! Thanks to General Manager Jennifer Harris and Music Director Al Sturgis! Great to work with our excellent colleagues—so much beautiful playing, such beautiful music!

Many congratulations to the fabulous flute section of the ECU Symphonic Wind Ensemble on their amazing performance Monday night at Wright Auditorium! Their rendition of the Bernstein Symphonic Dances from West Side Story was spectacular, and George Walker’s “Lyric” utterly lovely. The Panther Creek High School Wind Ensemble flutes sounded great, what a terrific partnership!

Keilie Perry*—was born in “Music City,” Nashville, TN, and moved with her family to the Charleston, SC, area where she grew up. She began playing the flute in her sixth-grade band and continued through middle and high school. She studied Wildlife Biology at Charleston Southern University with a music minor. Over time, Keilie found that she loved the flute and flute playing so much that she wanted to continue and decided to audition for the Master of Music in flute performance degree at ECU, among others. We are so happy that you chose to continue your flute studies with us, Keilie, very welcome!