Kristen Stoner
School of Music

Associate Professor
T: 273-3191
E: kstoner@ufl.edu

Address:
355 MUB P.O. Box 117900
Gainesville, Fl 32611-7900

Dr. Kristen Stoner, an active flutist and teacher, has performed across the United States, South America, and Europe. She received her B.A. in Music from the University of Texas at Austin and her MM and DMA from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She studied flute with Karl Kraber, Bradley Garner, Jacqueline Hofto, and William Montgomery. She has performed in masterclasses for Julius Baker, Carol Wincenc, Randy Bowman, Jill Felber, Jim Walker, and others.

Dr. Stoner has performed at the National Flute Association Conventions in Atlanta (1999), Dallas (2001), Washington, D.C. (2002), Nashville (2004), San Diego (2005), Pittsburgh (2006), and Albuquerque (2007). She is in her seventh year as principal flutist of the Ocala Symphony Orchestra, with whom she performed the Ibert Flute Concerto in 2004. She has performed in prestigious competitions around the country, including the NFA's Young Artist Competition, the Flute Talk Magazine Competition in Chicago, and the Myrna Brown Competition in Dallas. She has also performed with the Opera Theatre of Lucca in Italy, the Lancaster Festival Orchestra, Jacksonville Symphony, and the Victoria Bach Festival.

Intrigued by Latin American flute music, Dr. Stoner has done research on the flute music of Brazil, Argentina, and Chile. Her doctoral thesis on flute music of Brazil won the National Flute Association Thesis and Dissertation Competition in 2002. In 2003, she was invited to Chile to perform and give masterclasses at the Conservatorio Nacional in Santiago and at the Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso. In 2005, she was invited to perform and teach at the XV Internacional Festival de Flautistas in Quito, Ecuador.

Dr. Stoner has also performed and presented several lecture-recitals on flute music by women composers. These performances include the NFA Convention in Dallas, the Sixth International Festival of Women Composers in Indiana, Pennsylvania, the University of Texas at Austin in 2002, 7th International Festival of Women Composers in Gainesville, the Florida Flute Fair in 2003, the Hawaii International Conference on the Arts and Humanities, and the College Music Society national conferences in 2004 and 2008. Dr. Stoner also served as Program Chair for the Florida Flute Association from 2004-06 and is currently Vice-President/President-elect of that organization. Her flute orchestra arrangement of Charles Gounod’s Petite Symphonie, published by Megido Press in 2004, has been performed several times across the United States. The University of Florida Flute Ensemble, which Dr. Stoner conducts, was a featured group at the NFA Convention in 2006.

 

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