Colleen White, flute

Colleen White is an active soloist and chamber musician and has been an Artist in Residence for Off the Hook Arts (Fort Collins, CO), the Atlantic Music Festival (Maine) and recently performed with the Boulder Bach Festival and Colorado MahlerFest. Since winning top awards in various concerto and young artist competitions, she was named a semifinalist in the prestigious Myrna Brown Artist Competition and can be heard in solo and orchestral performances on Wyoming Public Radio and KGNU Boulder Radio. In Fall 2019, Dr. White made her first solo appearance at Carnegie Hall.

Dr. Colleen White joined Kansas State University as Assistant Professor of Flute in Fall 2019. As a teaching artist, she has taught flute, chamber music, and entrepreneurship courses at Colorado State University, the Metropolitan State University of Denver, and the University of Colorado Boulder. Dr. White performs in a wide variety of solo, orchestral, and chamber music settings across North America, including performances with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. She made her solo debut with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra at age 16.

An energetic teacher, Dr. White has presented workshops and masterclasses across the United States on a variety of topics including tone development, piccolo techniques, grant writing, teaching strategies, opera excerpts, memorization, electroacoustic music, arts administration, and career development. She has performed and presented at the National Flute Association Convention, flute fairs across the U.S., and abroad.

Dr. White advises flutists nationally as a member of the National Flute Association’s Career and Artistic Development Committee. As past President of the Colorado Flute Association, she coordinated flute events for all ages, connecting the Colorado flute community with unique performing and learning opportunities alongside international artists.​ Her teachers include Christina Jennings, Brook Ferguson, Janet Arms, Dawn Lawler, Carol Meves, and Stephanie Jutt. She earned degrees from the University of Colorado Boulder (DMA), The Hartt School (MM), and the University of Wisconsin Madison (BM).