An award-winning flutist and educator, Emily Nazario maintains a dynamic and versatile career as a solo artist, pedagogue, and chamber musician. An ardent educator, Emily currently resides in the Charlotte metro area, where she teaches both privately and as a sectional clinician for local schools. She has also been on the flute faculties of the International School of Music in Bethesda, MD and the University of Georgia’s Community Music School.

As a soloist, Emily has been named a prizewinner or finalist in numerous competitions nationwide, including the UGASO Concerto Competition, the Wyoming Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, Flutissimo Solo Artist Competition, and competitions sponsored by the Oklahoma Flute Society, Montana Flute Association, and New Jersey Flute Society to name a few. Emily has been invited to compete and perform nationally and internationally, most recently as a quarterfinalist for NFA’s Young Artist Competition in August of 2023 in Phoenix, Arizona. A baroque music enthusiast, Emily enjoys incorporating the baroque flute into her practice and performances. 

As an orchestral and chamber musician, Emily has performed extensively in the university setting and at summer music festivals, including the Brevard Music Center, Hot Springs Music Festival, Zodiac Music Festival, Marrowstone Music Festival, and Domaine Forget International Music and Dance Academy. She has performed in masterclasses with many notable flutists including Jim Walker, Jeanne Baxtresser, Trudy Kane, Jeanne Galway, Marina Piccinini, Susan Hoeppner, Amy Porter, Mark Sparks, and Claire Chase. 

Emily will earn her Doctorate of Musical Arts in May 2025 from the University of Georgia, where she engaged in a variety of chamber music collaborations over the course of her degree, including performing regularly with the UGA Contemporary Ensemble and premiering works by living composers. Emily has also found a new calling in musicians’ wellness and is dedicated to helping musicians sustain long and prosperous careers by incorporating injury prevention strategies such as Alexander Technique and Body Mapping into her teaching. 

Emily received a Master of Music from the University of Wyoming and Bachelor of Music from Ithaca College, with additional flute and baroque flute study from Conservatorium van Amsterdam in The Netherlands. Her primary teachers include Wendy Mehne, Mary Kay Robinson, Harrie Starreveld, Marten Root, Nicole Riner, and Angela Jones-Reus. Emily plays on a 9K heavy wall Muramatsu flute and a Simon Polak baroque flute. 

When she’s not making music, Emily is an avid reader, traveler, and aspiring home chef. Emily lives in Lancaster, South Carolina with her husband, pianist and music professor Connor Austell.