Nicole Riner is an active recitalist, clinician, and freelance flutist. She been a member of various chamber ensembles and orchestras in Michigan, Indiana, Colorado, and Wyoming and has performed at summer festivals in the United States and Germany. Recent solo performances include the National Flute Association Convention in albuquerque and the world premieres of new works by composers Richard Faith and Randall ShinN. She has presented masterclasses at Bowling Green State University, Capital University, Denison Unviersity, and Boise State University.
Nicole currently serves on the music faculty of University of Wyoming, where she is guest artist faculty in flute and musicology. Prior appointments include the nationally recognized Interlochen Arts Camp, Michigan State University, University of Northern Colorado, and Indiana University-Purdue University. In the greater flute community, Nicole also served as president of the Colorado Flute Association from 2004-2006 and as musical director of the Rocky Mountain Flute Choir from 2003-2005.
In addition to these appointments, Nicole is dedicated to performing and recording new music written for flute. She is a participant in the American Women Composer's Project, a nationally endowed organization designed to promote the performance of women's music and commission new chamber works for flute. She is also co-founder of SPANK Music Ensemble, a contemporary music quartet and winner of the 2009 University of Wyoming Social Justice Research Center Grant. spank premiered works by Anne Guzzo, David Brinkman, and Beth Custer in their 2008-09 season.
Much in demand as a clinician and lecturer, nicole's doctoral research has been presented at national and international conferences. Her dissertation, The Girls in the Band: Women's Perspectives on Gender Stereotyping in the Music Classroom has been presented at national and international conferences in Colorado, Wyoming, and Hawaii, and her research has been published in the online magazine GEMS (Gender, Education, and Music Studies). Her pedagogical writings have been published in Colorado Flutist, International Tuba-Euphonium Association Journal, and Flute Talk.
Nicole received the Doctor of Music in flute performance and literature from Indiana University. Previous teachers include Kathryn Lukas, Barbara Kallaur (Baroque flute), Richard Sherman, Alexander Murray, and Dr. Janice Boland. She can be heard on recordings with Wyoming Symphony and Mahler Fest, and her faculty recitals have been broadcast on Interlochen Public Radio. her solo CD, Eastern gems, will be released by centaur records in april 2010.