Flute Lessons:

• Pebble Hill Presbyterian Church, 5299 Jamesville Rd, Dewitt, NY 13214

• Homer Center for the Arts, 72 S. Main St, Homer, NY 13077

• Tully, NY

Brief Biography:

Lana Stafford is a flutist and teaching artist from and living in Central New York. Recent appearances 2023-2024 include Camerata Syracuse (instrumental ensemble of Schola Cantorum of Syracuse), Society for New Music, Chelsea Opera, CNY Leaders’ Circle, and Civic Morning Musicals Sundays Live. Her private flute studio has been established in Syracuse for more than eight years. She has managed social media for the Central New York Jazz Arts Foundation since 2023, managed digital marketing including social media and email for Society for New Music 2022-2024, assistant directed Weekend of Chamber Music (Delaware County) in 2023, and formerly managed the Symphoria Youth Orchestras 2018-2020. She has served on the Board of Directors at Society for New Music, Civic Morning Musicals and CNY Association of Music Teachers. Her active memberships include Music Teachers’ National Association (MTNA), American Federation of Musicians Local 78, CNYAMT and Rochester Flute Association. She earned her bachelor's and master’s in music performance with distinguished honors from the University at Buffalo. Lana was recipient of awards including full performing arts scholarships to Manlius Pebble Hill and UB, a travel grant from the Robert and Carol Morris Center for 21st Century Music to attend the Scottish International Flute Summer School, and the UB graduate flute teaching assistantship.

Schedule:

• Saturday, December 7, 2024, 2:15pm: Flute studio recital at Barnes & Noble Clay with CNYAMT

• Friday, December 13, 2024, 7pm: Hamilton College Orchestra guest principal flute, Schumann Symphony No. 3

• Saturday, December 14, 2024, 12pm: Everson Festival of Trees student performance

• Sunday, December 15, 2024, 11am: woodwind quintet performance at Dewitt Community Church

• Sunday, December 22, 2024, 2pm: Winter Solstice Community Concert at Tully United Community Church

• Tuesday, January 7, 2025, 7:15pm: The Nottingham with Sabine Krantz, piano

• more to come in 2025 including a recital project with Sabine Krantz!

Photo with flute overhead by Alice G Patterson lovingmycompany.com; overlay design by Lana Stafford.
Outdoor sunset photo at Staten Island Arts LUMEN Festival by Allison C. Meier for Hyperallergic.
Cazenovia Creek photo by Bliss Photography; flute ferns photo by Lana Stafford.
Syracuse Woman Magazine release party. YouTube livestream: Bach Solo Flute.
Performing with Honors College classmate & dancer Laura Neese at University at Buffalo.
with Society for New Music recording at Subcat Studios, December 2023.

Testimonials

Your recital was glorious! More than just beautiful - sensitive, nuanced, passionate, endlessly engaging, both delicate and powerful. A thousand bravos.

—Carol Oberbrunner, Nov. 2021

Lana Stafford has been my son’s private flute lesson instructor for six years. During his time working with Lana, my son has blossomed as a flutist. His confidence has grown, as well as his ability to play complex pieces, and a passion for a life-long love of the flute has ignited within him. With Lana’s guidance, my son has traveled overseas to perform and joined the local youth orchestra. Lana is communicative, patient, extremely knowledgeable, and goes the extra mile for her students and their families. I could not recommend Lana as an instructor enough.

— Renee Hagar-Smith, parent, 2023

My experience working with Lana over the past three years has been so incredibly positive -it's hard to know where to begin!

Lana is such a tremendously dedicated and gifted flute teacher who has helped me overcome long standing beliefs about my limitations as a flautist, and to play with ever greater musicality, confidence, and joy.

One of Lana’s superpowers is her ability to quickly diagnose problem areas and recommend a variety of solutions that are always spot-on. But her talents as a teacher and coach extend so much further: For example, by guiding me through a comprehensive course of study that has included everything from discussions about breath, posture, and balance—to intensive analysis of and work on some of the most beautiful pieces in the flute literature—Lana has helped me to progress in my playing more than I had ever thought possible.

And Lana’s warm, collaborative and supportive teaching style always motivates me to work hard so that I can continue to improve both technically and artistically. My decision to invest in flute lessons with Lana is one of the best I’ve ever made, and my experience as her student continues to exceed my every expectation.

I highly recommend Lana Stafford to any prospective flute student, of any age or ability!

—Debra Perkins, 2022