Kristin Bacchiocchi-Stewart is currently pursuing her DMA in Flute Performance at The Peabody Conservatory of Music where she is also a faculty associate and a chamber music coach. She is the Flute Professor at Frostburg State University where she currently teaches woodwind methods classes and directs the flute ensemble.

An active performer of contemporary music, Ms. Bacchiocchi-Stewart is also a dedicated chamber musician. She has been a member of TRITONIS (flute, cello, and guitar) since 2001, when they premiered Concerto Grosso by Robert Delfausse with the Lake Placid Sinfonietta. She frequently concertizes with guitarist Joel Brown, percussionist Michael Zell and I Venti Semplice, a chamber group of various instrumentations organized by clarinetist Mark Gallagher. As an orchestral musician, she has played with the Albany Symphony Orchestra, Catskill Symphony, and The Albany Pro Musica. She has given concerts, lectures and master classes throughout the United States and has also performed in several groups throughout Europe and Japan.

She was a prize winner at the 2002 National Flute Association’s Young Artist Competition, a participant in the First Beijing Nicolet International Flute Competition and has appeared as a semi-finalist in the Myrna Brown and Ducrest Young Artist Competitions.

Ms. Bacchiocchi-Stewart has served on the faculty of Schenectady County Community College, Ithaca College, the Savage Mountain Summer Chamber Music Series and Flauto Musicale. Her academic achievements include a M.M. from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and a B.M. from Ithaca College. She has participated in the Aspen Music Festival, the Colorado College Music Festival, and the Zurich 2000 Masterclass series. Her main teachers have been Marina Piccinini, Bradley Garner, Wendy Mehne, Claudia Anderson and Selma Moore.