Dr. LISA READ-VANARSDEL
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Lisa Read Vanarsdel received the Bachelor of Music and the Master of Music degrees in Flute Performance from the University of Illinois and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Flute Performance from Louisiana State University. She has had additional flute study in Manchester, England at the Royal College of Music. Dr. Vanarsdel is currently Professor of Flute at Austin Peay State University where she directs the APSU Flute Choir and Woodwind Quintet. She also teaches Woodwind Group Instruction, Music Appreciation, and serves as faculty advisor for Sigma Alpha Iota International Fraternity for Women. For two summers, Dr. Vanarsdel served on the faculty of the Tennessee Governor's School for the Arts and was awarded the Outstanding Teacher Award.

Recently, Dr. Vanarsdel performed with fellow faculty member Dr. Patricia Halbeck on NPR affiliate WPLN radio in Nashville, Tennessee on the program “Live in Studio C”. She performs regularly at regional and national conferences including a lecture/recital about flutist Robert Cavally at the Twenty-Third Annual National Flute Association Convention in Orlando, Florida. She has also been a winner in the Orchestral Competition, the Convention Performers Competition, and a semi-finalist in the Young Artist Competition, which are all sponsored by the National Flute Association. As winner of the Texas Flute Society Concerto Competition, Dr. Vanarsdel appeared as guest soloist with the Dallas Chamber Orchestra. Currently, Dr. Vanarsdel serves as Competition Coordinator and Vice President-President Elect of the Mid-South Flute Society.

E-mail: VanarsdelL@apsu.edu
Phone: (931) 221-7684