Dr. Lynn Tsai is a Taiwanese-American flutist and educator based in New York. She is an active freelance musician (flute & piccolo) in the NYC metropolitan area and operates a private music studio in Croton-on-Hudson, NY. As of late, she performs part-time with the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra (CT) and the Distinguished Concerts Orchestra (NY). She also enjoys curating intimate flute recitals that feature repertoires designed to engage and inspire local communities. She is a member of the National Flute Association, New York Flute Club, and the Local 802 AFM.

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As a performer, Lynn is driven to refine her artistry through collaborations with others and strives to make classical music more accessible to the general public. She believes that live performances are an excellent way to spark curiosity in young minds. As an educator, she pours her heart into every student, believing that a strong foundation is the cornerstone of success and that the positive influence of a good teacher can resonate throughout a lifetime. Very recently, her student was named the Second Prize winner of New Jersey Flute Society’s 2024 Flute Fair Competition (Middle School Category). Two of her youngest students earned a Red-Ribbon Award and a Blue-Ribbon Award for their participation in New York Flute Club’s 2025 Young Musicians Contest (Age Categories 7-8 and 9-11). Each year, she prepares her flute students for NYSSMA's Spring Evaluation Festival, where all of her students consistently achieve the highest rating in their participating levels. In 2024 and 2025, several of her students were also selected to represent their schools in the prestigious All-County Band.

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In addition to teaching private lessons, Lynn has taught Flute Masterclasses at her alma mater, Columbus State University in 2018, 2019, and 2022, where she provided constructive feedback to undergraduate and graduate level flute major students on orchestral excerpts and flute solo repertoire. She taught Applied Flute lessons to music minor and non-music major students at the University of Nevada Las Vegas (2014-16), where she prepared students for public performances and end-of-the-semester juries. She taught undergraduate level Music Fundamentals classes to non-music majors at UNLV (2015-16), where she provided instruction on the basics of musical notation, rhythm, scales, intervals, and chords, with additional emphasis on ear training. While she resided in Las Vegas, she was the Secretary of the Las Vegas Flute Club (2014-16), and played an integral part in presenting educational events to the Las Vegas flute community. Her article about the LVFC was published in the National Flute Association’s Flutist Quarterly magazine (Winter 2016 issue).

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Some of her past achievement highlights include winning the UNLV Concerto Competition in 2016; she was the Third Prize (2016) and Second Prize (2015) recipient in the state-wide College Concerto Competition hosted by Reno Chamber Orchestra. In 2009, she gave her Carnegie Hall solo recital debut in Weill Recital Hall as a winner of the Artist International Competition.

 

Lynn is a graduate of the University of Nevada Las Vegas (DMA), New York University (MA), and Columbus State University (BM). Her main flute teachers include Jennifer Grim, Keith Underwood, and Andrée Martin. Additional private studies have been with Tara Helen O’Connor and Carol Wincenc. She deeply appreciates the lasting impact her teachers have had on her musical journey and strives to inspire her students with the same passion and dedication.

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