Emma Pease-Byron

Emma Pease-Byron is a flute specialist, playing, teaching and writing about flute. She can be heard playing flute, piccolo and flute-like instruments, including pennywhistle, pan pipes and fife, around the Las Vegas Valley with ensembles like the Nevada Pops Ensemble and Vegas City Opera and in Montana as the piccolo chair with the Helena Symphony. 

Emma has been teaching student flutists since 1999. Her students have won top spots in the Clark County School District Honor Band, the Nevada All-State Honor Band, the Las Vegas Flute Club Young Artist Competition, Silver State Competition and earned music scholarships at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, University of Nevada-Reno, University of New Mexico and Central Washington University. In addition to teaching ages 3 - adult at Studio Flute, she also teaches the Preschool Music Adventures classes at the Silver Springs Recreation Center and is a flute clinician and parapro with the Clark County School District. Emma is a certified teacher through the Music Teachers National Association and the Suzuki Association of the Americans.

Emma's most recent article, about systematically developing a historical context for music study, was published in the Suzuki Association's Journal in spring of 2022. Emma is also on the board of the Nevada Music Teachers Associations and is the Junior Festival Flute Chair for the Las Vegas Federation of Music Clubs.