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Caity is invited to attend the Lake Tahoe Music Festival. She performs as a soloist with the chamber orchestra on John Corigliano’s Voyage.

Caity wins the audition for Flute 3/Piccolo with the Norwalk Symphony Orchestra. She begins playing with the NSO on the 2016/17 season.

Caity is brought on as flute faculty at the Music Cottage in Brewster, NY.

A condensed version of Caity’s dissertation is published in the December 2015 issue of Flute Talk Magazine. Click here for more information about the issue.

At auditions for the Houston Symphony for Substitute Flute, Caity secures a spot on the sub list.

Caity gives her Carnegie Hall Debut, performing Gaubert Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando.

At the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra audition for Principal Flute, Caity advances to the Semifinals.

Caity wins the audition  with the Wichita Symphony Orchestra in Wichita, KS and accepts the position of Fourth Flute/Second Piccolo.

Caity graduates with her DMA from University of Houston. She majored in Flute Performance with a minor in Music Literature. She studied with Aralee Dorough, Principal Flute of the Houston Symphony.

Caity attends the Texas Music Festival and competes in the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Young Artist Competition. She performs the Nielsen Concerto for Flute and Orchestra and wins the Audience Favorite Prize and Third Place. Read more about the competition here.