A poised and dynamic flutist, Paige Michaud has begun a budding career of performing and teaching that has taken her across the United States and abroad. The youngest competitors in their field, Michaud and her former duo partner, Yimeng Xu, won first prize at the 2021 Puerto Rico International Collaborative Piano Competition with their polished performance of music by Samuel Zyman and Amy Beach. She attended the 2021 Flauti al Castello Festival in Anghiari, Tuscany, Italy and was invited as a featured performer to the XIV Festival Flautas del Mundo in Mendoza, Argentina. In 2022, Michaud won first prize in both the Nebraska Wind Symphony Concerto Competition and the Lincoln Symphony Young Artist Competition.

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As the former principal flute of the Heartland Philharmonic Orchestra and member of the Heartland Flute Choir, Michaud was invited to participate in the commission of “Oxygen for 144 Flutes” by Julia Wolfe at the 2022 National Flute Association Convention. A passionate proponent of women’s issues, diversity, equity, and inclusion, Paige’s article, “Misogyny in Mozart: Is Le Nozze di Figaro Truly About Figaro?” was published in the Summer 2021 edition of the Nebraska Music Teacher Association newsletter.

 

Michaud holds a Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance and a minor in Spanish Language and Literature from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, where she studied with Dr. Christine Beard, and is currently pursuing a Master of Music from the University of Colorado Boulder with Professor Christina Jennings.