KRISTIN PAXINOS

Flute Instructor

sampleKristin Paxinos began her music education at the age of 10, and has since studied with numerous world-renowned artists; including Peter Lloyd, Kathryn Lukas, Donald Peck, and Jaques Zoon. 

Kristin has been honored with numerous awards and prizes for her musicianship, including performance awards from Indiana University, DePaul University, the Musician’s Club of Women, the Union League Civic and Arts Foundation, and the Greek Women’s University Club. She has also participated in several international performance competitions, most recently being awarded a recording grant in the Contemporary Record Society’s National Performing Artist Competition.
Kristin has appeared as soloist and orchestral musician throughout the United States and Europe, performing in such legendary venues as Lincoln Center, Chicago’s Symphony Center, and Carnegie Hall. Kristin’s solo performances include appearances at the Syrinx Flute Festival (Canada), the Viggiano Flute Festival (Italy), and The Chicago Cultural Center’s Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series (U.S.). She has also performed as concerto soloist with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Sinfonia Toronto, the Evansville Philharmonic, L’Orchestre Internazionale D’Italia, the Dallas Chamber Orchestra, and the Indiana University Orchestra.

Her orchestral experience includes flute and piccolo positions with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, the Evansville Philharmonic, the Terre Haute Symphony, and the Bloomington Pops Orchestra. In addition, Daniel Barenboim awarded Kristin a principal flute position in his East-Western Divan Orchestra – an orchestra that brought together talented young musicians from the United States and the Middle East. 

As an instructor, Kristin spent 4 years with the Bloomington Young Winds Program, 2 years as an undergraduate teaching assistant at Indiana University, and 9 years at the School of Performing Arts in Naperville, IL. Her students have gone on to participate in IMEA State and District Festivals, and study at the Interlochen Arts Academy, Indiana University, Northwestern University, Baylor University, and Carnegie Mellon University. Kristin also regularly judges for IMEA District Festivals, Chicago Flute Club Competitions, and District Solo and Ensembles Contests. 

Kristin began her music education in Chicago, where she studied at the Sherwood Conservatory of Music. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance from Indiana University and a Master of Music in Flute Performance from DePaul University.