Juliana May Pepinsky is a lecturer and flute instructor at Cornell University. Since arriving in Ithaca in 2008, she has been an active chamber musician and played with Ensemble X. She also plays with the Fingerlakes Flutes, a professional ensemble based in Ithaca.

As a teacher of flute and musicianship, Juliana has held positions at the University of Colorado, Boulder, Metro State College, and Regis University. She also taught at Southern Connecticut State University and Naugatuck Valley Community College and performed with the New Britain Symphony and the Waterbury Symphony in Connecticut. Her professional highlights include the inaugural concert of Zankel Hall, the newest concert space at Carnegie Hall, under composer John Adams.

Juliana holds degrees from Yale University and Oberlin College. Her teachers include Michel Debost, Ransom Wilson, and Anne Diener Zentner.

Ms. Pepinsky will perform in songbirdsongs on Sunday, March 8.