A dynamic performer, teacher, and scholar, Dr. Stephanie Lupo is the flute professor at Olivet Nazarene University. A published author and composer, her method book, The Piccolo Intonation Book (ALRY Publications), praised as a “sacred piccolo text” by Carolyn Nussbaum, is an international bestseller, and it was a finalist in the 2024 National Flute Association (NFA) Newly Published Music Competition. It was the first book of piccolo etudes written by a female composer. Dr. Lupo has also published more than a dozen articles for several prominent flute-community publications: Flute Talk Magazine, The Flutist Quarterly, the Chicago Flute Club’s Pipeline, and the newsletters of the New York Flute Club and the Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia.
In addition to being principal flute of the Kankakee Valley Symphony Orchestra, Dr. Lupo regularly performs with the Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra on flute and piccolo, and she can be heard on the Albany Records label. She was also principal piccolo of the Wheaton Symphony Orchestra and co-principal flute and piccolo of the Ohio Light Opera. She has also performed with the Heartland Festival Orchestra, La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, and the Peoria Bach Festival Orchestra. As a chamber musician, she plays regularly in the KVSO Woodwind Quintet and her flute duo, Whisper Tones. She performs with a 22K gold J.R. Lafin headjoint with a 9K/Ag Burkart body and a Keefe piccolo made of grenadilla wood with 14K rose gold fittings.
At Olivet, Dr. Lupo has offered individual and group flute lessons, weekly flute studio, flute literature and pedagogy, and flute choir; additionally, she has taught Body Mapping, class piano, and music history. At the ONU School of Music Summer Camp, she has taught flute lessons, chamber music, and five-day Body Mapping and ukulele courses.
As a Licensed Body Mapping Educator, Dr. Lupo is excited to serve as the ABME President Elect for the Board of Directors (beginning June 2025) and as Co-Chair of the Education Committee. She has presented and performed at the biennial conferences for the Association for Body Mapping Education; she has also presented a webinar during the season. She offers private Body Mapping lessons for all musicians.
Active in the national flute community, Dr. Lupo serves on the National Flute Association Piccolo and Performance Health Care Committees. She has performed, presented, and adjudicated at festivals around the country, including the NFA Conventions, the New York Flute Fair, the Upper Midwest Flute Association Flute Fest, the Iowa Flute Festival, and the Atlanta Flute Fair. She has been a judge for the NFA Piccolo Artist Competition and the Kujala International Piccolo Competition. She has also adjudicated for the Society of American Musicians, the FBA P.I.L.O.T.S. Convention, and IESA Solo & Ensemble contest. She also served on the Board of Directors of the Chicago Flute Club as voting program chair, webmaster, and Pipeline copy editor for four seasons.
Dr. Lupo holds a DMA in flute performance and pedagogy with a secondary area in music theory from the University of Iowa. Her thesis won the 2022 NFA Graduate Research Competition. She earned an MM from the University of Akron and a BM from Bradley University. Her primary flute teachers include Nicole Esposito, George Pope, and Kyle Dzapo, and her main ABME teachers include Amy Likar and Kelly Mollnow Wilson.
In addition to being principal flute of the Kankakee Valley Symphony Orchestra, Dr. Lupo regularly performs with the Millikin-Decatur Symphony Orchestra on flute and piccolo, and she can be heard on the Albany Records label. She was also principal piccolo of the Wheaton Symphony Orchestra and co-principal flute and piccolo of the Ohio Light Opera. She has also performed with the Heartland Festival Orchestra, La Crosse Symphony Orchestra, and the Peoria Bach Festival Orchestra. As a chamber musician, she plays regularly in the KVSO Woodwind Quintet and her flute duo, Whisper Tones. She performs with a 22K gold J.R. Lafin headjoint with a 9K/Ag Burkart body and a Keefe piccolo made of grenadilla wood with 14K rose gold fittings.
At Olivet, Dr. Lupo has offered individual and group flute lessons, weekly flute studio, flute literature and pedagogy, and flute choir; additionally, she has taught Body Mapping, class piano, and music history. At the ONU School of Music Summer Camp, she has taught flute lessons, chamber music, and five-day Body Mapping and ukulele courses.
As a Licensed Body Mapping Educator, Dr. Lupo is excited to serve as the ABME President Elect for the Board of Directors (beginning June 2025) and as Co-Chair of the Education Committee. She has presented and performed at the biennial conferences for the Association for Body Mapping Education; she has also presented a webinar during the season. She offers private Body Mapping lessons for all musicians.
Active in the national flute community, Dr. Lupo serves on the National Flute Association Piccolo and Performance Health Care Committees. She has performed, presented, and adjudicated at festivals around the country, including the NFA Conventions, the New York Flute Fair, the Upper Midwest Flute Association Flute Fest, the Iowa Flute Festival, and the Atlanta Flute Fair. She has been a judge for the NFA Piccolo Artist Competition and the Kujala International Piccolo Competition. She has also adjudicated for the Society of American Musicians, the FBA P.I.L.O.T.S. Convention, and IESA Solo & Ensemble contest. She also served on the Board of Directors of the Chicago Flute Club as voting program chair, webmaster, and Pipeline copy editor for four seasons.
Dr. Lupo holds a DMA in flute performance and pedagogy with a secondary area in music theory from the University of Iowa. Her thesis won the 2022 NFA Graduate Research Competition. She earned an MM from the University of Akron and a BM from Bradley University. Her primary flute teachers include Nicole Esposito, George Pope, and Kyle Dzapo, and her main ABME teachers include Amy Likar and Kelly Mollnow Wilson.