A charismatic and versatile flutist, Nicole Esposito is Assistant Professor of Flute at the University of Iowa. She has achieved a career as a soloist, teacher, chamber and orchestral musician on an international level and has been a featured soloist and recitalist at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, the Interlochen Arts Academy, the Detroit Institute for the Arts, the Musikhochschule- Wuppertal, Germany, and the North American Cultural Center of Costa Rica. Esposito has also performed at numerous National Flute Association Conventions, including those in Orlando, Washington DC, Nashville, San Diego, and Pittsburgh as well as many regional conferences including the Florida Flute Fair, Madison Flute Festival and the Iowa Flute Festival.

As an orchestral musician, Esposito has performed under some of the worlds leading conductors, including James Conlon, David Zinman, Gunther Schuller, Robert Spano, Micheal Stern, David Robertson, James DePreist, Anne Manson, Lawrence Foster, Leif Segerstam and Andrew Litton. Currently, Principal Flute with the Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, she has also performed with the Cedar Rapids Symphony, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony, Youngstown (OH) Symphony, and the Johnstown and Westmoreland(PA) Symphony Orchestras. Esposito has held the Piccolo Fellowship at the Aspen Music Festival and has also been Principal Flute of the Ohio Light Opera, with whom she can be heard on three recordings (Albany Records). She has participated in a number of other music festivals including the Brevard Music Center, The Youth Orchestra of the Americas, and the National Orchestral Institute.

A strong advocate for the piccolo, Esposito has performed as a piccolo soloist many times. She was the first piccolo player ever admitted to compete in the prestigious Houston Symphony Ima Hogg Young Artist Competition, and has also been a finalist in the National Flute Association's Piccolo Artist Competition. Highly recognized on the competition scene on flute as well, honors include prizes at the WAMSO Competition sponsored by the Minnesota Orchestra and the National Flute Association's Orchestral Competition. She has also been a semi-finalist with the National Flute Association and the William C.Byrd Young Artist Competitions and the Haynes International Flute Competition.

Esposito received her Bachelors Degree in Flute Performance from Carnegie Mellon University, where she studied with former New York Philharmonic Principal, Jeanne Baxtresser. There she also studied with Jennifer Conner of the Pittsburgh Symphony, and contemporary music specialist Alberto Almarza. She won first prize in the Concerto Competition, and performed the Liebermann Piccolo Concerto with the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic. As a Full Fellowship recipient, Nicole completed her Masters Degree at the University of Michigan as a student of Amy Porter. Her other primary teachers include Mark Sparks, Marianne Gedigian, and Catherine Payne.

Originally from North Adams, MA, Esposito has taught flute at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, the University of Michigan's All-State program at Interlochen, the University of Iowa Summer All-State Music Camp and Five Seasons Chamber Music Festival.   In addition to her diverse performing and teaching activities, Esposito serves as President of the Eastern Iowa Flute Association and has recently published articles in Flute Focus and Flute Talk magazines.

Nicole Esposito performs on an Emanuel Flute.