Described by critics as “masterful” and “evocative,” Christine Erlander Beard is constantly in demand as a soloist, chamber artist, and clinician. Quickly achieving international recognition as a performer and advocate for the piccolo, she has performed extensively across the U.S. and Europe, including six of the previous eight conventions of the National Flute Association, and the 2008 British Flute Society International Convention. Founder and Executive Director of the International Piccolo Symposium (www.piccolosymposium.com), she is a regular guest artist at flute festivals across the U.S., most recently in Saint Louis, Iowa, Philadelphia, Emporia (KS), Vermont, and the Flute Society MidSouth. In 2010, she was invited by Jean-Louis Beaumadier to perform at the International Flute Festival in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France, where she also recorded a piccolo trio for his upcoming CD.

As the Piccolo Artist for Gemeinhardt Flutes, Christine has presented piccolo clinics and lecture-recitals at the International Wind Music History Symposium and the American Musical Instrument Society International Conference, and her pedagogical articles and columns have been published in Flute Talk, the Flutist Quarterly, Flutewise, and The Instrumentalist. In 2010, she began serving the College Music Society as the national Board Member for Performance, as well as the President of the Great Plains Chapter of CMS. Dr. Beard earned her MM and DMA in flute performance from The University of Texas at Austin. She joined the faculty at the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 2002 where she teaches applied flute, chamber music, and serves as Coordinator of Woodwind Studies.