Flutist Elizabeth Robinson is an active soloist, orchestral, and chamber performer. Among her passions is the commissioning of new music, creating educational opportunities for her studio, and participating in exciting chamber ensembles. In addition to her position as the Diana Osterhout piccolo chair of the Topeka Symphony, Elizabeth is an Assistant Professor of Music at South Dakota State University, where she teaches flute and courses from the music theory sequence. Her teaching emphasizes the works of living composers, particularly for student chamber ensembles. Many of her commissions began as collaborations for her studio and flute choir. Her most recent project, Aviary, is an album of mostly bird-themed works for flute, piccolo, or flute quartet, featuring newly-commissioned compositions by Nicole Chamberlain, Gay Kahkonen, Anne McKennon, Kimberly Osberg, and Lisa Bost-Sandberg. In an effort to expand the flute repertoire, Elizabeth co-founded the Flute New Music Consortium (FNMC) in 2013 and currently serves the organization as Vice President. FNMC is an organization with the shared mission of promoting new music for the flute by commissioning works, organizing simultaneous premieres and encouraging repeat performances. Further, she coordinates the organization’s annual composition competition, and is proud of collaborations with several of its winning composers.