Biography

Dr. Brianne Little is the Assistant Professor of Flute at the University of Louisiana Lafayette. Playing the flute has taken Dr. Little to four different continents, seven different countries, and many states within the USA. She is a First Prize winner of the 2018 Vienna, 2019 Paris, and 2019 London Grand Prize Virtuoso competitions and the 2018 Golden Classic Music Awards International Competition. She was a 3rd Prize Winner in the Colorado State University Concerto Competition 2012.  She has performed nationally and internationally in Italy, France, and England and in such venues as Carnegie Hall in New York City, the Royal Albert Hall in London, the Amphithéâtre - Cité de la Musique, in Paris, St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, and the Haydnsall in Eisenstadt, Austria. In July 2019, she performed as Guest Principal Flutist with the Orquesta Filarmonica de Santa Cruz de La Sierra in Bolivia.

Dr. Little’s previous students have gone on to schools such as the University of Arkansas, Otterbein University (Ohio), the University of Central Arkansas, North Carolina School of the Arts, Grove City College (Pennsylvania), James Madison University (Virginia), and Harvard University. Dr. Little believes in providing her students with a solid foundation in the fundamentals of playing the flute, so that they can be prepared for any opportunity that could appear. Whether this is a student entering a college music program, improving their standing in their school band, being selected for a regional or state ensemble, becoming a music entrepreneur, or performing in community ensembles for their own enjoyment, Dr. Little’s students are prepared for any musical occasion. 

 Brianne has performed or presented at regional and national conferences such as the Mid-South Flute Festival, the Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention, the Music by Women Conference, and the National Flute Association Convention where she has led flute choirs, introduced group practice concepts, and performed new works by women composers. Brianne is currently the Treasurer of the Mid-South Flute Society and has also served on the Board of the Flute Society of Washington as Secretary 2018-2020.  Brianne holds degrees from James Madison University (DMA), Colorado State University (MM), and Capital University (BA).  Brianne is an alumni member of Sigma Alpha Iota, Pi Kappa Lambda, and Phi Alpha Theta. In 2022, Brianne received the Distinguished Alumni Award from her high school and was placed in the Woodmore Academic Boosters Hall of Fame.