Isabella Carucci
Flutist Isabella Carucci, age 22, is an emerging flutist and piccolo player based in New York City.
Most recently, she has appeared as a substitute piccoloist with the New World Symphony, the Adrian Symphony Orchestra, and Manhattan Symphonie. She made her professional solo debut with the Perrysburg Symphony Orchestra at age 20 and has performed in numerous premieres and first recordings of both new and rediscovered works, including works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor ("Atonement"), Nkeiru Okoye ("When the Caged Bird Sings"), Griffen Candey ("Double Aviary") Gala Flagello ("The Bird-While"), Nicole Knorr ("From Imagined Stories"), Gabriel Fynsk ("Maiden Stone" and "Four Attempts at a Line"), and Mattie Levy ("Floating on the Wings of Our Planet"). She has commissioned six composers to write beginner- and intermediate-level flute pieces as Executive Director of the Flute Pedagogy Project, a nonprofit organization committed to expanding access to high-quality flute education.
Carucci has earned top prizes in multiple competitions, including first prize in the Perrysburg Symphony Orchestra Solo Honors Competition (2024), finalist in the Brevard Music Center Concerto Competition (2025), first prize in the Bellagrande International Music Competition (2023), second prize in the Darlene Dugan Young Artist Competition (2024), honorable mention at the MTNA Young Woodwind Artists Competition (2023), and the NYC All-City Concerto Competition (2019). She recently toured South Africa with the University of Michigan's University Symphony Orchestra and has performed as principal flute and piccolo in many opera and musical theatre productions, including HMS Pinafore (Michigan Gilbert and Sullivan Society), David Kirshenbaum's Vanities the Music (University of Michigan Musical Theatre), Janáček's Cunning Little Vixen (University of Michigan) L'elixir d'amore (Manhattan School of Music), and Fiddler on the Roof (Aspen Music Festival). The past two summers, she has performed at the Brevard and Aspen Music Festivals in their student orchestral programs.
Carucci is currently pursuing a Master of Music at the Manhattan School of Music as a recipient of the prestigious President’s Award, following her summa cum laude graduation from the University of Michigan. She has a minor in academic writing from U-M and writes for the NY Flute Club Newsletter. She is so thankful to her current and past teachers: Linda Chesis, Amy Porter, Wendy Stern, and Kathleen Nester.