Draft:Taylor Pastore

Taylor Pastore is a collegiate flutist and aspiring music educator. She has been playing the flute for over ten years. A native of Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, Taylor is a graduate of Canon-McMillan High School, where she earned the John Phillip Sousa award and was a member of the Tri-M Honors Society. Throughout her years in high school, she was the drum major of the Big Mac Marching Band, a member of the symphonic band, pan and percussion ensemble, and pit orchestra. Studying under Natalie West, the piccoloist of the Washington Symphony Orchestra, she has worked with the Washington Symphony Orchestra and the Washington Community Theater Pit Orchestra. Taylor currently studies music education and psychology at Slippery Rock University. She participates in many ensembles and organizations, including the orchestra and flute ensemble. She studies privately under Dr. Cassandra Eisenreich and is a member of the Slippery Rock Flute Studio and the Honors Flute Ensemble. At Slippery Rock University, she is involved in many music education organizations and events. This includes Early Childhood Music Education events such as Tuneful Tales, Sing Move Play, and Fiddlesticks with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. She also serves as the Fundraising Chairperson of PCMEA. She has attended many professional development workshops such as Modern Band Pedagogy, Eurhythmics, Dalcroze, and Orff. Taylor has been awarded the Kris Chaplin Memorial and Steele Terry Memorial scholarships and is an active member of the Slippery Rock Honors College and a merit scholar. She has also performed with the Pittsburgh Creator’s Project Symphonic Winds. Taylor recently won the National Flute Association’s Collegiate Flute Choir Competition and performed in Phoenix, Arizona.