Stephani Stang-McCusker
Flute
traleerosaleen@comcast.net
ext. 49047
Phillips Hall B-138
Bachelor of Music, 1975, The Catholic University of America;
Master of Music, 1977, New England Conservatory of Music
Professor Stephani Stang-McCusker, Assistant Principal Flutist of the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, joined the George Washington University faculty in 1997, having previously taught on the faculties of Catholic University and Howard University. In addition to her position with the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, she frequently performs as Principal Flutist with the Filene Center Orchestra at Wolf Trap, the only National Park dedicated to the Performing Arts. Formerly she held the position of Principal Flutist with the National Gallery of Art Orchestra and Chamber Players, Concert Artists of Baltimore, the National Chamber Orchestra, and the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra. As a soloist and chamber musician she has appeared in concerts at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theatre, the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, the World Bank, the German Embassy, the Library of Congress, and Strathmore Hall. She has been a guest performer with the National Symphony, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the orchestras of the Metropolitan Opera and the New York City Opera. In a "rock and roll vein," she toured with Emerson/Lake/Palmer on their historic North American Tour, recording with them at Montreal's Olympic Stadium before a crowd of 86,000. A proud second-generation member of the American Federation of Musicians, she is also a member of the International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians.