Monika Dziubelski is a second year student at Bard College and Conservatory, where she is pursuing degrees in chemistry and classical flute performance, studying the latter with Dr. Tara Helen O’Connor. Monika has enjoyed playing in the Western Connecticut Youth Orchestra, winning their concerto competition in 2018 as well as their senior scholarship, the Western Connecticut Youth Chamber Orchestra, the New York Youth Symphony Orchestra, and in the Bard Conservatory Orchestra. Monika made her Carnegie Hall debut with the New York Youth Symphony Orchestra in November of 2019, and since then has recorded a studio album with the New York Youth Symphony Orchestra under Micheal Repper and with producer Judith Sherman. With composer and conductor Tan Dun and the Bard Philharmonic Orchestra, Monika traveled to Haikou in Hainan Province, China, at the end of 2019 to open the Haikou Bay Performing Arts Center. Monika has had the opportunity to learn from Dr. Tara Helen O’Connor, Linda Chesis, and Jeffery Zook through masterclasses and seminars, as well as perform and discuss music virtually with Echo: Musicians Connect.

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You can find Monika on Facebook and Instagram at @monikaflute.