Allison Asthana is an emerging flute performer and educator based out of Central Texas. She spent three seasons as second flutist and piccoloist with the Waco Symphony from 2013-2016, and has performed in many capacities at venues across the country, including Boston’s Symphony Hall, Carnegie Hall, Harvard Sanders Theatre, and Schermerhorn Symphony Hall.

Allison is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Texas at Austin and serves as the graduate teaching assistant of the flute studio, studying with Marianne Gedigian. She also holds degrees from Boston University and Baylor University, studying with Linda Toote and Dr. Francesca Arnone respectively. She currently performs as a freelancer in the Austin and San Antonio areas, as well as with the University of Texas Symphony, Wind Ensemble, New Music Ensemble, and Butler Opera Center.

Throughout her studies, Allison has performed in master classes for many world-renowned flutists such as Jeanne Baxtresser, Jim Walker, Leone Buyse, Christina Jennings, Bonita Boyd, Mark Sparks, Michael Hasel, Carol Wincenc, and Paula Robison. She attended the Brevard Music Center as a flute fellow in 2016, performing under conductors including Keith Lockhart, Matthias Bamert, JoAnn Falletta, and Ken Lam. Allison has also performed twice at the National Flute Association Convention as a winner of the NFA Masterclass Competition and the Marcel Moyse Society Competition.

Highly devoted to teaching flute and music, Allison maintains an active private studio of a wide range of students. As a graduate assistant, she has taught advanced non-major collegiate private lessons and coached chamber ensembles. Allison has also led master classes at the Boston University Tanglewood Institute and at several Texas high schools, and presented at music conventions and festivals, including the Austin Flute Society Virtual Flute Festival.

Allison is the 2019 winner of the Byron Hester Competition and will present a recital as guest artist at the Houston Flute Fest in April 2021. She is also the 2020 winner of the Presser Graduate Music Award from the Butler School of Music, and will receive a grant to study Hindustani classical music and bansuri with expert flutists in India in 2021.


In addition to music, I have a successful photography business. I specialize in portrait photography and shoot in full manual mode on a Canon, usually in natural lighting (no flash). I can instruct on photo composition, shooting in manual mode (including focus, aperture, ISO, and shutter speed), and post-processing.