Seetha Shivaswamy is fortunate to have many diverse musical experiences that continue to inspire a unique and creative approach to her teaching. She has been invited to perform in over 70 cities throughout Europe, Asia, and North America as a flute soloist and chamber musician. Highlights include a US and India tour with the Global Rhythms World Music Ensemble, concerts as flutist with the Orquesta Sinfonica in Monterrey, Mexico, and a solo flute recital at the Hong Kong City Centre. She has recorded and toured with Oscar-winning Indian film composer A.R. Rahman, including a flute feature on a global anthem for the United Nations. Her playing can also be heard on the soundtrack from the UK feature film ’Bombil and Beatrice’, released at the Cannes Film Festival in 2007, and on various other soundtracks for PBS documentaries and TV commercials. Locally she performs with many groups such as Animé Winds, Austin Contemporary Chamber Players, New Music Coop, and the Golden Hornet Project. Seetha holds a Master’s Degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor’s Degree from Ball State University, where she studied classical flute performance with Karl Kraber and Julia Larson Mattern. Seetha has also studied yoga, Alexander Technique, Indonesian Gamelan, Indian Bansuri flute, and various other modalities related to performance and education. She has had the honor of being selected to perform for Emmanuel Pahud of the Berlin Philharmonic and Ransom Wilson of Yale University, and has studied contemporary flute technique and improvisation with the Dutch Flutist Wil Offermans. In addition to her position at the Orpheus Academy, Seetha is also a faculty artist with the Austin Chamber Music Festival and regularly presents flute workshops for several schools in the Austin/Eanes Independent School District.