Dr. Joshua Stine (he/they), a Haynes Young Artist, is an avid performer and teacher and is currently Adjunct Professor of Flute at the University of Wisconsin–Platteville, Lecturer of Flute and Director of the Fresh Flutes Ensemble at Grinnell College and recently Teaching Artist of Flute at Drake University. Stine earned his Doctorate in Flute Performance at the University of Iowa with a secondary focus in Queer Musicology. Prior to the University of Iowa, Stine attended Bowling Green State University where he received his Master of Music Performance, and the University of South Carolina where he received his Bachelor of Music Performance. Outside of school, Stine has been seen and placed in various competitions throughout the country including the Myrna Brown Young Artist Competition Semi-Finals, the Central Ohio Flute Association’s Young Artist and Collegiate Artist competitions, the Flute Society of Kentucky’s Quartet, Young Artist, and Collegiate Artist competitions, the Schubert Club annual competition, and the Can-American Flute Symposium Masterclass competition, to name a few. Stine was also featured on the GRAMMY®-nominated orchestral album Sila: The Breath of the World by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Luther Adams.

A proponent of new music, Stine has premiered and commissioned several new works for his flute and saxophone duo, DuoR2, his flute duo, Duo GO, his flute trio, Huo Guo Trio, as well as for solo flute. He has presented these commissions and other works at conventions across the country including the Florida Flute Association Annual Convention, Chicago Flute Club, Wisconsin Flute Festival, and the Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention. His work in this field is to serve and promote under-represented communities in the classical music world. His newest project includes a partnership with the American Composers Alliance to champion the flute music from their Missing Voices collection, a project designed to celebrate composers who were lost to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

Dr. Stine’s final D.M.A. project, Pages From My Diary: An Exploration of Queer Experience Through Flute Compositions, joins alongside his work with the ACA to showcase queer experience and narrative through his own eyes, as well as through the lens of various composers.

In addition to their performing and commissioning work, Stine is also a sought-after guest artist for masterclasses and recitals throughout music programs across the country. Stine’s principal teachers include Nicole Esposito, Tim Munro, Conor Nelson, and Jennifer Parker-Harley,