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Alaina Bercilla, Flute Studies
A native Californian, Alaina Bercilla graduated summa cum
laude with a B.A. from University of California, Los Angeles,
and also received a M.M. in Flute Performance from the
University of Michigan. She has held the 2nd Flute/Piccolo
chair in the Spokane Symphony Orchestra since the fall of 2008.
Ms. Bercilla has been invited to perform as a featured soloist
with the University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra, the Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra, and the Pasadena Community
Orchestra.
Alaina Bercilla
Flute Studies
Alaina Bercilla
119 Music Building
Cheney WA 990042434
(509)359-2241
[email protected]
[email protected]
She has also been a finalist in the Aspen Music Festival
Concerto Competition and the Las Vegas Flute Club
Competition, a semifinalist in the Frank Bowen Competition and
the WAMSO (Volunteer Association for the Minnesota
Orchestra) Competition, and a qualifying participant in the National Flute Association's Young Artist Competition.
In 2006 she was invited to be a part of a week-long training
workshop held by the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall,
which focused on the music of Steve Reich and culminated in a
concert at Zankel Hall celebrating the composer's 70th birthday.
Prior to joining the Spokane Symphony Orchestra, she held
positions as an associate member of the Civic Orchestra of
Chicago and as Piccolo Fellow with the Aspen Music Festival
Orchestra.
Having taught flute at a variety of levels, from beginning 5th
graders at Bursch Elementary School in Compton, CA, to gifted
high-schoolers in Detroit, MI, as Principal Flute and Mentor of
the Detroit Civic Orchestra, Ms. Bercilla is looking forward to
working with the students of EWU as adjunct professor of
flute. She currently maintains a private studio in Spokane, WA,
where she lives with her husband, Adam Wallstein.