Dr. Nave Graham is the Instructor of Flute at the University of Mississippi. She has been awarded first prize in numerous national solo competitions including the Flute Society of Greater Philadelphia Young Artist Competition, the Flute Society of Kentucky Young Artist Competition, and the Central Ohio Flute Association Young Artist Competition. She has also been a prizewinner in the Byron Hester Solo Flute Competition hosted by the Houston Flute Club, the South Carolina Flute Society Young Artist Competition, and the National Flute Association Masterclass Performers Competition.
As an advocate of contemporary music, she has received fellowships with various festivals dedicated to new music including the Toronto Creative Music Lab, New Music on the Point, and the Bang on A Can Summer Music Festival hosted by the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. Dr. Graham is also a founding member of contemporary chamber music sextet, All of the Above. The ensemble has held residencies at Xavier University as well as the Cortona Sessions for New Music in Cortona, Italy. All of the Above made their Carnegie Hall debut in 2017 and returned in October 2018. The ensemble will also release their first album on Ablaze Records in late 2019. Dr. Graham has also performed with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Owensboro Symphony Orchestra, Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra Augusta, National Music Festival Orchestra, and the National Repertory Orchestra.
She holds D.M.A. and M.M. degrees from the University of Cincinnati College- Conservatory of Music and a B.M. degree from the University of South Carolina. For more information, please visit www.navegraham.com.