Biography

Jessica Schury maintains an active career as an educator and chamber musician. She is excited to be the incoming Instructor of Flute at West Texas A&M University starting Fall 2024. Previously, Jessica served as the adjunct flute professor at Collin College as well as a teaching fellow at the University of North Texas. Jessica is the co-founder of the online education platform, Flute Foundations, and she is on faculty and the administrator of Carol Wincenc’s Creating Resonance Retreat.
 
As a soloist, Jessica has been named a prizewinner in the National Flute Association (NFA) Baroque Flute Masterclass competition, the Mid-South Young Artist Competition, the Puerto Rico Flute Symposium Young Artist Competition, and the Pennsylvania Music Teacher National Association Young Artist Competition. Jessica has been named a quarter-finalist in the 2023 NFA Young Artist Competition and a finalist in the San Diego Flute Guild Young Artist Competition and the Nancy Clew Eller Young Artist Competition. 

An avid chamber musician, Jessica enjoys performing a wide range of music, both as a baroque flutist and a lover of new music. Jessica performs in several chamber ensembles such as ​The Pan-Tones, a multiple flute, guitar, and drum band, Duo Sonation, a flute and oboe duo, and Vox Venti, a flute quartet. She has and continues to premiere a multitude of new chamber works. 

Jessica is competing her Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of North Texas with a related field in music theory. She received her Master of Music from Stony Brook University and her Bachelor of Music and Music Education from West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Her primary teachers include Terri Sundberg, Janet See, Amy Taylor, Carol Wincenc, Dr. Kimberly Reighley, and Robin Kani. 

Jessica is honored to represent Wm. S. Haynes Company as a Haynes Young Artist.