Prizewinning flutist Stephanie Hoeckley enjoys an international career as a soloist, chamber and orchestral musician, and educator. She is the Assistant Professor of Flute at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas.

Hoeckley has performed and taught in Europe, North America, and South America, and most recently was featured as a guest artist at the XVI Festival Internacional de Música de Campina Grande, Brazil. Recognized as a skilled performer, she has performed at festivals and conferences across the US, including the International Music by Women Festival, the Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention, the Florida Flute Fair, and the National Flute Association’s Conventions in Atlanta, GA; Phoenix, AZ; Salt Lake City, UT; San Diego, CA; and Charlotte, NC. As a soloist, Hoeckley won First Place in the Arizona Flute Society’s Young Artist Competition, was a selected winner to perform in the Florida Flute Association’s Advanced Masterclass, and was a Prizewinner in the Maverick Flute Soloist Competition.

As an orchestral musician, Hoeckley is a member of the Delta Symphony Orchestra and the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra, and has performed as principal flutist with the Symphony of the Southwest, Space Coast Symphony, and Chandler Symphony. She has also subbed in performances with the Arkansas Symphony, Jackson Symphony, and West Valley Symphony. A versatile collaborator, Hoeckley is a member of the South Winds flute quartet, an ensemble comprised of four Arkansas flute professors, and the Bantam Winds woodwind quartet, the premiere ensemble of flute, oboe, clarinet, and saxophone. She has also been a member of several other professional chamber groups, including the Ocotillo Trio, Mill Ave Chamber Players, and Arizona Musicfest Wind Quartet, an educational outreach ensemble that performed across the Phoenix Metropolitan area.

As an educator, Hoeckley is a sought-after clinician at music camps and festivals due to her unique and engaging workshops, expertise as a teaching artist, and contagious enthusiasm. Her workshops have been featured by the Texas Flute Society, Florida Flute Association, Southeast Michigan Flute Association, Arizona Flute Society, and Musician Enrichment Foundation. At Arkansas State University, her innovative studio uses mindset, motivational psychology, and music gamification to help high-achieving musicians stay happy and healthy. Her students are regularly accepted into graduate music programs and honor bands, have held principal positions in youth orchestras, and have won prizes in regional competitions. Hoeckley encourages community, creative curiosity, and musical expression to inspire a lifelong love of music in her students.

Hoeckley earned both her Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from Arizona State University, where she was awarded the Jennifer Lowy Dock Fellowship in Music and served as Flute Teaching Assistant. A native Floridian, she received her Bachelor of Music Performance at the University of Central Florida. Her principal teachers include Elizabeth Buck and Nora Lee Garcia, with chamber music guidance from Andrew Campbell and Joshua Gardner. She has also studied privately with Carol Wincenc, internationally acclaimed flutist and flute professor at Juilliard.

Hoeckley is an active member of the National Flute Association and Flute New Music Consortium, and the Co-Founder and Vice President of the Arkansas Flute Society. In her spare time, she enjoys making polymer clay art, watching cozy British television shows, and enjoying the fresh air outdoors with her tuba-player and electrical engineer husband, Ross, and their two rescue dogs.

Updated June 2026