Erin Vivero, flute

Erin is an award winning flutist, recording artist, and flute teacher.  She is a winner of the National Flute Association's Professional Flute Choir competition as well as a member of the award winning Connecticut Flute Orchestra. She has enjoyed playing flute since the age of five.

She graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance under the guidance of Professor Jill Felber (member of the world renowned flute duo Zawa!). Along with fellow UCSB musicians she spent a month in Italy performing with the Adriatic Chamber Music Festival in the summer of 2000. While she pursued her music degree she simultaneously completed a Bachelor of Arts in Film Studies and began to work on local productions filming in the Santa Barbara and Los Angeles areas: "Sideways" starring Paul Giamatti, ABC's “The Ultimate Love Test,” Moby's "We Are All Made of Stars" music video, among others. 
 
Erin's experience in the preparation, production and performance of music and film events led to a position as Operations Manager for the Hartford Symphony Orchestra and a thriving private flute studio. Her list of teachers includes Greig Shearer (Hartford Symphony Orchestra), Claudia Anderson (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra), Peter Standaart (Wesleyan University) and Dr. Barbara Hopkins (Hartford Symphony Orchestra). She holds a Professional Certificate in Paralegal Studies from The University of Hartford, a Master of Science degree in Organizational Leadership and an MBA from Quinnipiac University.  She is a former CMEA certified flute judge, has taught adult flute courses through the Middletown Adult Education program, and continues to mentor musicians of all ages and skill level in performance and stage preparation. She performs as a soloist and with a variety of groups in many genres (from theater to classic rock).

As an entertainer, former model, and actor, you can find Erin on local commercials for Taylor Rental, Fichman Eye Care Center, as a credited extra in the 2013 film “Brilliant Mistakes” and aboard the Essex Steam Train as a principal actor for the North Pole Express! 

Erin holds a J.D. from the University of Connecticut, School of Law and is a 2026 Governance, Regulatory and Compliance LLM Candidate.