Townes Osborn Miller, flutist, earned her Bachelor and Master of Arts degrees in Applied Music (Flute) at Western Carolina University, where she also held a graduate assistantship. Her principal teacher was Dr. Eldred Spell. A founder of the Panapolli Trio, she freelances in the greater Kansas City music community, plays with the Kansas City Flute Trio and teaches at the Toon Shop School of Music. Ms. Miller has performed with the St. Joseph Symphony, Kansas City Puccini Arts Festival, Kansas City Civic Orchestra, Psalmfest for the Historic Northeast Cultural Arts Commission, and the Asheville (NC) Choral Society. She has also been the featured soloist with the St. Matthias Chamber Orchestra (NC) and the Oak Ridge (TN) Civic Music Association Guild. She has performed in master classes, both in the United States and England, with William Bennett, Clare Southworth, Goran Marcusson, Alexa Still, George Pope and Jim Walker. She is a member of the National Flute Association, Kansas City Federation of Musicians, President of the Kansas City Flute Association and editor of the KCFA Newsletter.