Shelley Collins

Dr. Shelley Collins is Assistant Professor of Flute and Music History at Delta State University in 2006. She was appointed Assistant Secretary of the National Flute Association in 2007 and is on the Mid South Flute Society Board of Directors. She has served as President of the Seattle Flute Society and the Colorado Flute Association and also serves on the advisory board of FlutewiseUSA.

Dr. Collins has adjudicated music festivals in Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Alabama, and Arizona and has presented workshops for the Los Angeles, Greater Portland (OR), and Seattle flute societies. She has been a performer or presenter at six National Flute Association conventions and has judged the NFA's Newly Published Music Competition. Her articles have appeared in Flutist Quarterly (the journal of the National Flute Association), Flutewise, the New Zealand journal Flute Focus, and The Journal of the Flute Federation of South Africa.

She previously taught at Seattle Pacific University, Colorado Christian University, and the University of Colorado-Boulder Division of Continuing Education. As a flute ensemble conductor, she has directed the Rocky Mountain Flute Choir, SPU Flute Ensemble, and Arizona Flute Society Flute Choir.