Shana Stone is a thoughtful, engaging musical artist and classically trained flutist devoted to interpreting and sharing music with listeners. She graduated in May 2025 with her Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Georgia, where she served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant for the UGA Flute Studio and performed with the Southern Wind Quintet. She now intends to focus on growing her teaching studio and pursuing an orchestral career. She earned her Master's degree in Flute Performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (where she studied with Dr. Erika Boysen and Dr. Tim Hagen) and her Bachelor's degree in Flute Performance from the University of Georgia (where she studied with Professor Angela Jones-Reus). Other teachers include Daniel Self, Kristen Holritz, Elizabeth Klein Teplitsky, and Emily Zirlin.

Actively involved in her field, Shana has premiered new compositions, made flute quartet arrangements of some of her favorite hymns and folk tunes, and performed with the Athens Master Chorale, the Georgia Children's Chorus, and various chamber ensembles and large ensembles during her music studies. By audition selection, she has performed in masterclasses for Bonita Boyd, Leone Buyse, Nicole Esposito, Sir James Galway, Marianne Gedigian, Michael Hasel, Trudy Kane, Chelsea Knox, Emmanuel Pahud, and Carol Wincenc. As a member of the UGA Flute Quartet and the UGA Flute Studio, she performed at the 2025 National Flute Association convention, the 2018 National Flute Association convention, and the 2019 Florida Flute Association (FFA) Convention, and she competed as a finalist in the 2019 FFA Collegiate Young Artist Competition. She also won 1st prize in the Charleston International Music Competition (2023), 1st prize in the South Carolina Flute Society Young Artist Competition (2023), 3rd prize in the 2021 Raleigh Area Flute Association Artist Competition (2021), and 2nd prize in the Flutissimo! Solo Artist Competition (2019).

In her spare time, you can find Shana reading, watching Disney movies, hiking, or playing with her goats, dog, and cat.