Christina Hughes is a native of New Jersey and began her flute studies at the age of seven with Wendy Stern. A graduate of the Yale School of Music, Christina received her Master’s of Music under the tutelage of Ransom Wilson. Previously, she attended New England Conservatory for her Bachelor’s Degree as a student of Fenwick Smith. In 2011, Christina won first place in the James Pappoutsakis Flute Competition, and placed second in the NY Flute Club Competition in 2013. She is also a former member of the Trade Winds Quintet, with whom she spent three weeks in Nairobi, Kenya in 2013 providing accessible music classes and performances to students in underserved and impoverished areas. In September 2021, she joined the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra flute section. Following that in April 2022, she joined the President’s Own Marine Band. In demand as an orchestral musician, Christina has performed with several top orchestras around the US including the National, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Detroit, Milwaukee, and Houston Symphonies, the New York City Ballet, the Washington National Opera at the Kennedy Center, the Philadelphia and Cleveland Orchestras, and the New York Philharmonic. She was a Tanglewood Music Center Fellow in 2016, and has also participated in AIMS at Graz, Sarasota, and Aspen Music Festivals in addition to the New York String Orchestra Seminar. Other primary flute mentors include Bart Feller and Mark Sparks.