Stephanie Kocher is the Flute Instructor and Fine Arts Outreach Coordinator for The University of South Dakota, and is active as a private teacher, adjudicator, clinician, and performer. She holds Bachelor of Music degrees in Music Education and Flute Performance from Washburn University and a Masters of Music in Flute Performance from Wichita State University. Private teachers include Peter Verhoyen, Dr. Frances Shelley, Elizabeth Singleton, and Ronn and Sylvia Boyd. In addition, she has performed in Master classes with Lois Bliss Herbine, Nicola Mazzanti, Jan Gippo, James Walker, Gary Schocker, and Michel Debost. Kocher plays piccolo for the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra and flute with the SCSO Wind Quintet. She also regularly performs with the USD South Dakota Chamber Winds, and with the Kocher Duo, with husband C.J. Kocher on saxophone. She resides in Vermillion, SD with her husband C.J., and children Ivy and Lars.
