Phoebe Pylant is an award-winning flutist and a composer from Metro Atlanta who’s been making music since age 7. A passionate performer and creative spirit, she also has a background in piano, harp, and voice.
As a flutist, Pylant has been recognized in state- and regional-level competitions, including the Georgia Music Teacher’s National Associations Junior Woodwind Competition. She has played in more than two dozen youth chamber groups and university ensembles, including those at Vanderbilt University, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), and with the Georgia Youth Symphony Orchestra. She has performed in masterclasses with flute and woodwind icons such as Valerie Coleman, Robert Dick, Imani Winds, Katherine Borst Jones, and Jennifer Grim. Pylant also served as a flute performance fellow during the Nief-Norf Summer Festival and SYNERGY Conference (2026), participated in the Brevard Music Center’s Flute Seminar (2025) and the Wildacres Flute Retreat. (2024).
As a composer, Pylant is the youngest student commissioned three times by the School of Music Woodwind Faculty at UNCSA (Hombres Necios, Growing Wings, Za Siedmioma Górami). She is also the youngest winner of the National Flute Association’s Flute Choir Call for Scores (Caged Birds). Additionally, her works have been recognized by ASCAP (The Rattlesnake), YoungArts (Caged Birds, Hombres Necios), the National Young Composers Challenge (Growing Wings), the National Federation of Music Clubs (Growing Wings), Flute New Music Consortium Composition Competition (Marmoris and Growing Wings), and the Music Teachers National Association (Noctuary Sonata).
Her compositions have been performed at concerts, recitals, and masterclasses across the country, and have been recorded by a diverse lineup of musicians. A selection of recorded performances is available at shecomposes.com/works. She also welcomes commissions and enjoys collaborating on new music projects.
Pylant is studying flute performance with Grammy Award winning flutist Molly Barth and composition with Stan Link and Michael Slayton at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music (Class of 2029). She earned her high school diploma with high honors in flute performance from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (2025) where she studied with Tadeu Coelho.
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