Flutist Megan Natoli is revered as a captivating performer, dedicated educator, and clinician. A multifaceted musician, Megan performs as an orchestral player, chamber musician, and soloist. She has appeared in concert halls throughout the United States including Carnegie Hall, The Baryshnikov Arts Center, The Music Center at Strathmore, The Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Crouse Hinds Concert Theater, and The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts.

A native of New Jersey, Megan began her flute studies at the age of 9. She earned a Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance and Music Management and a Graduate Professional Diploma in Flute Performance from The Hartt School, where she was a member of the full scholarship honors chamber music program, Performance 2020. She earned a Master of Music in Flute Performance from Manhattan School of Music in 2016. Her principal teachers include Janet Arms of the New York City Opera Orchestra and Robert Langevin, Principal Flute of the New York Philharmonic.

An active freelance musician based in the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area, Megan has appeared with numerous orchestras and ensembles throughout the United States, including The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Maryland Lyric Opera Orchestra, Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, the Bel Cantanti Opera Orchestra, Syracuse Symphoria, Aternus Chamber Orchestra, The Scheherazade Initiative Orchestra, Hartford Opera Theater, LoftOpera, the Pierre Monteux Festival Orchestra, and as a featured soloist on David Amram’s Theme and Variations on Red River Valley with musicians of The Hartt Symphony Orchestra and conductor Kalena Bovell. Other notable appearances include performing as Principal Flute in the 2016 run of Paula Kimper’s Patience and Sarah at New York City Opera Fest, performing the East Coast premiere of Henry Mollicone’s Beatitude Mass for chorus, chamber orchestra, and soloists with members of the New Haven Symphony and The GMChorale, performing as a soloist with choir on Z. Randall Stroope’s Song to the Moon at the 2013 National Association for Music Education conference, and being invited back to The Hartt School to perform as a guest soloist with the Hartt Symphony Orchestra on Lowell Liebermann’s Concerto for Flute and Orchestra.

A sought-after performer of new music, Megan’s 2013 recording of Katherine Hoover’s Canyon Echoes was listed on The Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music’s web nexus, The Pytheas Earful's Weekly New Music. She has been featured on the Naxos album recordings PASSAGGI (2009), Dragon Rhyme (2012), and Raw Earth (2015). Other recording highlights include the music of Paula Kimper and Jed Feuer.

A firm believer in sharing her passion for music through education, Megan maintains a vibrant private studio in the Baltimore-Washington metro area, where she teaches students of all ages and abilities in her private studio. After spending the past year in the Twin Cities, Megan will be staying on faculty at St. Paul School of Music, continuing to teach flute students in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area virtually. With over 14 years of teaching experience, she has had students go on to study music at the collegiate level at New England Conservatory/Tufts University Double-Degree Program, University of Massachusetts, and The Hartt School. Additionally, she has taught for Opus Music Academy, The Bel Air Arts Academy, The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra’s OrchKids program, Young Audiences/Arts for Learning Maryland, The Baltimore School for the Arts TWIGS program, adjudicated the 2019 Columbia Orchestra Young Artist Competition, and has been a guest flutist and educator for The Annapolis Symphony’s Music Van.

In addition to performing and teaching, Megan is the creator of The Chronically Resilient Musician, a health and wellness blog dedicated to creating healthy musical routines and serving as an educational resource for patient self-advocacy.

When she’s not making music, Megan enjoys reading, cooking, and riding her bike. She recently returned to the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area after a year in Minneapolis with her husband, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Bassoonist, Schuyler Jackson and their two cats Wolfie and Berlioz.