Christine Tavolacci is a flutist who has devoted much of her time and study to the performance of contemporary and experimental music. Christine has traveled across the United States and Europe to study and perform, and has had the pleasure of working with many great 20th and 21st century composers, such as Christian Wolff, James Tenney, Steve Reich, Michael Finnissy, Clarence Barlow, Jurg Frey, Larry Polansky, Stefano Scodanibbio and Gavin Bryars. She has been involved in the premieres of many new works, including those by James Saunders, Michael Pisaro, Chiyoko Slavnics, Catherine Lamb, Eva Maria Houben, Michael Winter and Mark So. Christine has performed with the Vinny Golia Large Ensemble, the Cold Storage project in 2006, and the Difficult Music series at Machine Project.

Currently she is actively performing as a soloist and chamber musician, as well as with the Dogstar Orchestra and The New Brutalists, an experimental noise group of which she is a founding member. Additionally, Christine has given many performances at California Institute of the Arts, where she received her BFA in flute performance in 2006. In June of 2008, Christine received her Diplôme de Specialisation with ‘mention trés bien’ from the Conservatoire National de Region Strasbourg in Strasbourg, France, where she studied flute with Mario Caroli. She currently lives and performs in Los Angeles, CA while simultaneously pursuing her doctorate in contemporary flute performance at the University of California, San Diego.