Meera Gudipati is an internationally acclaimed flutist, composer, researcher, and educator dedicated to advancing new music as a means of fostering human connection.

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Gudipati currently serves as the co-principal flute of the South Asian Symphony Orchestra, performing in both the U.S. and India. She previously held positions as co-principal flute with the United States Coast Guard Band and acting principal flute with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra.

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Gudipati has presented concerts on the bansuri (Indian flute) and Böhm flute, highlighting both flutes’ versatility in traditional, electronic, and transcribed music. Gudipati’s commissioning project of new works for solo flute and electronics by Soomin Kim, Grant Luhmann, Aaron Levin, Samantha Wolf, and Benjamin Webster culminated in her doctoral recital at Elebash Hall in New York City.

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Currently, Gudipati is the Flute Teaching Associate at Brown University. As an active masterclass technician, Gudipati appeared as guest teacher at The University of Texas at Austin, Lamar University, Colburn Community School, and Fordham University. She previously taught at Wesleyan University, Connecticut College, Rudolf Steiner School, and the National Orchestral Institute & Festival. Gudipati has been a prizewinner at multiple competitions, including the U.T. Regents’ Award in the Arts and Humanities for Solo Performance (2015), First Prize in the National Flute Association Orchestral Audition (2014), and the Sam Hasty Award with the U.S. Coast Guard Band (2023) among others.

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As a composer, Gudipati explores themes of multiculturalism and belonging. Her recent works for solo winds and electronics draw on talas (rhythmic cycles) and the melodic frameworks of ragas. Her wind ensemble piece Bhāgālu was featured at the 2024 Midwest Clinic, and her composition Ashakiran for solo English horn opens Jacqueline Leclair’s album Music for English Horn Alone. Flutist Leo Sussman premiered her work Javārī Ratios for flute and electronics at The John Donald Robb Composers’ Symposium. A complete catalogue of her works is available at her online shop.

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Gudipati holds a Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music and a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where she studied with Ransom Wilson and Marianne Gedigian respectively. Gudipati’s research as a doctoral fellow at The City University of New York examines the intersection of Western and Indian classical music, focusing on the musician’s narrative in navigating both traditions. She is indebted to her mentors, flutist Tara Helen O’Connor and bansuri player Jay Gandhi.