Alycia Hugo , B.M., M.M.

Biography

Alycia Hugo earned her Bachelor of Music (with honors) and Master in Flute Performance degrees at New England Conservatory in Boston. Her teachers have included John Wummer (NYPO), the legendary James Pappoutsakis (BSO), piccolo specialist Lois Schaefer (BSO), and Marjorie Lockwood (Phoenix Symphony Orchestra). She is a four-time winner of the National Flute Association Convention Performers Professional Flutist Competition, achieving special recognition for her skills as a performer of twentieth century music, and is a three-time winner of the Professional Flute Choir Competition, performing at conventions throughout the United States. Alycia performed with her husband John as a flute/tenor duo at the 2014 Chicago NFA conference, with guitarist Sean Beavers at the 2016 San Diego NFA conference, and as a finalist in the Alto Flute Artist Competition at the Salt Lake City 2019 and Chicago 2022 conferences. Most recently, she was selected as a finalist in the 2025 NFA Low Flute Artist Competition. Alycia has also performed as a member of the Hugo/Garat Trio in recital at the Debussy birthplace in St. Germaine-en-Laye, as featured soloist with the Kandinsky Trio, the Roanoke and Lynchburg Symphony Orchestras, and several orchestras in New England, and as principal flutist with the Rome and Wintergreen Festival Orchestras. Currently she serves as principal flutist with the Roanoke and Lynchburg Symphony Orchestras and as adjunct flute instructor at area colleges.