Carmella Cao is a Las Vegas–based performer and educator whose stages span from Paris’s Salle Cortot to the Venetian’s indoor canals. She currently serves as principal flutist of the Henderson Symphony Orchestra and The Desert Winds. A dedicated teacher, Carmella is Director of Instrumental Music at Bishop Gorman High School, where she leads band, orchestra, guitar, percussion, music appreciation, and more—always innovating to grow arts participation across Las Vegas.

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Her private studio students regularly earn top honors, including middle school honor band chairs, regional/district ensembles, Nevada All-State, and concerto competition wins. Carmella holds a D.M.A. and M.M. from UNLV, a B.M. in Music Education and a B.A. in Mathematics from UNR (magna cum laude), and studied in Paris with Jean Ferrandis at the École Normale de Musique de Paris, Alfred Cortot.