Zoe Stier is an avid performer in the north east Ohio area. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, Zoe finds herself equally at home in a concert hall as she does in coffee shops, museums, or wineries and bars.

Zoe is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM), where she earned her Bachelor and Master’s of Music degrees in Flute Performance under the tutelage of Mary Kay Fink, Jessica Sindell, and Joshua Smith. Zoe flourished in the orchestral atmosphere, and had great success performing as a part of the CIM orchestra. Most notably, Zoe performed several times as principal flute and piccolo player at Severance Hall and at the Maltz Performing Arts Center.

Zoe holds the Piccolo & Flute III chair of the Lakeside Symphony Orchestra, and performs as a substitute musician for orchestras including the Firelands Symphony Orchestra, Mansfield Symphony Orchestra, Snowbelt Symphony, Fryderyk Chopin Institute of Ohio Orchestra, City Music Cleveland Chamber Orchestra, and the Cleveland Pops Orchestra.

In addition to her orchestral playing, Zoe is a frequent performer for concerts presented by Musical Upcoming Stars in the Classics (M.U.S.I.C.),Opus 216, The North Coast Winds, the Sunday Studio Series, weddings, private corporate events, and performing for services at many churches in the Cleveland area. 

Zoe is an avid music educator. She is faculty at CIM Academy, the Akron School of Music, and her own private studio. Her students have excelled at All-State competitions, youth symphony auditions, and ensemble performances.

Zoe began her musical journey in the fall of 2009 in Alpena, Michigan. Her love of music was shaped through private flute lessons with Lisa Schultz and Mary Ann Hubbard, and through her involvement with multiple school-based band activities, led by Raymond Reynolds. In the fall of 2014, Zoe began attending the Interlochen Arts Academy (IAA), one of the world’s most prestigious private arts preparatory schools, from which she graduated with high honors. During her time at the IAA, Zoe performed alongside members of the New York Philharmonic, and in masterclasses with world-renowned musicians including Jim Walker and Judith Mendenhall. 

Zoe has studied most notably under Nancy Stagnitta, Mary Kay Fink, Joshua Smith, and Jessica Sindell. Zoe is a recipient of two Mu Phi Epsilon Foundation scholarships: The Jean Louise Martin Scholarship and The Madge Cathcart Gerke Collegiate Artist Scholarship, as well as being the recipient of two named scholarships during her time at CIM: The Susan Palm Waller Scholarship for Flute and The Patience Cameron Hoskins Scholarship Fund for Flute. In the fall of 2022, Zoe was one of two winners in CIM’s Imperfect Pitch entrepreneurship contest, with her winning entry, ClassicalCare, a database with the goal of making injury prevention and treatment easily accessible to musicians.

Outside of music, Zoe can be found curled up with a book, thrifting around town, or out for a stroll with her fiancé, Ben.