School of the Arts Team

Dr. Nicole Molumby is Interim Director of the School of the Arts and has been Professor of Music (flute) at Boise State University since 2005. She is a respected leader in the music community, holding prominent roles in the College Music Society (Vice President 2026-2028) and the National Flute Association (Secretary 2019-2021), where she has spearheaded strategic planning initiatives and facilitated creative sessions for redesigning 21st-century music curricula. She served as the 2025 College Music Society Conference Program Chair in Spokane, WA, and worked closely with the national think tank group Music Policy Forum to support programming focused on the intersection of creative ecosystems, policy change and higher education. Currently, she is a Co-PI on the interdisciplinary research team Amplifying Impact, launching the first Idaho Music Census to measure the economic and cultural impact of the music industry in Idaho.

Molumby collaborates with the Boise State University Division of Research and Economic Development on “Think Big!,” an innovative program that equips graduate students and faculty with skills to co-design human-centered research. Through this initiative, she fosters cross-disciplinary collaborations, enabling researchers to apply evidence-based, user-focused methodologies to tackle contemporary grand challenges.

As a performing artist, she has performed in Slovenia, Norway, Austria, Estonia, Poland and Croatia. She is a member of the Boise State University Faculty Woodwind Chamber Players and is a sought-out performer, clinician and adjudicator. She has received several grants from the Idaho Commission on the Arts and Alexa Rose Foundation for her contributions and performances of flute music by Slovenian composers Blaž Pucihar and Črt Sojar Voglar. Her CD “Awakening”: 21st Century Slovenian Flute Music was released on MSR Classical Records in 2013.