Lily Bryant is a flautist and writer, balancing a passion for arts communication alongside a demanding career as a freelance orchestral flautist. She was awarded the Queensland Conservatorium Medal at the completion of her Bachelors degree, before going on to study at the Australian National Academy of Music. In 2023 Lily was the Sydney Symphony Orchestra Flute Fellow, and she has since appeared as Principal Flute with the Australian Chamber Orchestra, the Sydney, Adelaide and West Australian Symphony Orchestras, having held the role of Acting Principal Flute with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra since the end of 2024. An avid speaker and writer about music, her work has been published in Limelight, CutCommon and Kill Your Darlings, and in her free time she appears as a presenter for 2MBS Fine Music Sydney.