Dr. Payne is Adjunct Flute Professor/Lecturer of Music History, Emeritus at SDSU, Grossmont and Mesa Colleges. She is a teaching/ performing faculty member of CICA International Summer Orchestra & Chamber Music Festival in Dallas, TX, and Raffaele Trevisani’s Summer Flute Course in Milan, Italy.

Former free lance positions include: Houston Symphony, San Diego Chamber Orchestra, Boston Opera, Banff Festival Orchestra, and Philharmonic Woodwind Quintet. As Director of Wind/Brass at California Institute of Music, conductor of SDSU Flute Choir and CYO Wind Ensemble, Dr. Payne recruited and mentored young orchestral musicians.  She served as President to the SD Flute Guild and now as a flute mentor for NFA’s scholarship program.

Currently, September (co-founder of SD Coastal Flutes) brings cutting edge projects & international artists to So. Cal. As a clinician and in her Music West Flute Studio, she teaches the traditions of her mentors of the French School of flute playing: Moyse, Rampal, Galway, Gilbert, Tipton, Buyse and Wincenc.

“September is a mover and shaker in the world of Classical flute. She is a personable expert in her field who produces great results. Many of her students from SDSU, Grossmont, Mesa, and Houston Colleges hold jobs in universities and orchestras. She is someone every San Diego flutist should get to know”.
Dr. Kurakowa, Music Director, San Marcos College; formerly Grossmont College.