SSgt Teresa Perrin enjoys an active career as a band, orchestra, and chamber musician. In December 2025, she joined the U.S. Air Force Band of the West in San Antonio, TX. From 2018 to 2025, she served as an active-duty member of the U.S. Navy Fleet Bands, performing with Navy Band Southeast in Jacksonville, FL, and Navy Band Southwest in San Diego, CA.
As an Orchestral Musician, SSgt Perrin has played with the San Diego Symphony, Venice Symphony, Ohio Light Opera, Southwest Florida Symphony Orchestra, Kravis Pops Orchestra, Boca Symphonia, Ocala Symphony Orchestra, Symphonia Gulf Coast, Coastal Symphony of Georgia, and the Sarasota Orchestra. SSgt Perrin is a member of the Noble Trio with Michael Noble (piano), and her husband Gregory Perrin (viola). The Noble Trio had their debut performance in the summer of 2017 in Rancho Mirage, California to a sold out hall at the Coachella Valley Repertory Theater.
In March of 2018, SSgt Perrin performed as a member of the Syzygy Wind Quintet on their tour to Szeged, Hungary. The group was invited to perform a recital at the Szeged Conservatory of Music featuring the European premiere of Scott Wheeler's Village Music. In addition, they gave the Hungarian premiere of Lowell Liebermann's Fantasy on a Fugue by J.S. Bach. SSgt Perrin has participated in many music festivals, most recently with the Lake George Music Festival and the Brevard Music Center.
SSgt Perrin first began studying flute at the age twelve while living in Kaiserslautern, Germany. Upon returning to the US, she studied in San Antonio, TX with Tallon Perkes of the San Antonio Symphony. She received her Bachelor of Music in flute performance from the Eastman School of Music as a student of Bonita Boyd and Masters of Music from Lynn Conservatory of Music under the mentorship of Jeffrey Khaner. In addition, SSgt Perrin received Lynn Conservatory's prestigious Dean's Award for Excellence in Graduate Education which recognizes an exceptional graduate student that has made significant advances in their career during their studies at the conservatory.
Education:
2014 Bachelor of Music, Flute Performance, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY
2018 Master of Music, Flute Performance, Lynn Conservatory of Music, Boca Raton, FL
Assignments
December 2025 – present, USAF Band of the West, Joint Base San Antonio – Lackland, TX
Major Awards and Decorations
Navy-Marine Corps Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster
Navy Good Conduct Medal with 1 Service Star
National Defense Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Navy Pistol Shot Medal