Flute Lessons in Oak Park. Amazing Teachers.

Playing flute should be fun while learning fundamentals. Whether you're preparing for an audition or just want to be a better flutist, I can help you improve every aspect of your playing. I will teach you how to practice efficiently and gain the listening skills to improve every day.

Hi! I have a Bachelors in Music Education and have taught lessons for many years. I have 3 children and decided to give up regular teaching to be with them. I have taught at over 10 different Marching programs. I marched Drum and Bugle Corp. I have played brass a lot because of it. I can bring an eclectic education to teaching flute my primary instrument, but I can also teach many other instruments. The main problem I have noticed with beginner flute players is the in ability to focus their air in the most efficient way to produce a rich tone. I believe tone is the most important area of study with any instrument. It doesn’t matter what you can play if it doesn’t sound good. I can help with music you are having trouble with and also with fun music! The term is to “play” your instrument, isn’t it!
Can’t wait to meet you!

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I taught student from 5 to 65 years old. My students are beginner to advanced students. I prepare for NISSMA audition, music college auditions. Many of my students went to music college and became flutist, music teacher in a school and flute teacher.

At age 12, I wanted to play piccolo in a marching band. though I was soon to be inspired by the amazing young musicians of the Seattle Youth Symphony and camp Orchestras under Maestro Vilem Sokol. Then thrilled to join them after having the good fortune of training with the then Seattle Symphony flute/piccolo players- Sidney and Adele Zeitlin, I began as a classical flute and voice major at WWSU in Bellingham.
My growing attraction to theater, then jazz, led me to Seattle UW San Francisco S U drama departments, while studying and playing every improvisational style of music from Brazilian to free form and pop/rock with many artists such as Paul Horn, Bobby McFerrin, Mark Murphy, Chuck Sher (Sher Music publisher), touring with renowned bebop vocalist, Jon Hendricks from the west coast to NYC,

Since then, I have performed voice, flute, and picollo in my own and others' numerous classical, jazz, pop, and theater ensembles, for over 45 years, teaching flute and voice since age 17 at

I teach through the perspective of a modern musician and songwriter. I want to make sure you are relaxed and having fun in our lessons and that we are following a path of learning that resonates with you. In flute lessons with me, you will learn how to use the right air pressure, placement and posture to create beautiful clear notes, How to read music, music theory knowledge and vocabulary and how to control, sustain and manipulate breath to play through pieces of growing difficulty. We will do this through traditional flute method and exercise books as well as by playing the melodies you know and love. Learning the flute can feel daunting at first, but I can help you to quickly create great sounding notes so you can get to playing!