La Vista, NE Flute Lessons

I have been performing and teaching lessons as my full time career for over 10 years. I am new to Portland, and I'm very excited to establish my teaching studio here.

I teach ages 7 through adult, beginners through advanced, and enjoy customizing each student's lessons according to their own goals. I often include different genres and styles of music, mindfulness, meditation, and body awareness practices, ear training, improvisation, and music theory.

Heidi S. is one of the most popular teachers at TakeLessons and has spent her life studying Classical music and teaching and performing on flute and piano. As a veteran TakeLessons teacher, she has accumulated over 65 student reviews. She loves sharing her vast knowledge of Classical music with others. She believes music is fun, educational, and inspirational, and that it can bring joy and peace to your soul. She focuses her lessons on learning to play classical music with heart. She says, "Playing music gives your heart a voice. Let your heart sing through the music. I think of myself as a professional teacher. Even after 30 years, I still enjoy the excitement and challenge new students bring. I love to inspire and my attitude about music is contagious. My students and their parents say I have unlimited patience. I am very flexible in my teaching style and cater to the needs of my students by writing arrangements of songs they want to play."

Your flute lessons will be focused upon helping you reach your goals, learn flute technique, and explore music of interest to you taught by an experienced music teacher. Using a variety of resources, you will develop technique, musicianship, and knowledge of music theory, composition, music history, and world music. Studio concerts, family field trips, and workshops are offered throughout the year. I hold bachelors and masters degrees in music education as well as an Indiana Professional Educator License in Music. I have been teaching music lessons for 17 years. Contact me today to learn how I can help you reach your goals!

Dedicated and patient teacher with over 25 years experience playing the flute. The flute is my primary instrument. Experienced flute teacher of 10 years available for eager students from beginner to advanced ( and of all ages! Wither you are looking for short-term help or long-term goals, I can help. I structure my lessons so students learn what they want to learn, while also building a strong foundation of flute and musical skills; including, but not limited to: breathing, rhythm, tone, scales, notes. I typically use Standard of Excellence, Rubank Method, Suzuki method books, among other technique and studies books. I also have the following tools available to use during lessons: music stand and metronome. We can progress as quickly or as slow as you would like.

Students can expect to grow as a well-rounded musician. I will teach the students about the basic fundamentals to the advanced methods of effective practices. As a professional musician, I will focus my time and energy on making sure students understand how much practicing can will improve playing. Students will have a weekly progress book. Get ready for great lessons!

I have been playing flute professionally for over six years. My first performance was a production of "Chicago," and it opened up opportunities to play multiple woodwinds in all kinds of contexts.
I am excited to share my passion for this beautiful instrument!

I graduated from NYU, earned a Mater degree and majored in Music Performance. Experienced teacher for 6 years. All ages are very welcome! I've been teaching students ranging from 3- 50 years old. I create different and effective learning methods according to different needs of students. Not only you'll have great quality of flute lessons but also you'll have strong music theory foundation. As a professional performer, I know how to train my students into professionals. Additionally, my students will play flute happily with high music standards.

With the lessons that we will have together, we will begin with long tones to warm up the lungs and open up the throat. This warm up is vital to creating and maintaining a good tone through the duration of the lesson.
Next there will be an exercise to practice technique using a combination of scales and arpeggios.
From this point, you will be ready to present the pieces you have been working on and together we will help you improve through a variety of practice techniques. We will also discuss your goals as a musician and make the necessary plans to make those goals happen.