Cincinnati, OH Flute Lessons

I've been playing the flute for over 25 years and teaching for 15. I teach beginning to advanced - age 5 to 99!

I have years of experience teaching students of all ages and abilities, and am a frequent guest clinician for group masterclasses and sectionals as well. While I truly enjoy getting young beginners off to the right start, most of my students are adults or advanced high school students, for which I have the most to offer. I tailor all my lessons to each student individually, and we work on music that meets your personal goals, while also advancing your technique and ability as a player.

In my studio, I believe that my role is to steer students toward a deeper understanding of themselves, their instrument, and their relationship to music. I tailor my teaching to the needs of my individual students, who currently range from age 7 to adult, often adding improvisation and extended techniques to increase my students€™ awareness of the potential of the flute as a channel for one€™s creativity.

I teach lessons with healthy quantities of ear training, theory, fundamentals, and repertoire to create a well-rounded student. My goal is to encourage a life-long love of the flute as well as develop each student to their full potential.

I believe that technique serves musicianship and that it is important the student feels he or she gets to make music in every lesson and in every practice session. Every technical exercise should have a direct musical application, and every single lesson should be tailored to the student’s needs. Although not every student will want to become a professional flutist, my goal is to get every student to enjoy the process of working toward his or her greatest potential.

Tone development through long tones, basic exercies, method books and repetoire. Breath control taught to encourage longer phrases.

My main purpose as a teacher is to help students reach their individual goal, which can range from honor band auditions, solo competitions, learning to improvise, or covering the latest pop song. I've been teaching for over two years, and I certainly know what it's like to be a student! This is why I maintain such a great rapport with younger students/beginners: I know that learning an instrument can seem daunting, so I do my best to guide students with the right information at the right time.

Kelly is a fun and patient private flute instructor equipped with an arsenal of technical knowledge on flute pedagogy. She believes that everybody benefits from a healthy dose of music instruction, no matter the age. Having performed with symphony orchestras in the LA area, Kelly is an experienced flutist with over a decade of classical and orchestral training under her belt.

My teaching style is based on exploration. Exploration of how the student in front of me best learns. I focus on physical, mental and problem solving. My goal is to have my students master the basics and understand how to go beyond them without my guidance. As a result, I love starting lesson with improvisation on the scale we are learning. Next we look at an etude and maybe even create our own exercises based on the students weakness with that scale or etude. We will also work on pieces.

I love teaching woodwinds and sharing my passion for music with my students. I have been teaching students from five to fifty-two for almost six years. I hope we can work together soon!

As a performer I have toured all across North America, Europe, South America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia and earned awards from organizations including Downbeat Jazz Magazine, the US Embassy and the Frank Huntington Beebe Fund.