Flute with John R.

Sparrow Music Camp

- Daily group lessons and coaching of Celtic and Scandinavian folk music traditions on flute and pennywhistle.

Florida State University Summer Music Camps

- Private instruction on flute and piccolo; daily flute masterclasses and conducting flute choir rehearsals; ensemble auditions for high school and middle school bands, instructing theory courses for middle school band students.

Music for the Sake of Music

- Daily private instruction of advanced and adult flute students; coaching of flute chamber ensembles; performance with festival orchestra; and performances of solo and chamber music at the festival Opus performance.

Pendleton Heights Middle and High School

- Teaching beginning flute class, private instruction, and chamber ensemble coaching for middle and high school flute students.

Ball State University

- Private instruction for flute minor and piccolo students; rehearsals of the Ball State University Flute Choir.

West Virginia State University

- Applied instruction in flute performance; coaching of various woodwind chamber ensembles; instruction in Music Theory, Music Skills for non- music elementary education majors, Woodwind Methods (teaching flute, clarinet, and saxophone, and working to incorporate oboe and bassoon in the future curriculum), Music Appreciation, and Introduction to American Music; performance with the University Wind Ensemble; and academic advising of music students. - Serving on the University’s Committee on Constitution, Bylaws, and Faculty Handbook; and on the Department of Music’s Committee on Student Audition, Admission, and Tuition Assistance. - Implementation of the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Music Performance.

DuPont Middle School

- Supplemental group instruction for students Grades 6-8; section rehearsals for the marching and concert bands; and participating concert band rehearsals.

West Virginia University Community Music Program

- Assisting in masterclass instruction, coaching chamber ensembles, and teaching basic music theory for WVU High School Flute Camp - Instructor of Flute, Community Music Program - Teaching private instruction for Pre-K to Grade 12 students and performing with the West Virginia University Community Orchestra

John Ross Flute Studio

- Weekly lessons on flute, piccolo, recorder, and whistle - Group lessons and masterclasses for state and regional audition preparation

West Virginia University

Florida State University

Ball State University

West Virginia University

Andover Educators

- Studies with Amy Likar, Liisa Ruoho, David Nesmith, Kelly Mollnow Wilson, Rena Urso Trapani, and Andrée Martin

National Flute Association

Florida State University College of Music

Founded on the campus of Oklahoma State University on November 27, 1919, Kappa Kappa Psi is a guiding light with which band students can grow, learn, and develop themselves and their band programs. Kappa Kappa Psi is an organization of opportunity and quality, brimming with historic, well-developed leadership and membership programming that students use to become great leaders, better band members and better adapted young adults prepared for what lies ahead of them.

An American honor society for undergraduate students, graduate students, and professors of music. There are currently 205 active chapters and approximately 64,500 individual members.

The College Music Society promotes music teaching and learning, musical creativity and expression, research and dialogue, and diversity and interdisciplinary interaction. A consortium of college, conservatory, university, and independent musicians and scholars interested in all disciplines of music, the Society provides leadership and serves as an agent of change by addressing concerns facing music in higher education.

The Florida Flute Association is a state-wide 501c3 non-profit organization for students, flute teachers, and performers. We hold several events during the year as well as our annual state convention. The annual convention includes various concerts, competitions, scholarships, and exhibits from the flute industry.

A labor union representing professional musicians in the United States and Canada. Founding in 1896 as the successor to the "National League of Musicians," the AFM is the largest organization in the world representing the interests of professional musicians.

The National Flute Association, founded in 1972, is the largest flute organization in the world. Approximately 5,000 members from more than 50 countries join together in person, online, at conventions, informally and in forums, through publications and classrooms, in performance, in friendship and collegiality. Guided by its goals to encourage a higher standard of artistic excellence for the flute, its performers, and its literature, members include leading soloists, orchestral players, jazz and world music performers, teachers, adult amateurs, and students of all ages.

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