Flute - Minnesota Valley School of Music

Summer Music at MVSM

Individual lesson teachers at MVSM maintain their own studios and may teach in the Suzuki Program or in a Traditional approach. Prospective students are welcome to talk on the phone or meet with a teacher before beginning lessons.

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OUR FLUTE TEACHERS

CINDY FARRELL earned her B.A. degree from the University of Arkansas where she concentrated on flute and voice. She has been a private flute instructor for the UALR Community School of the Arts and the Adventures in the Arts Academy in Little Rock. She currently teaches at Schmitt Music in the Galleria as well as at MVSM. Cindy was a founding member of the Little Rock Wind Symphony and performed with the UALR Flute Choir and the Flutastic Flute Quartet. She played in local jazz venues with Rex Bell and the Hot Hands Band and released a CD with them in 1998. That year she was also a featured artist on flute at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. Cindy has a special interest in working with flute choirs/ensembles at MVSM. Her teaching days are Mondays and Tuesdays

Tuition per Trimester (11 30 minute lessons) $280.50

NANCY MALONEY earned her B.A. in Music Education from St. Olaf College and M.M. in Flute Performance from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. She then studied in Paris on a Fulbright Scholarship. Nancy has been an active performer and teacher for 25 years and currently tours with the American Flute Orchestra. She teaches Suzuki Flute lessons ages 5-10 and traditional lessons ages 10 and older. Nancy teaches on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Tuition per Trimester (11 30 minute lessons) $360.25

SUZUKI FLUTE PROGRAM

Students are taught following the Suzuki Method of Talent Education which helps young children develop musical skills in the same way and with the same natural ease that they acquire language, through imitation of the parent and teacher and constant encouragement and praise from this teaching team. Listening to the Suzuki recordings and memorization of repertoire are foundations of this approach. Parents should read Dr. Suzuki’s book, “Nurtured by Love” to gain understanding of this approach to music education.

The Suzuki Program is a combination of eleven private lessons and five repertoire/technique groups each Trimester. This is the optimum format for instruction as it gives each student individual attention as well as the motivation and fun of learning and performing in a group setting. There are two group performances and a pizza party play-in during the school year.

No refunds are given for missed groups.

Teacher: Nancy Maloney

Tuition per Trimester (11 30 minute lessons plus Group Program) $