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Flute Boot Camp

Instructor:
Janet Stodd

Janet Stodd (flute; M.M., Western Illinois University), has been flute instructor at Augustana College for over 24 years.

She is founder and director of the Augustana Flute Choir. She plays piccolo in the Quad City Symphony and is flutist for the symphony outreach concerts.

She has been principal flute for the Quad City Opera and Mozart Festival, and performs frequently at national flute conventions in the Professional Flute Choir. Stodd has recorded 10 CDs with the National Flute Choir directed by Amy Blumenthal and 2 CDs of Celtic music with the Heart Strings quartet.

Program dates June 17-20

Program cost: $450

Includes lodging, all meals and any field trips. Students arrive on campus Sunday, June 17, and depart Wednesday, June 20.

Course description

Make new music and musical friends as you participate in three days of fun flute activities to improve your indivdual skills. You will learn new scale routines and tone exercises, get tips on fingering, sight-reading, and auditions. Students will also have an opportunity to try playing an alto flute, bass flute, or piccolo, get coaching on solos and/or ensembles, and also play in a flute choir. Participants will perform with their teacher in a final concert.

This course is available to high school students who have played their instruments for at least two years.

Tentative schedule

Sunday, June 17

  • Check-in
  • Welcome reception
  • Get-acquainted activity

Monday, June 18 -Wednesday, June 20

  • Individual practice
  • Technique class
  • Master class with solos and etudes
  • Small ensemble rehearsals
  • Performance techniques
  • Flute choir
  • Listening/special guests on music business and repair
  • Individual practice
  • On Wednesday, June 2oth - Group performance after dinner