Flute Lessons – Experienced Music Teacher
Quality Private Flute Lessons MA, NH – Beginning, Intermediate & Advanced
David Summer has over 40 years of professional experience as a flute teacher, giving quality flute lessons to students from beginner flute players to advanced flutists.
Are you an adult who used to play the flute and are thinking about getting back into the instrument? David is an expert at helping adult music students rediscover the joy of playing the flute.
David holds a degree in Music Education and focuses on giving private music lessons, but he also still performs professionally as a flutist throughout central MA and southern NH. David is a patient, caring, motivating flute teacher who truly enjoys giving private flute lessons to music students of all ages and abilities.
All flute students taking lessons with David are offered a comprehensive curriculum that combines the study of classical, jazz and pop music and is tailored to each individual student’s interests and abilities. The flute is rich with excellent performance repertoire, including music from the baroque and classical periods to pop and modern jazz. David helps his music students explore and interpret these pieces as they learn to play the flute.
Flute Playing and Music Fundamentals
David incorporates music fundamentals such as sight reading, scales, rhythms, practicing techniques and performance skills into all his private flute lessons. He also includes elementary and advanced music theory studies in his flute lessons to help each student feel more comfortable and confident when playing the flute in any musical environment.
Proper breathing and breath control are essential ingredients to playing the flute successfully. Developing a good flute embouchure can be a challenge for beginning and intermediate flute students. David helps flute students to better understand these fundamentals and then coaches all of his flute students as they develop their ability to integrate these concepts into their every day flute playing.
Jazz Flute Instruction
“As an adult who has played and read primarily classical flute music for some 40 years,I recently decided I wanted to learn how to improvise and play jazz. I tried it on my own with some friends and found myself really lacking in this skill. I went online, found David’s website and began lessons!
David is an excellent teacher: he is supportive and encouraging, flexible, patient and inspiring. I am learning new improvisational skills at every lesson. He has helped me find the confidence to play without reading! What a gift to find David Summer as my flute teacher! “
David has taught many flute players the fundamentals of jazz improvisation. He uses play along materials as part of his jazz flute lessons to make improvising on the flute fun and introduces jazz flute students to standards from the jazz performance repertoire via The Real Book. David also incorporates ear training in his jazz improvisation curriculum so flute students learn how to hear chord changes and recognize musical patterns.
In addition to jazz improvisation, David helps flutists discover and interpret the vast number of jazz standards that are especially well suited for playing on the flute. He has a special interest in jazz from the American Songbook. This repertoire features composers like George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, etc. David introduces younger students to these composers and helps adult flute students enjoy playing and improvising on these jazz standards.
David has helped many classically trained flute students discover the fun of playing jazz flute. Playing jazz and improvising can open up a whole new world of musical expression, whether you’d like to participate in a local jam session, play in a jazz band or just have fun playing with some accompaniment tracks.
Flute Duets, Music Reading
Duet playing, classical and/or jazz according to student interest, is an important part of the flute curriculum as well. David plays flute duets with his students in their lessons to help with music reading and to improve the student’s ability to play along with other instrumentalists. (Plus they’re fun!)
Flute Lessons for Adults
David specializes in teaching adult flute students. Advanced flute players, adults returning to playing the flute or first time adult flutists. Playing the flute, and taking music lessons as an adult, is a time honored constructive way to help keep your mind active and have fun at the same time.
As a flute teacher for over 40 years, David has helped generations of adult flutists discover or rediscover the joy that comes from making your own music. Playing the flute can be a wonderful life-long hobby.
Advanced Flute Lessons
“Jess really enjoys seeing you every week and has learned so much from you. I wish we had found you years ago!“
Each student is different in their playing goals and the time they can spend playing the flute. David helps his flute students create a custom practice routine to make the best, most effective, use of available music practice time. Students are able to maintain and improve their flute playing according to their own schedule.
Performance skills are an important part of the flute curriculum for a successful, advancing flute student. David has helped advancing flute students find performance opportunities according to their interest. He also enjoys helping advanced flutists find their own musical voice. Advanced flute students should have the opportunity to bring their own individual experiences and aesthetics to the music.
Experienced Flute Teacher
As an experienced private flute teacher, David takes pride in his patience and his ability to encourage, motivate and inspire his flute students. He believes the best flute teachers take the time to play along with their students. David enjoys playing the flute with his students, beginners, intermediate and advanced students alike, and teaching flute lessons through patient explanation and by example.
Most of all David makes learning to play the flute fun
All flute lessons are one hour private lessons and are tailored to each individual student’s interests and ability. Lessons may be scheduled on a regular weekly basis or “one at a time” flute lessons are available. These convenient one at a time lessons are especially good for busy adult flute students who may be unable to commit to regularly scheduled weekly music lessons.
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David Summer Music Studio Location
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