My Bio

I have been singing for as long as I could speak and I began teaching myself to play the flute in elementary school. As a high school student I started teaching flute lessons. A few years after high school I enlisted in the U.S. Army Band program. I attended the U.S. Army Element School of Music at the U.S. Naval Amphibious Base in Little Creek, VA. Upon graduation I was transferred to the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) Band at Fort Carson, CO. After my military duty, I studied voice with Dr. Robert Harris at Armstrong State College in Savannah, GA. I have studied flute with Rebecca Jeffreys and performed in master classes for Per Øien, Rebecca Jeffreys, Chris Potter, and Alexa Still. I have performed with the Woodbridge Flute Choir at the White House and the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC. I performed in a concert tour of the British Isles with the Armstrong State College Vocal Chamber Ensemble, and toured Florida and Chile with the Encore Continental Singers. I have sung the National Anthem for the Potomac Cannons (now the Potomac Nationals) and the George Mason Patriots. I currently live in Manassas, VA, and perform vocally and on flute throughout Northern Virginia and the Washington DC metropolitan area. I am the founding director of the WyndSong Flute Quartet, a member of Las Canarias Flute and Guitar Duo. I am a member, and the former membership chair, of the Flute Society of Washington, and a member of the Chamber Music Players Network, the National Flute Association, the Music Teachers National Association, the Virginia Music Teachers Association, and the Northern Virginia Music Teachers Association.

Teaching Studio

For flute and voice I teach beginners, intermediate and advanced students through high school.  I also teach adult amateurs.

For piano and guitar, I teach beginners and intermediate students and adults.

I recommend a one-hour lesson, but will schedule 30-minute or 45-minute lessons on request.  Fees are:

1 hour - $40.00
3/4 hour - $30.00
1/2 hour - $20.00

Click here to see my studio policies.

Please contact me via email or telephone (703.304.2314) with any questions you have concerning lessons.

Las Canarias Flute and Guitar Duo
with Amy Penchuk on Classical Guitar
Providing a variety of music: Baroque, Renaissance, Classical, Celtic, and traditional music from around the world.

Woodbridge Suite
Woodbridge Flute Choir, 2000

Passages
Woodbridge Flute Choir, 2002

A Silver Christmas
Woodbridge Flute Choir, 2004

Live at Jake's
Stringer Folk, 2004

Stringer Folk
Stringer Folk, 2007

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