Carla Copeland-Burns

Flute

Fast Fact!!
From Americans for the Arts:

A student making music experiences the "simultaneous engagement of senses, muscles, and intellect. Brain scans taken during musical performances show that virtually the entire cerebral cortex is active while musicians are playing."

Different areas of the brain perform different functions from directing movement, to thinking, to feeling, to remembering including many sub-regions within those areas that relate to more specialized activities. Making music engages, and is increasingly seen to strengthen, a vast array of brain power. Source: Educational Leadership, November, 1998, p.38

More studies available through www.artsusa.org

Flute Tips - Click to access the following PDFs:

Article: Intonation Tips
Most Handy Alternate Fingerings
Tone and Flexibility Warm-ups

Flute Lessons

Private Studio - Greensboro
Middle and high school students from my home studio have successfully auditioned regionally into All-District and All-State bands and orchestras. On a national level they have auditioned into festivals such as Tanglewood and the Eastern Music Festival, and for further study into Schools of Music throughout the United States. Additionally, students auditioned into the Greensboro Youth Symphony, the Carolina Band Festival, and students won places through taped competition into the National Flute Association High School Flute Choir competition performing at annual NFA Conventions. Private lessons are available through my home studio in Greensboro. Space is limited and students must be prepared to dedicate consistent time for practicing. Lessons are available in 30, 45, or 60 minute time slots and are arranged into 15 lessons per semester.