Teaching is sharing…with pleasure and generosity
Teaching is a creative act, requiring personalisation and flexibility of approach.
Students benefit from my decades of professional playing and teaching and my ongoing study of bodywork, learning methods, Alexander Technique, and Integrated Practice. I have at my disposal a wealth of tactics I am eager to share with students, always with a big dose of compassion and fun.
In master classes across Portugal and in the United States, I address issues such as:
effective and enjoyable practicing
the physicality of flute playing
integrating expression and “technique”
performance preparation
orchestra audition preparation
At ESART (Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco), I have taught undergrad and Masters students since 2009. The class is one of the most competitive in the school and graduated flutists are employed as orchestral, chamber, and solo flutists, as conductors, and as teachers and directors in conservatories throughout Portugal.
“You have this capacity to communicate so efficiently and pragmatically, with clarity, humor, imagination, lightness, creativity and competency (and much more…)
Tens essa capacidade de comunicar de forma tão eficaz e pragmática, com clareza, humor, imaginação, leveza, criatividade e competência (e muito mais...).
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