Celebrating the Musical and Cultural Expressions of the World's Indigenous and Folk Flute Traditions
World Flute Instructors
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Alabama
Dr. Andra Bohnet
Mobile, AL
E-mail: andrabohnet@mac.com
Web site: www.liminalduo.org
Instrumental Focus: Irish Flute and whistle; Skype and FaceTime lessons available
Arizona
Kenyon Morgan
Scottsdale, AZ
Phone: 269-358-8028; E-mail: kenmorganjazz@gmail.com
Instrumental Focus: Flutes (concert and world); saxophone; clarinet; improvisation
Karen Reedstrom*
734 E Cottontail Run, Cottonwood, AZ 86326
Phone: 248-709-0659; E-mail: nativeflutestyles@nativeflutestyles.com
Web site: www.nativeflutestyles.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute, Anasazi flute, lessons available through Skype, Zoom, or
locally in person
Henry Molder*
5750 East Leisure Lane, Cave Creek AZ 85331
Phone: 480-488-1039; E-mail: hmolder1039@gmail.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American-style flutes
Ami Sarasvati
20932 East Quail Run Drive, Mayer, AZ 86333
Phone: 603-573-5950; E-mail: ami@learntoplaynaf.com
Web site: www.learntoplaynaf.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute
Nancy Haga
Surprise, AZ
Phone: 435-513-5999; E-mail: nancyphaga@msn.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute - individual and group lessons for beginner and Intermediate levels; instruments provided
Armando J. Salas
Glendale, AZ
Phone: 602-586-5507; E-mail: mandovibesmusic@gmail.com
Instrumental Focus: jazz, concert, and world; Native flutes, didgeridoo, woodwinds
California
Joanne Lazzaro
Pasadena, CA 91107
Phone: 626-533-7670; E-mail: kokojo@kokopelli.la
Web site: www.kokopelli.la
Instrumental Focus: Classical flute, Native American flute, recorder, shakuhachi, Irish flute; in-person and virtual lessons
Bob De Mattei
1580 Parrot Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94087
Phone: 408-732-3009; E-mail: rcdemattei@comcast.net
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute, moyo drum
Mary Youngblood
Sacramento Area
Phone: 916-526-1331; E-mail: sheflute@comcast.net
Web site: www.maryyoungblood.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute
John Kingsmill
707 - 4th Street, Encinitas, CA 92024
Phone: 858-395-0075; E-mail: jkingsmill@sbcglobal.net
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute, trance
Alfred King
1305 North H Street, PMB 289, Lompoc, CA 93436
Phone: 805-588-0471; E-mail: alfredking@earthlink.net
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute
Dan Ricketts*
3112 Wyatt Way, Modesto, CA
Phone: 209-527-0363; E-mail: noisybear@sbcglobal.net
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute
Colorado
Michael Kunz
P.O. Box 1495, Durango, CO 81302
Phone: 970-903-8780; E-mail: MdkFlutes@yahoo.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flutes; playing from the heart
Khara Wolf*
Durango, CO
E-mail: kharawolf@mac.com
Web site: www.kharawolf.com
Instrumental Focus: All Celtic traditions; all skill levels; Irish flute; whistle; modern and silver flute
Tom Farber*
Aurora, CO
Phone: 720-870-0926; E-mail: nachum_80014@yahoo.com
Instrumental Focus: Beginner and intermediate Native American-style flute
Linda Emmerman*
11 Hays Avenue, Johnstown, CO
Phone: 970-690-0872; lemusic55@AOL.COM
Instrumental Focus: Flutes, strings, percussion
Connecticut
Clint Goss*
6 Fieldcrest Road, Westport, CT 06880
Phone: 203-222-8531; E-mail: clint@goss.com
Web site: www.clintgoss.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute; world flutes
Adrianne Greenbaum
Fairfield, CT
E-mail: greenbaumflute@gmail.com
Web site: www.klezmerflute.com
Instrumental focus: klezmer flute, traverso, 19th century flutes, and modern flutes
Delaware
Kathy Owen*
P. O. Box 7065, Newark, DE 19714
Phone: 302-540-4151; E-mail: flutemedicine@gmail.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute
C. Karen Covey Moore*
C/O Aldersgate United Methodist Church
2313 Concord Pike, Wilmington, DE 19803
E-mail: chabereth@verizon.net
Web site: www.whisperingwoodsnativeamericanflutecircle.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute
Florida
Dock Green
4850 Knights Loop, Plant City, FL 33565
Phone: 813-763-2118; E-mail: slvhawk@AOL.COM
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute (old and new)
Michael Simons
11098 St. Roman Way, Bonita Springs, FL 34135
Phone: 239-537-4336; E-mail: mikesimons@msn.com
Web site: www.michaelsimonsmusic.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flutes and percussion
Georgia
Cecelia Turbyville
3050 Margaret Mitchell Drive, #5, Atlanta, GA 30327
Phone: 678-427-8863; E-mail: turbyville40@gmail.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute
Dana Ross
P. O. Box 112, Morganton, GA 30560
E-mail: danaross@tds.net
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute
Idaho
Joseph L. Young*
Boise, ID
Phone: 208-871-9937; E-mail: joesax72@gmail.com
Web site: www.josephlyoung.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flutes, single and drone; Anasazi, Mojave, and rim-blown flutes; Chinese xiao; Irish penny whistle; hand drums; improvisation; music composition; recording. Lessons available through Skype, in person, and in group workshops
Nancy Haga
Boise, ID
Phone: 435-513-5999; E-mail: nancyphaga@msn.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute - individual and group lessons for beginner and Intermediate levels; instruments provided
Illinois
Pat Smith*
100 South Lancaster Drive, Bolingbrook, IL 60440
Phone: 630-759-1603; E-mail: latif1@sbcglobal.net
Instrumental Focus: Native American-style flute for all levels
Robin (ishkaynay) Miller*
8 Norbert Drive, Hawthorn Woods, IL 60047
Phone: 919-699-4559; E-mail: ishkaynay@gmail.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flutes
Chaplain Carole R. DiZeo
Presence Heritage Village
901 North Entrance Avenue, Kankakee, IL 60901
Phone: 815-939-4506; E-mail: carole.dizeo@presencehealth.org
Instrumental Focus: Native American flutes
Diane Willis
2226 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette, IL 60091
Phone: 847-251-7270; E-mail: docflute@AOL.COM
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute - all levels
Iowa
Jonny Lipford*
Cedar Rapids, IA
E-mail: info@jonnylipfordmusic.com
Web site: www.jonnylipfordmusic.com
Kansas
Dr. Cheryl Myers
P.O. Box 4712, Topeka, KS 66604
Phone: 785-233-0824; E-mail: cmyersphdmentor@gmail.com
Instrumental Focus: Zoom Instruction; Native American-style flutes, recorders
Maryland
Bob Rychlik*
6609 Runkles Road, Mount Airy, MD 21771
Phone: 301-452-1710; E-mail: fujara@gmail.com
Web site: www.commongroundonthehill.org
Instrumental Focus: Overtone flutes; fujara; koncovka; group lessons include traditional, current, and
intuitive music, personal music creation, and blues jamming on koncovka; Zoom lessons
Massachusetts
Barry White Crow Higgins
111 Birch Street, Greenfield, MA 01301
Phone: 413-74-5223; E-mail: barry@whitecrowflutes.com
Web site: www.whitecrowflutes.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute
Adrianne Greenbaum
Professor, Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, MA
E-mail: agreenba@mtholyoke.edu
Web site: www.klezmerflute.com
Instrumental focus: klezmer flute, traverso, 19th century flutes, and modern flutes
Michigan
Kenyon Morgan
Kalamazoo, MI
Phone: 269-358-8028; E-mail: kenmorganjazz@gmail.com
Instrumental Focus: Flutes (concert and world); saxophone; clarinet; improvisation
Susan Forgie
P.O. Box 693, Pinckney, MI 48169
Phone: 734-717-1901; Susan.Forgie@gmail.com
Instrumental Focus: Beginning Native American-style flute and frame drum
Chuck Pavey
18822 Monica Drive, Clinton Township, MI 48036
Phone: 586-260-4266; E-mail: flutemaster@magicwindflutes.com
Web site: www.magicwindflutes.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American-style flutes
Minnesota
Bobb Fantauzzo
5501 Harriet Ave S., Minneapolis, MN 55419
Phone: 612-309-0193; E-mail: bobbfan32@gmail.com
Web site: www.bobbfantauzzo.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American-style flute; world flutes; improvisation; jazz; Zoom lessons
Laura MacKenzie*
1381 Cohansey Street, St. Paul, MN 55117
Phone: 651-398-5055; E-mail: laura@lauramackenzie.com
Web site: www.lauramackenzie.com
Instrumental Focus: Irish and Scottish music, style and repertoire on wooden flutes and whistles
Nevada
Kerry Kreiger, Ph.D.
(Online and in person)
Las Vegas, NV
Phone: 1-800-210-6536; E-mail: kerry@bansuribliss.com
Web site: www.bansuribliss.com
Instrumental Focus: Bansuri, raga, classical music of Northern India
New Hampshire
Mary Sturtevant, M.Ed.
637 Hadley Road, Sugar Hill, NH 03586
Phone: 603-823-8780; E-mail: Peace@pathofharmony.com
Web site: www.pathofharmony.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American-style flute
New Jersey
Lynn Saltiel
83 Wayne Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302
Phone: 201-434-0105; E-mail: JLynn368@AOL.COM
Instrumental Focus: Transverse concert flute; Native American flutes; rhythmic instruments
Dr. Jessica Valiente*
Montclair, NJ
E-mail: jessicalynnevaliente@gmail.com
Web site: www.jessicavaliente.com
Instrumental Focus: Silver flute (classical, jazz, Latin, and Brazilian styles); Andean flutes; Irish whistle; Chinese dizi; recorders and historical flutes; Native American flutes; Skype lessons available
New Mexico
Scott August*
P.O. Box 29561, Santa Fe, NM 87592
E-mail: scott@cedarmesa.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute; flute lessons via Skype
Suzanne Teng*
Santa Fe, NM 87507
Phone: 310-455-7029; E-mail: suzteng@mysticjourney.net
Web site: www.suzanneteng.com; www.worldmusicjourneys.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute; transverse flutes; dizi; ney; composition; lessons via Skype
and in person
Jerry Linsavage
Albuquerque, NM 87114
Phone: 505-890-8617; E-mail: jerryls@theriver.com
Web site: www.jerrylinsavage.com
Instrumental Focus: Silver flute; Native American-style flute; Irish flute; Baroque flutes; Online lessons only
New York
Reggie Herb Dancer Ceaser*
21 - 15, 34 Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11106
Phone: 718-274-0721; E-mail: RKHDC@AOL.COM
Web site: www.SenseiReggie.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute; hand drum; online lessons
Susan Schuster
Troy, NY
Phone: 518-461-4404; E-mail: schuster31@gmail.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute
North Carolina
Catrrine Ponall
Raleigh, NC
Phone: 919-616-2068
Email: beigemontvoicestudio@gmail.com
Focus: Native American-style flute; beginner to advanced
Ohio
David Claude Rogers*
1333 Fleetwood Drive, Fremont, OH 43420
Phone: 419-308-1106; E-mail: dcrogers@flutemusicfromtheheart.com
Web site: www.flutemusicfromtheheart.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute
John DeBoer
Dayton, OH
Phone: 937-307-8226; E-mail: jdeboer@woh.rr.com
Web site: www.skydancerdesigns.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute; music theory and composition; certified music instructor K-12
Ron Bracale*
Conneaut, Ohio 44030
Phone: 440-593-4449; E-mail: RonBracale@GWCMAIL.NET
Web site: www.bracalemusic.com
Instrumental Focus: Improvisation; composition; music theory for shakuhachi and ancient Pueblo flutes
Oregon
Ellen L. Saunders*
47950 NW Dingheiser Road, Manning, OR 97125
Phone: 503-939-1858; E-mail: Ellen_L_Saunders@me.com
Web site: www.silvanusgrove.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American-style flute; xiao; guitar and percussion for accompanying
flute
Marty Dixon
Ashland, OR
Phone: 541-890-2764; E-mail: marty.zmk@gmail.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American-style flute; Irish whistle; keyboard; Mac-based computer music
capture; sound healing; song building
Jan Michael Looking Wolf*
1290 Chatnicka Street NW, OR
Phone: 971-241-9804; E-mail: cedarfeatherproductions@outlook.com
Web site: www.lookingwolf.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute
Robin Gentlewolf*
P.O. Box 517, Corvallis, OR 97339
Phone: 541-619-5732; E-mail: robingentlewolf@outlook.com
Web site: www.lookingwolf.com/collections/robin-gentlewolf
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute
Pamela Mortensen
Salem OR
E-mail: didgegnome6@gmail.com
Web site: www.pamelamortensen.net
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute; didgeridoo; composition; improvisation; individual and group lessons via Zoom
Pennsylvania
Frank Ravenwolf Henninger
P.O. Box 955, Kimberton, PA 19442
Phone: 484-985-0195; E-mail: frankhenninger@yahoo.com
Web site: www.ravenwolfmusic.org
Instrumental Focus: Traditional Native American flutes and multi-chamber flutes (e.g. drones, harmony drones); didgeridoo; teaching to novice and intermediate players
John Oglesby*
P.O. Box 24, Mt. Pleasant Mills, PA 17853
Phone: 570-850-0515; E-mail: joglesby@ptd.net
Instrumental Focus: Native American-style flutes; rim-blown flutes
Rhode Island
George Penedo*
72 Hawthorne Avenue, Cranston RI 02910
Phone: 401-578-3065; E-mail: georgepenedo@gmail.com
Instrumental Focus: Contemporary Native American flutes; rim-blown Native American flutes
South Carolina
Kathie Corley (Cerantha)
405 Planters Trace Drive, Charleston, SC 29412
Phone: 843-810-8693; E-mail: CeranthaCorley@gmail.com
Web site: www.cerantha.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American-style flute
Texas
Cornell Kinderknecht*
P.O. Box 2313, Addison, TX 75001
Phone: 469-248-6215; E-mail: worldflutes@cornellk.com
Web site: www.cornellk.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute; rim-blown flutes; bamboo flute; bansuri; silver concert flute; and recorder; lessons online and in person, as well as group lessons
Cris Gale
Dallas-Fort Worth
E-mail: ocarinadiva@gmail.com
Web site: www.crisgale.com
Instrumental Focus: Pendant, transverse, and multi-chambered ocarinas; Skype and Facetime lessons also available
Utah
Steve Weiss*
176 South 100 East, Smithfield, UT 84335
Phone: 435-563-8124; E-mail: greyhawk.feather@gmail.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute, single and drone; experience in composing and recording;
teaches number notation TABlature
Virginia
Stuart Hill*
333 Holly Lane, Bluemont, VA 20135
Phone: 703-283-2132; E-mail: SJHHILL@AOL.COM
Web site: www.stuarthill.us
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute
Wisconsin
Peter Phippen
Eau Claire, WI 54701
Phone: 715-530-2298; E-mail: oldbambooflutes@gmail.com
Web site: www.peterphippen.com
Instrumental Focus: Bamboo flutes; Native American flute; online lessons only
Tom Gustin*
1017 Hastings Court, Racine, WI 53406
Phone: 715-252-4680; E-mail: thomasgustin219@yahoo.com
Instrumental Focus: Teaches Native American-style flute construction
International Flute Circles
Brazil
Ralph Ashar
Rua Barão do Bom Retiro, 2726, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil 20540-342
Phone: 55-21-98718-5883; E-mail: ralphashar@gmail.com
Web site: www.flautanativa.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute
Canada
Ron Korb
48 Pine Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4E-1M1
Phone: 416-691-3202; E-mail: ronkorb@ronkorb.com
Instrumental Focus: Chinese dizi; silver flute, Irish flute, Native American flute
Carole Carrier
1314 Trait-Carré Pépin, Québec, QC, Canada G2G-0H3
Phone: 418-262-2088; E-mail: carolecarrier@me.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute
Janina Skutle Carlstad*
SomeAre Solstice Flutes and Woodland Wellness
Hamingja Heritage Farm and Nature Preserve
RR1, Site 1, Comp 7, Leslieville, Alberta T0M-1H0
Phone: 250-219-2771; E-mail: vikingsoul-2@hotmail.com
Web site: www.somearesolsticeflutes.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American-style flutes; recorders; development of soundscapes; historic Norse instruments
Terry Mack*
354 Aspen Way, Nanaimo, BC, Canada, V9R-7A1
Phone: 780-913-2036; E-mail: Tmack@peacefulspiritflutes.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American-style flute; online and in-person instruction
Colombia
Daniel Gutierrez*
Finca el zafiro km 8 via Circasia Montenegro, Montenegro, Quidio, Colombia
Phone: +57-3113023171; E-mail: leinad@flautasdeamor.com
Web site: www.flautasdeamor.com
Instrumental Focus: Native American flute
Japan
Shawn Renzoh Head
E-mail: ShawnHeadMusic@gmail.com
Free Lessons on YouTube @ Renzoh Flutes
Web site: www.shawnheadmusic.com
Instrumental Focus: Shakuhachi