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Flute Classes, Workshops & Retreats
with Cornell Kinderknecht

Workshop/retreat calendar
International Native American Flute Association Convention 2010
July 14-18, 2010
Cornell Kinderknecht will present an afternoon concert, a Native Flute Player's Masterclass, and will teach private lessons on Native flute and bansuri.
University of Wisconsin
Eau Claire, WI
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Native American Flute
Chautauqua at Sedona
July 31-August 7, 2010
Sedona, AZ
Instructors and performers include Cornell Kinderknecht and Duke Dewey.
Contact Cornell for info
Pacific Northwest Native American Flute Gathering
September 30 - October 3, 2010
Vashon Island, Puget Sound, WA
Cornell Kinderknecht, instructor. Contact Wayne McCleskey @ 206-522-3423 for information and registration.
 
(Go to Cornell's performance calendar)
 
Private Lesssons

Learn from Cornell Kinderknecht directly in a setting that focuses on your musical goals. This is a rich experience tailor-made for you. Skill-building and artistic expression are brought forward as your inner musician blossoms and flourishes.

Cornell has a studio of private students in Dallas, Texas. In addition to "full-time" students, he teaches "one-off" or occasional lessons to flute players as they are traveling through. He also travels, giving lessons on the road (e.g. a day of individual lessons for members of a flute circle).

Contact Cornell about taking lessons.

Native American Flute classes in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas
Level 1: Finding the Voice Within
Find the music and the joy within yourself through the Native American flute. Go from the basics to creating your own music in this interactive class. No previous musical experience is required.

Next class:
Thursdays, Sep 9 - Sep 30, 2010, 7:00-9:00pm
Plano, Texas
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Level 2: Finding Your Song
Continue your musical exploration with the Native American flute. Fine-tune your skills and experience the true joy of making music. The follow up class to "Finding the Voice Within." Also open to students who have some basic experience with the Native American flute.

Next class:
Mondays, Jul 26 - Aug 30, 2010, 7:30-9:30pm
Richardson / Dallas, Texas
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Expanding Possibilities
Use extended range and effects of the Native American flute; discover alternate scales on the standard 6-hole flute; explore creative approaches to composition and improvisation. Open to students who've taken levels 1 and 2 of this series OR who have intermediate to advanced experience with the Native American flute.
Next class:
Tuesdays, May 18 - Jun 8, 2010, 7:30-9:30pm
Plano, Texas
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Developing Musical Style
Expand your playing skills on Native American flute and find your own musical style. Use extended technique and breath to develop a rich sound. Open to students who've taken levels 1 and 2 of this series OR who have intermediate to advanced experience with the Native American flute.

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Native Flute Player's Workshop
An interactive class to work both individually and as a group, improving songwriting and improvisation and developing technique and creativity. Open to students who've taken earlier levels of this series OR have intermediate to advanced experience with the Native American flute.
Next class:
Tuesdays, Jul 27 - Aug 24, 2010, 7:30-9:30pm
Plano / Allen, Texas
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Workshops
Below is a sampling of Cornell Kinderknecht's music workshops. Classes are tailored to the needs of the students. Cornell encourages learning through exploration and experimentation, expressing artistically while building skills and nourishing the joy of making music. Contact Cornell to request a workshop.

Flute Player's Masterclass
Cornell's flute player's masterclass is a workshop favorite. Students who are interested in playing for the class are encouraged to present short prepared pieces that they would like help to develop or fine-tune. We'll work on constructive ways to extend technique and look at how to get the most out of our music through phrasing, breath control, and other tools. This workshop is highly interactive and is very educational to those who are playing for the class and to those who are observing. There is no requirement to play for the class. Open discussion is encouraged. With his expertise, Cornell gives practical hands-on learning opportunity while his light-hearted approach puts students at ease.
Next offering of this workshop:
Jul 14-18, 2010
International Native American Flute Association Convention 2010
See the INAFA web for info

Workshop: Improving your playing artfully, skillfully, and joyfully
In this workshop, Cornell will help you develop your playing skills and love of music through practical examples that are useful whether you are playing for yourself at home or performing on the concert stage. Break through barriers by creating exercises tailored for you. Nurture the fun and joy of playing the flute. We'll explore the aspects of technique, flexible sound quality, and playing confidently.

Alternate scales for the Native American flute
Explore several scales that are possible with the standard pentatonic 6-hole "mode 1/4" Native American flute. We'll learn the NAF modes, western major and minor scales, eastern scales, ancient church modes, blues scales, and others.
Next offering of this workshop:
Jul 31 - Aug 7, 2010
Native American Flute Chautauqua at Sedona
Contact Cornell for info

Learning the bansuri or other transverse flute
This workshop focuses mainly on the bansuri flute from India but is also applicable for other transverse/cross-blown flutes. We'll explore the traditional uses of the bansuri as well as how to incorporate it with western instruments and the Native flute. We'll work on sound production, tone quality, and techniques to develop playing skills and breath control. This class is especially useful for those who play the Native flute and would like to develop skills on bansuri and other transverse flutes.
Next offering of this workshop:
May 6-8, 2010
Cornell will teach private lessons on bansuri (and Native flute too) at the Zion Flute & Drum Festival, Springdale UT. Sign up in advance for lessons with Cornell in the "Workshops" section at the festival website: www.ZionFluteFest.com

The Art of Performance: Planning, Preparation and Presentation
Discuss the aspects that go into preparing and presenting for a performance, whether it be a full concert, a song or two at a church, a special appearance, or playing for family. We'll cover
Planning: selection of music and flutes, program creation, rehearsing;
Preparation: practice tips, managing time and tasks, focus and centering, letting nerves work for you;
Presentation: stage presence, timing, connecting with the audience, playing from the heart.
Next offering of this workshop:
May 2-6, 2010
Zion Canyon Native Flute School, Ivins, UT
www.ZionCanyonNativeFluteSchool.com

The Art of Melody
Learn techniques for composing interesting melodic lines. Explore structural and creative approaches to speaking the musical language. We'll look at melodic motifs and common ways to develop and expand them. We'll study different styles of song forms. Students walk through the process of taking their melodic ideas and turning them into complete songs.

Those Other Instruments
Do you have that interesting flute that just sits on the shelf? Bring your ocarinas, drone flutes, dizis, duduks, wizbangs, watchamacallits, and anything else that you just knew you couldn't live without. We'll look at how to approach other fingering systems and how to effectively use these unique instruments in your repertoire.
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