Flute Classes, Workshops & Retreats
with Cornell Kinderknecht
Online Interactive Lessons
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Learn Native American flute and other world flutes from Cornell
over the Internet through Skype. Contact Cornell for information and to
arrange a lesson schedule.
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Workshop/retreat calendar
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Native Flute Player's Workshop
February 11, 2012, 10:30am-2:30pm
Houston / Spring, TX
Cornell Kinderknecht will present a workshop and masterclass. Hosted by the Spring Cypress / Greater Houston Native American Flute Circle. A concert with Cornell and renowned blues and jazz pianist Julie Bonk will follow.
Click here for info and registration
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Zion Canyon Native Flute School
May 12-17, 2012
Springdale, UT
Cornell Kinderknecht will teach the advanced flute track.
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International Native American Flute Association Convention 2012
July 18-22, 2012
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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Flute Haven
September 9-16, 2012
A musical adventure centered on music-making with the Native
American Flute designed for players of any amount of experience
who want to raise their playing and enjoyment of the instrument
to a new level. Instructors include Clint Goss, Cornell
Kinderknecht, Vera Shanov, Eric Miller, Lynn Miller and Ron
Kravitz.
Phoenixville, PA
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(Go to Cornell's performance calendar)
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Private Lesssons
Learn from Cornell Kinderknecht individually 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
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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:
Tuesdays, Jan 17 - Feb 7, 2012, 7:30-9:30pm
Richardson, Texas
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registration
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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:
Tuesdays, Feb 28 - Mar 20, 2012, 7:30-9:30pm
Richardson, Texas
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registration
Get notified when this class
is offered next.
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(expected Spring 2012)
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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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is offered next.
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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.
Get notified when this class
is offered next.
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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.
Get notified when this class
is offered next.
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Workshops
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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.
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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:
July 18-22, 2012
International Native American Flute Association Convention
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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.
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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.
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Fresh Approaches: Take your NAF playing to new levels
Move forward in your playing skills. Add new ideas to your songs and
improvisations. Bring sparkle, shine and feeling to your
performances. Get through that "I always play the same thing" block.
Through interactive examples and participation, we'll look at ways to
find fresh material in our flute playing and bring out our musical
expression. This workshop is suitable to players of all levels.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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