Traveling Flute Lady and Lessonface Instructor Kate Hicks

We all need a little more “levity” in our lives---moments when we can laugh with ourselves and relax a bit more with life’s experiences. And if we can help other people smile, then that’s even better!

Like other people, I have many interests. I love teaching music, learning about history, nature, geology and food. So, here is a fun way I have found to combine and share my interests through short videos.

I have a YouTube channel called, “Flutelady101”, which I started during Covid. It is nothing fancy, no editing and not viral. It is just something that I enjoy. Last Spring, I started posting short videos during my travels---followed by a flute tip.  You can see me In Central Park, Manhattan playing an ocarina or standing in front of Napoleon Dynamite’s house in Preston, Idaho.  In July, I played long tones in front of a Yellowstone geyser. A few days later, I hiked down to sit next to dinosaur tracks in Moab Utah. All are followed by a flute tip. 

My latest adventure was last month in October, where I explored an ancient and remote coastal redwood grove near the wine country in California, called Montgomery Woods---home to some of the largest and tallest trees in the world. In this video, I am standing in the rain in front of a giant redwood tree. My flute tip?  Hold your left hand up and down like a “tree trunk”. My next video? Stay tuned…I will be at an In-N-Out Burger restaurant holding the best hamburger in the world.

So, let’s try to “lighten up” a little, and laugh and smile a bit more each day. It’s all about the journey….

Also, if you are interested in enrolling in my upcoming group class “The Gathering” for Flute and Recorder, visit the group class page here or for individual lessons, check out my Lessonface profile!

Kate Hicks