Learn from Great Flute Teachers

Education I began my music education at the Gnessin Music School in Moscow (2004–2015) and later studied at the Academic Music College at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (2015–2019), where I graduated as a state-certified music teacher with flute as my main subject.

As a multi-instrumentalist, educator, and composer, I bring over a decade of performance experience and more than four years of dedicated teaching to my students. I began my musical journey at the age of three and picked up the saxophone at ten.

Bill McBirnie is an acclaimed and internationally recognized jazz and Latin flute specialist. He was solicited, personally, by Sir James Galway to serve as his Resident Jazz Flute Specialist. Bill is also author of the book, The Technique and Theory of Improvisation – A practical guide for flutists, doublers, and other instrumentalists.

Hello! I am a conservatoire-trained musician with over ten years of teaching experience. I am a woodwind doubler and pianist, with experience teaching children and young adults of all ages, in private, school, ensemble, charitable and workshop settings (both digitally and in-person).

Flutist Ruth Kasckow is a frequent performer in orchestras, chamber music ensembles, and solo recitals throughout Southern California. She performs chamber music and solo recitals frequently at the Noon Series at Pasadena Presbyterian Church and Glendale Noon Series, and has played in Burbank Symphony, Santa Monica Symphony, Opera a la Carte, Orquesta mexicana de la juventud in…

Welcome! I am Vincent, a professional multi-instrumentalist, award-winning performer, and dedicated educator. Music is a universal language, and my mission is to help students find their own voice across both Western and Eastern traditions.

Rena Urso enjoys a flourishing career as a freelance orchestral and chamber musician all over California. In addition to being on the faculty at the Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University Long Beach and California State University Stanislaus, she is the Second Flutist of the Oakland Symphony and the Oregon Coast Music Festival Orchestra.

Teaching music is one of my greatest joys. I am so lucky to love both my work and my wonderful students. I discovered music at age seven, when I won a recorder in a library read-a-thon. Playing around on the instrument, and following an ancient method book that my dad had found at a yard sale, I ventured into the world of deciphering the secret codes found in music manuscript.

Chris Weatherstone is a producer, multi-instrumentalist and actor based in Toronto. He has enjoyed a varied career with many of Canada’s most exciting artists and groups. He produced for JUNO-Nominated rapper KILLY, and performed worldwide as an actor and musician alongside klezmer-folk troubadour Ben Caplan.

Hello! My name is Christina Efthymiou, and I am a classical and contemporary flutist based in Cyprus. I hold a BMus (Hons) in Music Studies and an MMus in Flute Performance (Advanced Musical Studies) from Royal Holloway, University of London, where I studied under Carla Rees.