USA, New York, New York City, teacher wanted, flute

Teachers & Students
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Perhaps I am just worse at searching the Internet than I thought, or everyone’s on Facebook, which I deleted years ago, but I’m looking for a flute teacher in New York and I haven’t found any information that’s less than a few years old.

I’m a beginner—been playing the whistle for about a year, flute for only a couple of months, and played the saxophone as a child. Mostly I have been happy to learn on my own as I play on my own (I’m not particularly interested in playing at sessions), but the flute is a tricky beast and I want to make sure I’m not reinforcing any bad habits around embouchure, posture, etc.

Looking specifically for someone familiar with the Irish tradition and simple system flutes (I have a keyless instrument at the moment), of course. I’m sure there are a thousand classical Boehm flute instructors in this city.

Thanks!

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Welcome to the forum Mike. I’m a bit too far north to be helpful with specific instructor recommendations, but I suspect others will be along shortly with suggestions.

In the mean time, a good place to start may be contacting your local Comhaltas branch. Their website isn’t the most friendly with regards to getting information about lessons and teachers, but I think the link below will allow you to search for the branch nearest you, and provide an email contact form where you can request specific information.

https://comhaltas.ie/ways-to-take-part/branch-listings/?address=New%20York,%20NY,%20USA&distance=60&latitude=40.7127753&longitude=-74.0059728&_store_filter_nonce=70551cae23

Hope this helps, good luck with your search.