Expand your experience
Special classes and private lessons are optional learning opportunities held during Solstice Flute School available to registered Solstice Flute School students only. The cost to participate in a special class or private lesson are in addition to school registration; prices vary.
Additional workshops are available to all. Learn more here.
Additional workshops are available to all. Learn more here.
Special class descriptions
Special classes are optional experiences that can be added to Solstice Flute School Core Classes. These unique experiences are limited to small groups and are fee based. Register for special classes when you sign up for Solstice Flute School.
create your own Masterpiece recording
With Suzanne Teng and Gilbert Levy
$255 basic session; add $75/hr for complex; register early
Gilbert Levy and Suzanne Teng will work with you to create, prepare, arrange and record your own masterpiece! Start with an idea and leave with a fully produced and professionally recorded piece! Some people have recorded 2-3 pieces in the two-hour time frame if their pieces are prepared and have simpler accompaniment. Learn about mic technique, overdubs, song development and arrangement, and more.
Gilbert will add his performance on drums/percussion/strings and synth pads. Suzanne and her array of flutes/winds will also be available to you to create supporting sounds for YOU, the soloist! Participate in the mixing process and witness the blossoming of your musical ideas into masterpieces!
Basic fee two hour recording session, one-hour post production mixing session, all supporting musical performances by Gilbert and Suzanne, and shipping of final CD to you within a week following Flute School. For $75/hour extra, a more complex masterpiece can have multiple overdubs, fine-tuned mixing for commercial-ready release, tuning of pitches, additional accompaniment, all done in post-production after Solstice School week. Sign up for this option at School, after you discuss your masterpiece ideas with Suzanne.
Watch Suzanne and Gilbert describe Masterpiece Recordings. Listen to a sampler of student masterpieces.
$255 basic session; add $75/hr for complex; register early
Gilbert Levy and Suzanne Teng will work with you to create, prepare, arrange and record your own masterpiece! Start with an idea and leave with a fully produced and professionally recorded piece! Some people have recorded 2-3 pieces in the two-hour time frame if their pieces are prepared and have simpler accompaniment. Learn about mic technique, overdubs, song development and arrangement, and more.
Gilbert will add his performance on drums/percussion/strings and synth pads. Suzanne and her array of flutes/winds will also be available to you to create supporting sounds for YOU, the soloist! Participate in the mixing process and witness the blossoming of your musical ideas into masterpieces!
Basic fee two hour recording session, one-hour post production mixing session, all supporting musical performances by Gilbert and Suzanne, and shipping of final CD to you within a week following Flute School. For $75/hour extra, a more complex masterpiece can have multiple overdubs, fine-tuned mixing for commercial-ready release, tuning of pitches, additional accompaniment, all done in post-production after Solstice School week. Sign up for this option at School, after you discuss your masterpiece ideas with Suzanne.
Watch Suzanne and Gilbert describe Masterpiece Recordings. Listen to a sampler of student masterpieces.
buckskin Flute Bag workshop
Led by Fabian Fontenelle
$150; 2 sessions/2 hours each; limited to 10 students; All Levels
Create your own flute bag under the instruction of Fabian Fontenelle, a Zuni/Omaha Native American Indian. Fabian is a skilled craftsman and has been making handmade, beaded items for many years. Fabian will provide the soft buckskin, pony beads of various colors, leather tools, and acrylic paint pens for the students to design their own art designs on the bag. The bags themselves can range in length from 20” to 30” and width determined by flute size.
$150; 2 sessions/2 hours each; limited to 10 students; All Levels
Create your own flute bag under the instruction of Fabian Fontenelle, a Zuni/Omaha Native American Indian. Fabian is a skilled craftsman and has been making handmade, beaded items for many years. Fabian will provide the soft buckskin, pony beads of various colors, leather tools, and acrylic paint pens for the students to design their own art designs on the bag. The bags themselves can range in length from 20” to 30” and width determined by flute size.
Make your own dreamcatcher
Led by Shelley Morningsong
$45; 2 sessions/2 hours each; limited to 10 students; All Levels
Join Shelley Morningsong as the group weaves story, tradition, friendship, and string into a beautiful dreamcatcher. Your dreamcatcher will be approximately 8" in diameter, similar to the photograph. Spoiler: As Shelley and Fabian are inseparable, both classes - dreamcatcher and flute bag making - will gather in the gazebo together. You'll enjoy the artistry and company of both Shelley and Fabian during this workshop.
$45; 2 sessions/2 hours each; limited to 10 students; All Levels
Join Shelley Morningsong as the group weaves story, tradition, friendship, and string into a beautiful dreamcatcher. Your dreamcatcher will be approximately 8" in diameter, similar to the photograph. Spoiler: As Shelley and Fabian are inseparable, both classes - dreamcatcher and flute bag making - will gather in the gazebo together. You'll enjoy the artistry and company of both Shelley and Fabian during this workshop.
Master Flute Making
With Brent Haines, Woodsounds Flutes
$575; 3 sessions/consecutive days; Intermediate to Master Level Students
This Master Flute Making Class by Brent Haines held in the afternoons during the Flute School is not a wood-working class but rather will focus on the art of true flute making. This means we will spend a great deal of time on:
If you register on or before May 20, 2022, you will have the option of choosing the following options when you register:
Flute blanks are made of Eastern Red Cedar flute and wood trims for the mouthpiece and totem are Darkwood. If no pitch or totem options are selected before the 20th of May 2022, or if you register after that date, your blank will be a Mid G with Darkwood mouthpiece and a Spirit Claw Totem. If fewer than 5 students register, the class will be canceled and fees refunded.
$575; 3 sessions/consecutive days; Intermediate to Master Level Students
This Master Flute Making Class by Brent Haines held in the afternoons during the Flute School is not a wood-working class but rather will focus on the art of true flute making. This means we will spend a great deal of time on:
- General understanding of the geometries of the flute and why they work
- What makes a flute one pitch versus another pitch?
- What do wood density and grain fiber do to a flute?
- Voicing flutes
- Tuning flutes
- Finish shaping of your flute
- Application of different finishes waxes, oils, or polyurethanes and the benefits of each
If you register on or before May 20, 2022, you will have the option of choosing the following options when you register:
- Choice of Pitch: Low E, Mid F#, Mid G, Mid A, or High C
- Choice of Totem: Spirit Claw or Pueblo
Flute blanks are made of Eastern Red Cedar flute and wood trims for the mouthpiece and totem are Darkwood. If no pitch or totem options are selected before the 20th of May 2022, or if you register after that date, your blank will be a Mid G with Darkwood mouthpiece and a Spirit Claw Totem. If fewer than 5 students register, the class will be canceled and fees refunded.
Private lessons
Limited private instruction time with Solstice Flute School instructors may also be available. We invite you to contact an instructor directly for more information. Private lessons are in addition to school registration.
questions?
Contact Nancy Haga at school@solsticeflute.org or call 435-513-5999.
"Solstice Flute School exceeded all of my expectations. I had a wonderful time and learned so much. The teachers and students were all exceptionally supportive and lovely. It was an experience that affected me on so many levels. As I reflect on the week, I realize it's far more than a Flute School. I learned even more about ME than I learned about the FLUTE."
L.T., Colorado
