Flute lessons for all levels, beginner to professional with Dr. Cate Hummel
School is almost out for the summer in Illinois. There’s no better time to start working on the new etudes by Ben Hoppe. Here’s the Senior Technical etude. It’s full of fun challenges like interesting patterns and rhythms. The phrases don’t always turn the way you expect, so practice for accuracy and steady tempo. What do you think of this year’s newly composed etudes?
School is almost out for the summer in Illinois. There’s no better time to start working on the new etudes by Ben Hoppe. Here’s the Senior Lyrical etude. It’s full of fun challenges like interesting patterns and rhythms, expressive tone and intelligent phrasing. What do you think of this year’s newly composed etudes?
01/27/2026
Please join me at the Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention on Sunday morning, February 15 at 9:00 in Chrysalis for a lively exploration of the elements of articulation. We will try effective exercises together to better understand single tonguing, double/triple tonguing and how blowing and embouchure control affect the quality of our articulation.
01/27/2026
Join me in congratulating Hannah for winning first prize in the Wind/Brass Division of the Sinfonietta Bel Canto’s student concerto competition. She played the first movement of the Mozart Concerto in G major.
10/09/2025
The Chicago Flute Festival is coming up this Sunday, October 12 at Elmhurst University. I’m offering a workshop on articulation first thing at 9:00 AM in room 008 of Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel. Please join me!
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This appearance of Altus Flutes artist Dr. Cate Hummel has been made possible, in part, through an educational grant from the KHS America Academic Alliance and Altus Flutes. Dr. Cate Hummel performs exclusively on Altus Flutes.
05/25/2025
We had a wonderful studio recital in the band room at Naperville Central High School. So proud of all my students who performed and of the NCHS Flute Choir. It was a fun afternoon!
05/05/2025
Be sure to join us for a fun afternoon of flute and community
03/24/2025
Thank you for following and subscribing to Dr. Cate's Flute Tips over the years. It is so gratifying to see how many people continue to use this blog as a reference, share with their students and tell their colleagues to follow and subscribe. Though it has been a hot minute since I last wrote an article for the blog, after a lot of life in the interim, I've started compiling all the blog content to make a book to be self-published soon....
Dr. Cate’s Flute Tips will be a book soon! Thank you for following and subscribing to Dr. Cate’s Flute Tips over the years. It is so gratifying to see how many people continue to use this blog as a reference, share with their students…
11/10/2024
ILMEA Districts IX 2024 is in the books. Congratulations to AnnMarie - District IX Orchestra and Hannah and Katelyn - District IX Band. Proud of all of you for your hard work preparing the audition and for a great concert.
03/22/2024
This is AnnMarie! She just played a spectacular Chaminade Concertino last night with her school orchestra at Naperville North High School. Super proud of her for this accomplishment.