USF Flute Studio

First international trip for us as a group of USF Flutes! 🪈
We had a great time in Peru 🇵🇪 - more photos to come but here some of our favorites so far 🤩 - it was amazing to meet, learn from, hear, hang out, and play with other flutists from Peru, Chile 🇨🇱, Colombia 🇨🇴, Costa Rica 🇨🇷, Argentina 🇦🇷, Ecuador 🇪🇨, Brazil 🇧🇷, Italy 🇮🇹….y más!! Thank you for making this possible, everyone 🌍 💕🎉 y muchas felicidades y cariño a todos!!

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Join us for the Fourth annual Flute Fast-Track! 🪈

Yes, Summer is the time for us Floridians to finally get to the beach!!🏝️ But before you do that, here’s a FREE chance to come together and learn some tips and strategies to make sure your flute doesn’t also take a vacation 🤣 no regrets- it’s time to do this! if you’re not sure what it’s like to get started on practicing, this is for you! And also - if you’re preparing for all-state and all-county materials, this is a great to get perspectives from USF Flute a professor, Francesca Arnone

🎶Saturday, June 13
🎶10-1
🎶USF School of Music 🎶
🎶register by a Friday, 6/12
🎶share this with your flute friends!

🚨RECITAL ALERT🚨
Join us Sunday evening as we celebrate Italee Philom’s Master of Music recital. 8ish pm, USF School of Music’s Barness Recital Hall, free admission! Hope to see you there 🎉🎶

Three large ensemble concerts in one week 🎵🎵🎵 Plus our 🪈studio’s Lunchtime Recital #6 earlier today, and we’re still not done with this week! Flute section rockstars ⭐️ all around - we are super proud of everyone !

⭐️USF Wind Ensemble Sunday
⭐️USF Concert Band Tuesday
⭐️USF Symphonic Band tonight
= WOW 🤩!!!!!

Plus, we loved hosting visits from four students this week: college tours to studio class visits, to attending classes, to informal lessons…it was great to get to meet you!
🧏‍♀️ Are you interested in arranging a visit? Let us know!

What a week, with all of our major ensembles knocking us out! That means it was also a great week for our studio 🤩! USF Symphonic Band and Concert Band Flutes played just great on Tuesday night, same as USF Orchestra Flutes on Thursday, after our USF Spotlight Day and a Lunchtime Recital! And tonight - Chamber Winds featuring chamber music performed by the USF Wind Ensemble!!

➡️And more to come this week: Flute and Friends chamber music concert on Tuesday, 7:30 PM

We are behind in our posts but that doesn’t mean things are slowing down!! Stay tuned!!

Studio Field Trip!! 🌞 we had such a great time playing for Gibbs High School in St. Pete, sharing music by Ran, Quantz, Shekhar, and Kahkonen (how many flutist-composers are there in that line up?!)…thanks for being such a great audience! And then off to a concert 🎶 to hear the amazing Clay Ellerbroek 🔥play the Griffes Poem with 🤩🤩🤩!!!

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It’s time for the 2026 USF Flute Festival 🎉 woot!!!!
Saturday, ❤️ February 14 ❤️
Be sweet on us and join the Flute Valentine Community on 2/14, with special guest, Laurel Zucker!

Registration is OPEN - and free! Have a trio, quartet, or more? ❤️ Sign up to play on our morning chamber music concert! Also: everyone is invited to participate in a gigantic flute choir to play pieces written by Laurel Zucker!!!

❤️warm up session
❤️open masterclass
❤️chamber music concert
❤️ Laurel Zucker guest artist recital with Francesca Arnone and Andrea Feitl
❤️ Masterclass with Laurel Zucker
❤️ Flute Choir with EVERYONE, directed by Laurel Zucker

❤️ Will you be our Valentine and join us? Send this to another flutist - all ages and levels ❤️ so complete that reg form! We need this for planning!

Link in our bio for more info/registration ❤️

Already applied to USF for admission? Great! 🎉👏👏

Don’t forget to apply to the School of Music! We have one ☝️ more official audition day for scholarship consideration!

Can’t make that? Reach out to schedule 📆 an audition separately (before 1/24) 🎶

See our bio for the application 🔗 and more

Don’t forget to come see us and at the Florida Flute Convention the following week!

Practicing Challenge for Day 2: Peace on Earth 🌎 Starts with YOU! Sometimes it's tough to stay motivated - you're not alone! Starting from wherever you are today, however you're feeling, means it's important to give yourself the space to just notice.

🤔 Can you imagine the sound you want to create before you play?
😮‍💨 Do you notice anything about your breathing before you play?