Sarah Hornbeck Flute Studio

’s tutelage, she successfully competed in Wisconsin’s state solo and ensemble competitions for four years, earned spots in the Wisconsin State Honors Band and Orchestra, as well as served as principal flute of the Oshkosh Youth Symphony Orchestra. She subsequently received her Bachelor of Music degree magna cm laude from Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory, studying with Cleveland Orchestra piccoloist, Mary Kay Fink, winning B-W’s 1996 concerto competition, and then her Master of Music with honors from the Longy School of Music where she studied with distinguished pedagogue, Robert Willoughby. She has participated in masterclasses with William Bennett, Susan Milan, Robert Dick, Keith Underwood, Jacques Zoon, and Christopher Kreuger. Since completing her master’s degree, Sarah served as principal flute with the Melrose (MA) Symphony Orchestra and the currently the Saint Andrew’s Sinfonia. She has 25 years of teaching experience, including the Baldwin-Wallace Preparatory Department, Saint Andrew’s Conservatory, and her own private studio. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family, running, mountain biking, and curling up with a good book and her dog. Her philosophy as a music teacher is that eventually she should work herself out of a job. She strives to give her students not only technical facility but also critical thinking and problem solving skills so that they are able to apply the knowledge they have gained in one piece to successive pieces. She teaches her students to learn how to learn. She enjoys working with students with diverse skill levels, interests, and goals. When she works with beginning students, she is reminded of the complexity of music making – the coordination of several physical and mental processes which can produce something transcendent. She delights when those processes begin to coalesce and become second-nature. She enjoys working with more advanced students –helping them identify the hurdles they must overcome to achieve their goals and then developing strategies to overcome those hurdles. Her students have a range of goals – to participate in Solo and Ensemble festivals, to join a community orchestra, to pursue music professionally. Each of those goals is laudable in its own right. Her hope as a teacher is that her students will not only achieve their goals through their lessons with her but also deepen their love and appreciation for music in the process.