From beginner to conservatory level students and beyond, Flutistry Boston has a private instructor that can help you. We understand that each student has a diverse background, experience, and approach to playing the flute. Depending on your individual goals, we custom tailor a strategy that develops your strengths while also addressing your challenges in a straightforward, supportive, and non-competitive environment.

Project specific coachings are also available and may include audition, concert & recital preparation, tone & technique development, contemporary techniques, and historically informed performance practices.

Our instructors are not only professional flutists with degrees in flute/music performance, but they are also accomplished teachers with a passion for helping flutists at all levels. Please contact us for rates & availability or to set-up a free trial lesson.

Located in Baltimore, MD

Cape Cod native, Nicholas Fitton is a recent graduate of The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University, where he earned a Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance under the tutelage of virtuoso flutist Marina Piccinini. While at Peabody, he also studied piccolo with BSO solo piccoloist Laurie Sokoloff, orchestral excerpts with BSO Principal Flutist Emily Skala, and Baroque Flute with Gwyn Roberts, founder of Tempesta di Mare.

Carolyn McCrone grew up in suburban Philadelphia and has been involved in music for most of her life. She moved to Massachusetts for school, and has made the state her home ever since. Carolyn holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Flute Performance and Music Education, as well as a Professional Performance Certificate, from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she studied with Christopher Krueger. In 2016, she completed her Master of Music degree in Flute Performance at The Boston Conservatory, where she studied with former BSO piccoloist and well-known pedagogue Geralyn Coticone. During her time in school, Carolyn had the opportunity to travel and perform regularly with university large ensembles and a variety of chamber music ensembles, frequently collaborating on contemporary music projects. Highlights included being a featured soloist with a Downbeat Magazine award-winning ensemble and a concert with the Avanti Plus Faculty Woodwind Quintet. In addition to performing, Carolyn is a dedicated teacher who has worked with students of all ages teaching private lessons, leading general music classes, and conducting small and large ensemble rehearsals and performances. Carolyn has been privileged to play in masterclasses for many distinguished flutists and teachers, including Christina Jennings, Jonathan Keeble, Marya Martin, and Alexa Still. In the summer of 2014, she had the opportunity to study and perform with prominent members of the new music community as a fellow at the Summer Institute for Contemporary Performance Practice at The New England Conservatory. Carolyn joined the Flutistry Boston team in the summer of 2016, while continuing to freelance and maintain a private flute studio.

Erica Schiller grew up in metro Detroit and is now the Vice President at Flutistry Boston, where she keeps the day-to-day of the business running and works with clients at all levels to find instruments that help them sound their best.

While completing her Bachelor of Music degree at Michigan State University, she performed with the Jackson (Michigan) Symphony Orchestra, toured Austria with the MSU Symphony Orchestra and premiered a work by Dana Wilson for Bassoon and Chamber Ensemble entitled The Avatar on the feature concert of the 2007 International Double Reed Society Convention in Ithaca, New York. Erica also spent several months studying chamber music in Vienna, Austria, where she worked privately with Barbara Giesler-Haas, professor at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien.

In 2007 Erica moved to the desert to complete her Masters of Music in flute performance at the University of Arizona. As a member of the inaugural Arizona Graduate Wind Quintet, she was a finalist for the Music Teachers National Association Chamber Music Competition and the 63rd Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition, and performed at the Festival Internacional Dr. Alfonzo Ortiz Tirado 2008 in Alamos, Mexico.

After completing her Masters in 2009, Erica moved to Boston where she lives with her adorable dog Cooper. Her teachers have included: Richard Sherman, Dr. Brian Luce, Ervin Monroe, Deborah Adler and Johanna Beth Sennett.

Located in Colorado - Available for lessons in Colorado or online

Katy Wherry is a flutist whose passion for varying genres of music has provided her with opportunities to collaborate with outstanding musicians and give performances around the globe. Katy has studied with distinguished flute players such as James Galway, Brook Ferguson, Christina Jennings, and others. She recently received her Master’s Degree from The University of Colorado at Boulder where she studied both classical and jazz performance.

Katy has performed recitals throughout the world, including a tour of England and Brazil. She has experience performing with multiple symphony orchestras including the Colorado Symphony, the award winning Lamont Symphony Orchestra and the University of Colorado Symphony Orchestra.

As a freelance musician and soloist, Katy has been the recipient of many awards. The most recent of which is the 2017 Galway Rising Star award. Katy has a versatile flute studio with students ranging in age, ability and experience.

Located in Tampa, Florida

Raised in Vergennes, Vermont, flutist Adam Workman moved to Boston in 1998 to pursue his love of music. He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Flute Performance from the Boston University College of Fine Arts where he studied with Marianne Gedigian, Jacques Zoon, and Linda Toote. He also received considerable guidance from Jonathan Landell, Court Gettel, Louis Moyse, Steven Finley, James Walker, and Paula Robison. Adam has appeared in orchestral, chamber, and solo performances throughout the country, and can be heard with the Boston-based Commonwealth Chamber Players and the Fensgate Chamber Players. His solo CD, “Tribute: Past, Present, Future” was released under the Azadmusico label.Sought after as a teacher and coach, Adam has had students accepted at The Peabody Conservatory, The Yale University School of Music, The Longy School of Music, and The NYU School of Music. Formerly on faculty at the Boston Flute Academy, he has also coached the flutists of the Greater Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra and has taught masterclasses at Boston University College of Fine Arts, Eastman School of Music, Yale School of Music, Peabody Conservatory of Music, New England Conservatory, Berklee College of Music, Interlochen Arts Academy, University of Georgia Athens, University of Missouri, University of Akron, Hartt School of Music, and The Kennedy School in Berlin, Germany, among others. In addition to his artistic pursuits, Adam has held high-level roles at major companies in Boston including ViaCell, Inc, The Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center, Biogen Idec, and was also Director of Classic and Amadeus Flutes at the Wm. S. Haynes Flute Company. With this unique background in both the creative and corporate worlds, Mr. Workman founded Muddy River Creative, an Arts Consulting firm, in 2004 (which later developed into Flutistry Boston). As such, he has made various contributions to the work of Marianne Gedigian, Paula Robison, Steven P. Finley, FluteFX, Charles Villarrubia, The Wm. S. Haynes Flute Company, Yesterday Service Music, The National Flute Association, The University of Texas at Austin, and SonyBMG Records. Adam has proudly served as a member of the Board of Directors for the James Pappoutsakis Memorial Flute Competition since 2007. Recognized for his repair skills by the Vermont Guild of Flute Making, Mr. Workman was trained in flute repair by master flutemakers Steven P. Finley (FluteFX and Wm. S. Haynes), Jonathan Landell, Muramatsu Flutes, Lillian Burkart, David and Joel Straubinger and is a Muramatsu & Straubinger Certified Repair Technician.