Fox Valley Flutes

The Fox Valley Flutes provides a flute choir experience for middle school and high school musicians. This ensemble focuses on developing chamber ensemble skills with special emphasis on listening skills to improve intonation, phrasing, articulation and tone quality. Students will work on challenging repertoire and perform in concerts three times per year. Special community outreach concerts may also be planned.

In the event of an opening in the Fox Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra or the Fox Valley Academy Orchestra flute section, members of the Fox Valley Flutes will have the first opportunity to audition to fill the position.

Students should be able to play scales (C, G, D, A, E, F, Bb and Eb plus c minor and g minor in melodic form) in two octaves, be able to play with vibrato and double and triple tongue. Piccolo skills are helpful.

The Fox Valley Flutes rehearse on Sunday afternoons from 3 to 4 pm at Eden Supportive Living, 311 S. Lincolnway (Rte 31), North Aurora, Illinois 60542.

Ms. Kristin Paxinos, Flute Director

Flutist and Pianist Kristin Paxinos brings a lifetime of dedicated study and a mastery of technique, theory and musicianship to every lesson. Kristin’s conservatory training at Indiana University and DePaul University prepared her for professional performance at the highest levels: she has performed at Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center and Chicago Symphony Center with top tier orchestras such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

Her technical and musical mastery enable Kristin to teach her students by example. She inspires her students. She nurtures her students. She demands excellence of her students.

Kristin emphasizes the basics, technique and theory, as a foundation from which to learn music. Along with the pure mechanics of sound production, she engages her students in learning to interpret the music – to make music – by learning to phrase properly, to play with good sound and to use dynamics to good effect.

Kristin has taught private and group lessons to students of all ages and playing levels: children to adults; beginners to college students. Kristin’s personal enthusiasm and love for the music motivate her students.

And Kristin knows all the notes.