Advanced Recorder Lessons
Master-Level Instruction for Serious Musicians
Push your boundaries with virtuosic technique, advanced repertoire, and professional performance skills
Schedule Advanced CoachingTake Your Playing to the Next Level
You've mastered the basics. You can play baroque sonatas, navigate complex fingerings, and understand ornamentation. Now it's time to refine your artistry, expand your technique, and explore new musical territories.
🎼 Professional Repertoire
Master demanding works from Bach to contemporary composers. We'll work on virtuosic passages, complex ornamentation, and performance-ready interpretation.
🎺 Jazz & Improvisation
Unique specialty: Learn jazz improvisation on recorder. As a Berklee graduate, I'll teach you jazz theory, Latin styles, and how to improvise with confidence.
🔧 Extended Techniques
Explore contemporary techniques: multiphonics, flutter tonguing, glissandi, circular breathing. Electric recorder, effects pedals, and modern approaches.
🎯 Performance Coaching
Prepare for auditions, recitals, or recordings. Get feedback from a professional performer who understands what it takes to succeed on stage.
Advanced Curriculum
Virtuosic Technique
- Advanced articulation patterns and double/triple tonguing
- Rapid passagework and virtuosic divisions
- Extended range techniques (high register control)
- Complex rhythm execution and syncopation
- Breath management for long phrases and sustained notes
- Microtonality and pitch bending
Baroque Mastery
- French, Italian, and German ornamentation styles
- Diminution and division practice
- Rhetorical interpretation and affect theory
- Consort playing and ensemble skills
- Period-appropriate fingerings and articulation
- Major concerti and sonata repertoire
Jazz & Contemporary
- Jazz theory: scales, modes, chord progressions
- Improvisation techniques and language
- Latin styles: bossa nova, samba, son montuno
- Electric recorder and effects
- Loop pedals and live performance setups
- Contemporary music reading and interpretation
Professional Development
- Audition preparation and performance psychology
- Recording techniques and studio skills
- Program building and recital planning
- Career development for recorder players
- Teaching methodology (if interested in pedagogy)
- Marketing yourself as a performer
Advanced Repertoire We'll Explore
Baroque & Renaissance
- Telemann Fantasias
- Bach Partita in A minor
- Handel Sonatas
- Van Eyck Der Fluyten Lust-hof divisions
- Vivaldi Concerti
- French and Italian virtuosic sonatas
20th & 21st Century
- Berio Gesti
- Makoto Shinohara Fragmente
- Hans-Martin Linde compositions
- Contemporary composers' works
- Jazz standards adapted for recorder
- Original compositions and arrangements
Who Are Advanced Lessons For?
Conservatory Students
Preparing for exams, juries, or graduate programs? I provide focused coaching on technique, repertoire, and performance skills to help you excel.
Professional Musicians
Already performing but want to expand your skills? Learn jazz improvisation, explore new repertoire, or refine your baroque ornamentation.
Intermediate Players Ready to Advance
You've been playing for a while and want to take the leap to advanced playing. I'll help you develop the technique and musicianship to tackle professional repertoire.
Multi-Instrumentalists
Coming from jazz sax, flute, or other instruments? I'll help you transfer your improvisational skills and musical knowledge to recorder.
What Makes My Advanced Teaching Unique
Genre-Crossing Expertise
Unlike most recorder teachers who specialize only in baroque, I bring expertise in jazz, Latin, flamenco, and contemporary music. This gives you a truly unique skill set and opens doors to performance opportunities others miss.
Professional Performance Experience
I perform regularly in professional settings—concerts, recordings, collaborations. My teaching comes from real-world experience, not just academic knowledge.
Berklee Jazz Training
Berklee College of Music gave me world-class training in improvisation, harmony, and contemporary techniques. I'm one of the few recorder teachers who can teach jazz authentically.
Innovative Techniques
Electric recorder, loop pedals, extended techniques—I'm pushing the boundaries of what's possible on recorder. Learn techniques you won't find anywhere else.
Student Success Stories
"Tali's jazz improvisation lessons transformed my playing. I came from a classical background and now I'm gigging with jazz ensembles. Her approach to teaching improvisation is clear, practical, and incredibly fun."
— David R., Professional Musician
"As a conservatory student, I needed help preparing my jury repertoire. Tali's insights on baroque ornamentation and phrasing took my playing to a new level. I received top marks and gained so much confidence."
— Emma S., Conservatory Student
Ready to Advance Your Playing?
Advanced lessons are tailored to your specific goals—whether that's mastering a difficult concerto, learning to improvise, or preparing for a professional audition. Let's discuss what you want to achieve and create a plan to get you there.
Book an Advanced Lesson