The Global Flute Studio's
One-week flute intensive
for flute students ages 10 to 17
is BACK in the summer of 2024!
This summer, our wonderfully successful Floot Camp (mash-up of "flute" and "boot camp") is back for its second year! This summer, our day camp will take place from Monday, August 12th through Saturday, August 17th. Our location is Watchung Presbyterian Church on Watchung Avenue in Bloomfield (across the street from the famous and historic Holsten's homemade ice cream parlor!).
Registration forms can be obtained by contacting The Global Flute Studio at theglobalflutestudio@gmail.com.
Floot Camp 2024 is fully insured.
Camp Overview:
Floot Camp is an opportunity for your child or teen to focus on all aspects of their performance skills as a flutist, in an environment of fun and camaraderie. We address breathing and posture, tone production, intonation, articulation, scales and arpeggios, artistry and expression, performer health, and performance anxiety. We also have recreational activities such as game time and visual and fine arts class. The camp takes place during the third week of August, just in time for band camps and back-to-school, so that your young flutist will be playing at their best for class ensemble placements for the school year. The students will also be exposed to a wide array of folk and traditional flutes from around the world as well as historical flutes during our flute fun facts time.
Our primary instructor is Global Flute Studio proprietor Dr. Jessica Valiente, assisted by our Teaching Assistant Ross Matos, and our Visual Arts Instructor, Lorelei MacAndrews.
Daily Schedule:
Instruction begins every morning at 9:00 a.m., but we will have an optional early drop-off/breakfast time at 8:00 a.m. for parents who need to drop off their kids earlier. Each morning will be devoted to a different topic in flute performance: breathing and posture; tone production (including vibrato for advanced students); articulation (including double and triple-tonguing for advanced students); scales and arpeggios; expressive tools. After lunch, we have recreational sessions (flute fun facts, game time, art class) and then repertoire class and ensemble rehearsal.
Monday 8/12 to Friday 8/16, daily pick-up time is 4:00 p.m.
Our sixth day, Saturday, is a concert day. There will be a dress rehearsal in the late morning and families are invited to attend the afternoon concert. Students will return home with their families at the end of the concert.
The Global Flute Studio will provide snacks (fruit, pretzels, frozen treats), juice, and water for all students. Students should bring a bag lunch every day.
We will also provide bagels (cream cheese, butter), donuts, and orange juice for 8:00 a.m. early drop-off students.
Eligibility:
Students must be between the ages of 10 and 17 during the week of the camp (they must be at least 10 years old by or before 8/12/2024 and cannot turn 18 years old before 8/18/2024), and they must have at least one school year of experience playing the flute (they began playing in the fall semester of 2023 or earlier).
Our Instructors:
Dr. Jessica Valiente, DMA, Camp Director and Principal Instructor
Dr. Jessica Valiente is the proprietor of The Global Flute Studio and the principal instructor of Floot Camp 2024. You can learn more about Dr. Valiente by clicking HERE.
Ross Matos, Assistant Instructor, Flute Specialist
Ross Matos is a senior majoring in Music Performance (flute) at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, where he is in the flute studio of Kaoru Hinata. Ross is a member of Rutgers Sinfonia, Rutgers Symphonic Winds, and the Rutgers Wind Ensemble, and was a member of Rutgers Symphony Orchestra this past semester, an opportunity rarely given to undergraduate students. Ross is also a member of the Latin American Chamber Music Ensemble at Rutgers and has been exploring a variety of global traditional flutes during his undergraduate studies.
Off campus, Ross is a member of The Rainbow Symphony and has performed in the pit orchestras of a number of local musical theater productions. As a high school student, Ross participated in All-Area Band for two years and was the drum major of the Madison High School Marching Band for two years.
photo by Simon Rhys Thomas
Miguel Faulkner, Support Instructor, Suzuki Specialist
Miguel Faulkner is a versatile violinist and multi-instrumentalist, with a broad experience in multiple styles of music and a passion for player health in music education. Raised by musician parents, Miguel's environment growing up was full of learning and performance opportunities. Beginning musical studies at the age of 4, he had won multiple competitions in both classical and fiddling styles before the age of 16, and became a skilled improviser. Throughout high school he participated in the competitive regional and all-state orchestras in New Jersey, and has attended the Wintergreen and Brevard summer music festivals. Most recently, Miguel has graduated the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, where he earned a BM in violin performance on a full scholarship under the instruction of Dr. Elena Chernova-Davis.
Lorelei MacAndrews, Visual Arts Instructor
Lorelei MacAndrews has a BFA in Visual Arts in May of 2024 at Montclair State University, where she majored in Animation and Illustration. Lorelei was a recipient of the Presidential Scholars award for all four years of her undergraduate degree, and also won the Elizabeth Bellah Flippin Visual and Performing arts award in 2020.
Daphne Faulkner Valiente, Intern
Daphne Faulkner recently graduated from Montclair High School and will attend Berklee College of Music in Boston this fall as the 2024 winner of the Full Presidential Award scholarship as a violin performance major with secondary concentrations in percussion and composition. Daphne has won numerous competitions and awards as a violinist, and has consistently won high-ranking chairs in competitive orchestras such as North Jersey Region 1 and New Jersey All-State orchestras. She has studied recorder and interned as an assistant Suzuki instructor at Montclair Early Music for their summer programs.