Pender Island Flute Retreat

The Pender Island Flute Retreat is a 10-day retreat to explore the physical, emotional and mental aspects of flute performing and pedagogy. This year's retreat is scheduled for June 22 - July 1, 2011.

10 Days with William Bennett and Lorna McGhee

Colleen Athparia, pianist
Sheila Garrett, double bass
Wayne McNab, reiki master

Gwen Klassen, flute, Founder and Director

We’ve kept everything that worked so beautifully last year added more and extended the retreat to include a Teacher’s Workshop with 2 new faculty members. The price per day is the same as last year and there are some scholarships/bursaries available. There are only 13 Performer spots and 5 auditor spots available.

This year's facilitators include...

Lorna McGhee, flute
Heather Campbell, workshops
Gabriella Minnes Brandes, PhD, Alexander Technique

The retreat takes place in the beautiful oceanfront location setting of Pender Island, located between Vancouver and Vancouver Island. We’ve kept everything that worked so beautifully last year added more and extended the retreat to include a Teacher’s Workshop with 2 new faculty members. The price per day is the same as last year and there are some scholarships/bursaries available. There are only 13 Performer spots and 5 auditor spots available.

Location: The Timbers

Flute Course:

Daily masterclasses with Wibb and Lorna. Performers play twice for Wibb and once for Lorna
45 minute lesson with Lorna
Alexander Technique lesson and Masterclass with Gabriella Minnes Brandes; Co-Director of the Vancouver School of Alexander Technique
Daily technique class with Lorna
Daily Breathing class with Gwen
Auditors Masterclass with Gwen
Auditors receive 45 minute lesson with Gwen
Rehearsals with Colleen Athparia, accompanist
Participant recital at the end of the course

Teachers' Workshop:

Wibb will lead Masterclasses on the flute standards that we all play and/or teach throughout our career: Mozart G Major Concerto, Bach Suite in b minor and Doppler's "Hungarian Pastoral Fantasy" as well as Moyse "24 Little Melodic Studies."
Lorna will facilitate discussions relevant to our own flute studios and to teaching ourselves; kinesthetic memory, constructive learning, motivation and performance psychology.
Heather Campbell is going to present workshops on "Teaching the Teacher" and "Healthy Emotional Boundaries."
Gabriella Minnes Brandes, PhD will present” The Art and Craft of skill based learning and teaching.

Optional activities (additional fees apply):