Upcoming events:
Creating Songs for Native Flute, pt. 1 – Four THURSDAY evenings beginning January 9, 2025 – ONLINE
Four Thursday evenings, January 9 – 30, 2025, 7:00-8:30pm CT
Online through Zoom.
Limited to 15 persons.
Develop our musical ideas into songs. Play with direction and flow when improvising. Work with songwriting and song structure basics as well as unique and fun ways to come up with melodies. The ability to read music is not required for this course but it is helpful to have some experience with tablature, numbering or notation systems.
This class is open to those with some playing experience. The main focus will be with Native flute but other world flutes are welcome.
WEDNESDAY Songs Pt. 5: Songs & Improvisations, Melodic flow – Four WEDNESDAY evening Jan 22 – Feb 12, 2025 (this is for those who’ve completed parts 1 – 4)
Four Wednesday evenings, January 22 – February 12, 2025, 7:00-8:30pm CT
Online through Zoom.
Limited to 12 persons.
Develop our musical ideas into songs. Make your improvisations more melodic. Make your songs sound more free and fresh. Add feeling to music through melodic movement – landing points and direction. Touch upon basic harmony and harmonic playing on a melodic instrument.
This class is open to those who have completed parts 1 – 4 with Cornell. The main focus will be with Native flute but other world flutes are welcome.
Native Flute Player’s Workshop – Five FRIDAY afternoons – January 31 – March 7, 2025
For experienced players and songwriters who have completed Creating Songs levels 1-4 with Cornell and have been part of previous Friday afternoon sessions.
In this installment of the Native Flute Player’s Music Workshop, we’ll look further into creating music for solo flute, multiple flutes, or flute combined with other instruments. We’ll explore the tonal qualities of our various keyed flutes and how that affects our composition.
Some experience with notation, tablature and number systems will be helpful for this class. Native flutes and other world flute traditions are welcome.
Five Fridays, January 31 – March 7 , 2025 2:00-3:30pm US Central Time. Advance registration is required.
Midday Music Mindfulness Meditation for flute players and other musicians ONLINE all Mondays in FEBRUARY 2025 at 12-noon Central Time
Use mindfulness and our musical instruments and our art to help relax, find calm in everyday life, and quiet distracting self-chatter.
We’ll meet all Mondays through the month.
Join Cornell Kinderknecht on Mondays at 12:00-12:30pm US Central Time, online through Zoom, for a mindfulness meditation practice with music.
Each online gathering includes:
- Short introduction or instruction
- Mindfulness session:
- Guided meditation to connect with the breath and to help relax the body
- Meditation with music
- Invitation to bring your own music into your personal meditation (this is just for you, there’s no requirement to play for the group, your microphone will be off). You can also choose to sit silently, hum, write, paint, draw…
- Sharing and discussion
Transverse Flute group class ONLINE – Three monthly Thursday afternoon sessions – Feb thru Apr 2025
Bansuri, Irish flute, bamboo flute, etc.
Our group meets one Thursday afternoon each month ONLINE, 3:00-4:00pm US Central Time
Our next series of three sessions:
February 13, 2025
March 13, 2025
April 10, 2025
This class meets online once a month through Zoom. Conducted in a seminar-style, Cornell will give tips and techniques to develop your transverse flute playing in a supportive group environment. The class and material are geared towards those who play another instrument are adding transverse flute to their skill set. Material is clear and easy to follow.
This class is on-going and is scheduled in sets of three sessions. Sign up now for our next series of sessions.
Bring your bansuri, bamboo flute, Irish flute, etc. Bring your questions.
2025 Winter Flute Gathering ONLINE – Feb. 20-23, 2025
Thursday evening through Sunday afternoon, February 20 – 23, 2025
A multi-day retreat featuring workshops, classes and concerts focusing on Native American style flute held ONLINE through Zoom.
Our event is a supportive, non-competitive retreat designed to maximize curiosity, learning and creativity. You are welcome to participate from wherever you are in the world.
Leadership team: Cornell Kinderknecht, Pamela Mortensen, Joseph L Young and Timothy JP Gomez.
The retreat tuition is a full weekend pass granting access to all workshops, classes and concerts.
2025 Winter Concert Online
Join us and welcome your friends and family to this event, broadcast on YouTube. This will be a showcase of creative musical works featuring
- Cornell Kinderknecht
- Pamela Mortensen
- Joseph L Young
- Timothy JP Gomez
Hear these four dynamic musicians in this online format which provides a unique platform for a glimpse directly into their creative spaces. Presenting solo and collaborative works together, experience drama, introspection, joy and fun. While numerous instruments are used, the focus revolves around world flutes and didgeridoo.
Information on how to tune into the online concert will be posted at https://WinterFlute.com/concert-2025
Creating Songs Pt. 2: Fine-tuning Songs & Improvisations – Four WEDNESDAY evenings beginning February 27, 2025 – ONLINE
Four Wednesday evenings, February 27 – March 20, 2025, 7:00-8:30pm CT
Online through Zoom.
Class size is limited to 15 persons.
This is a follow-up course to the Creating Songs course and is also open to those who’ve had some experience creating simple song structures around melodic ideas, like AB, ABA, etc. or improvising around those structures.
Pacific Northwest Flute Gathering on Vashon Island, WA (Oct 6 – 9, 2025)
A magical residential retreat of fluting and friendship in a beautiful location for enthusiasts of the Native American Flute. Space is limited at this popular retreat. Leadership team: Cornell Kinderknecht, Pamela Mortensen, Joseph L. Young and Timothy JP Gomez. Director: Cornell Kinderknecht. October 6 – 9, 2025 Vashon Island, WA 98070.