FLUTEWILD! CAMP
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What is FluteWild! Camp?
FluteWild! Camp is a summer day camp for flute players--school age and adults. Located in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, FluteWild! Camp provides an opportunity for students to grow as musicians and learn more about the flute by working on sound and technique, playing new music, and learning one-on-one with a flute instructor. Students also have the opportunity to try different instruments of the flute family from the piccolo to the bass flute. Flutewild's Faculty include professional flute instructors from Eau Claire with years of teaching experience. They have designed this camp to inspire young players while improving their flute playing. We hope you will join us this year at FluteWild Camp!
Meet the FluteWild! Camp Instructors
Laurie Lau
Laurie is the founder and creative mastermind of FluteWild! Camp (we thank you, Laurie!). She has over 30 years of teaching experience. She currently teaches flute and piano at the Wilkinson Music Studio and Immanuel Lutheran High School and College. She is also the band director at Messiah Lutheran School and the music assistant for the Fall Creek School District. Laurie holds a music education degree from Minnesota State University-Mankato and a master’s degree in flute performance from The Ohio State University. Laurie is an active performer in the Eau Claire area and regularly performs on flute with the Chippewa Valley Symphony and with the Trillium Flutes quartet. She is a member of the National Flute Association, the Upper Midwest Flute Association and the Chippewa Valley Music Teachers Association.
Rebecca Wilkinson
Rebecca graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in music from the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire and has been trained in Kindermusik. She has taught since 1990 and now maintains a full studio in Eau Claire teaching at Wilkinson Music Studio with her sisters. They have founded Western Wisconsin Chamber Music to promote small ensemble playing. She is currently on the board of the Chippewa Valley Music Teachers Association. She enjoys music theory, history, and composition. She maintains memberships with the National Flute Association, the Upper Midwest Flute Association, and the Music Teachers National Association.
Melissa Willis
Melissa has enjoyed teaching both piano and flute students for the past 30 years. Her teaching career began in Eau Claire, but over the past 20 years, she’s had successful studios in Chicago, Iowa City, Indianapolis, and the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Most recently, she has returned to her Wisconsin roots and maintains a thriving in-person and online teaching studio at First Presbyterian Church in Eau Claire. Melissa received her B.A. degree in Music Performance from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa and completed Masters coursework in Flute and Piano Pedagogy at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. In the past, she has served as adjunct faculty at Belmont University and Freewill Bible Baptist College, summer faculty for the Shell Lake Arts Center and the Northland Youth Music Program, and played with the Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra, subs with the Chippewa Valley Symphony and for Sunday morning church services at First Presbyterian Church in Eau Claire. Melissa is thrilled to be “back home” in Wisconsin and excited for her first summer teaching at FluteWild!
Laurie is the founder and creative mastermind of FluteWild! Camp (we thank you, Laurie!). She has over 30 years of teaching experience. She currently teaches flute and piano at the Wilkinson Music Studio and Immanuel Lutheran High School and College. She is also the band director at Messiah Lutheran School and the music assistant for the Fall Creek School District. Laurie holds a music education degree from Minnesota State University-Mankato and a master’s degree in flute performance from The Ohio State University. Laurie is an active performer in the Eau Claire area and regularly performs on flute with the Chippewa Valley Symphony and with the Trillium Flutes quartet. She is a member of the National Flute Association, the Upper Midwest Flute Association and the Chippewa Valley Music Teachers Association.
Rebecca Wilkinson
Rebecca graduated with a bachelor of arts degree in music from the University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire and has been trained in Kindermusik. She has taught since 1990 and now maintains a full studio in Eau Claire teaching at Wilkinson Music Studio with her sisters. They have founded Western Wisconsin Chamber Music to promote small ensemble playing. She is currently on the board of the Chippewa Valley Music Teachers Association. She enjoys music theory, history, and composition. She maintains memberships with the National Flute Association, the Upper Midwest Flute Association, and the Music Teachers National Association.
Melissa Willis
Melissa has enjoyed teaching both piano and flute students for the past 30 years. Her teaching career began in Eau Claire, but over the past 20 years, she’s had successful studios in Chicago, Iowa City, Indianapolis, and the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Most recently, she has returned to her Wisconsin roots and maintains a thriving in-person and online teaching studio at First Presbyterian Church in Eau Claire. Melissa received her B.A. degree in Music Performance from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa and completed Masters coursework in Flute and Piano Pedagogy at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. In the past, she has served as adjunct faculty at Belmont University and Freewill Bible Baptist College, summer faculty for the Shell Lake Arts Center and the Northland Youth Music Program, and played with the Eau Claire Chamber Orchestra, subs with the Chippewa Valley Symphony and for Sunday morning church services at First Presbyterian Church in Eau Claire. Melissa is thrilled to be “back home” in Wisconsin and excited for her first summer teaching at FluteWild!
