Mini-Lessons with Meret Bitticks

Mini-Lessons with Meret Bitticks is for students in 8th grade and younger. In this masterclass-style workshop students will receive a mini-lesson in front of other participants. In order to perform in this workshop you must be both a KCFA member and nominated by a KCFA member/teacher, no audition is required. Nominators should email kcfluteassociation@gmail.com to inquire about the nomination process. All performers must be a member of KCFA to participate.

Altus Artist Meret Bitticks maintains an active schedule as a soloist, chamber musician, and clinician in the U.S. and abroad. Based in Chicago, Ms. Bitticks is a registered Suzuki Flute Teacher Trainer who nurtures a large flute studio at the Music Institute of Chicago and is on faculty at Lake Forest College and DePaul University.

Ms. Bitticks believes quality music instruction can only break down barriers when it is available to every person, regardless of age or economic background.  With this in mind, she worked with foster children through DePaul’s Pathways program and has also been a tuition-free Conservatory instructor for the Merit School. She regularly volunteers at summer music camps in Haiti such as the ones for the Ecole de Musique Sainte Trinite and Ecole de Musique Dessaix Baptiste. Ms. Bitticks joined the board of BLUME Haiti, an organization that works to develop leadership skills, create opportunities, and promote economic development through music education.

This masterclass is generously sponsored by Altus Flutes.