Floot Fire Faculty

for the 2010 Plano Camps
(some teachers may not participate in every camp)

Claire Johnson, Floot Fire Director, is retired from her positions as Affiliate Artist at the University of Houston and Professor of Flute at Southern Methodist University. She is a member of Gemeinhardt Flutemakers National Teacher Advisory Panel and serves on the Pedagogy Committee for the National Flute Association. A frequent speaker at the National Flute Association Conventions, Ms. Johnson is in great demand as a pedagogue and clinician. Ms. Johnson studied at Julliard with Arthur Lora.
Patti Grubbs-Mecklin, Floot Fire Director, is a private teacher and free-lance flutist in the Dallas area.
Gabriel Sanchez
Wesley Beal
Rita Almond, is a private teacher and free-lance flutist in the Mid-Cities area of Dallas-Fort Worth.
Terri Sanchez, is a Masters student at Southern Methodist University, studying with Dallas Symphony flutist Kara Kirkendoll Welch.  A recent winner of the SMU Concerto Competition, she will also have the opportunity to compete in the National Flute Association Young Artist Competition this summer in New York City.  Ms. Sanchez has been a 1st prize winner of the NFA Orchestral Excerpt Competition, one of four finalists in the Myrna W. Brown Artist Competition and a 2nd prize winner of the Upper Midwest Flute Society Young Artist Competition.
Helen Blackburn, is Principal Flute of the Dallas Opera Orchestra and Adjunct Professor of Flute at Texas Christian University.  She was also the First Prize winner of the Myrna W. Brown Artist Competition
Christine Cleary, is a private teacher and free-lance flutist in the Mid-Cities area of Dallas-Fort Worth.
Jane Fore, is a private teacher and freelance artist in the Plano area as well as instrumental music coordinator for Custer Road United Methodist Church.
Dr. Ellen Kaner, is a free-lance woodwind performer and instructor in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. She is on the private lesson staff for the Mansfield and Grand Prairie School Districts. Currently the treasurer of the Texas Flute Society and a committee chair for the National Flute Association, Ellen also manages and directs an adult flute choir, Flutes Unlimited.
TyeAnn Payne
Judy Pierce, is a private teacher and free-lance flutist in Arlington.
Terri Sundberg, is currently Associate Professor of Flute and a member of the North Texas Chamber Winds at the University of North Texas. She has held the position of Principal Flute with the Orchestra Sinfonica de Mineria in Mexico City, the Haydenfestspie Orchestra in Austria and the New Hampshire Music Festival, and also played with the Fort Worth Symphony, the Dallas Opera, and the Oklahoma City Philharmonic. She has been on the faculty of several international music festivals, and has presented masterclasses and performed solo and chamber recitals across the United States and abroad. Her students have won professional positions, summer festival positions, fellowships, and prizes in competitions throughout the United States. Professor Sundberg's degrees are from Yale University and Lawrence Conservatory, and her principal teachers have included Jeanne Baxtresser, Thomas Nyfenger, and Ernestine Whitman.
Dr. Kimberly Walter-Clark, is Assistant Professor of Flute at the University of Houston.  An active recitalist with upcoming performances in Washington, D.C. and Zurich, Dr. Clark is beginning work on a CD of French music for flute and voice.  A highly sought teacher and clinician she has been a lecturer at two National Flute Conventions and at the Texas Music Educators Association.  She is the Flute Clubs Coordinator for the National Flute Association and edits the "Across the Miles" column in the Flutist Quarterly.
Jocelyn Goranson, was the 1st place prize winner of the Frank Bowen Competition and semi-finalist in the National Flute Association's Young Artist Competition.  She is a freelance artist in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and teaches at Texas A & M University Commerce.
Ebonee Thomas
Lisa Garner Santa
Julia North
Floot Fire thanks our generous sponsors
Miyazawa Flutes
Carolyn Nussbaum Music Company