Flute Methods Certificate Program

Improve every aspect of your musicality, from your tone, dexterity, and dynamics, to your sight-reading and improvisational skills. Whether you're preparing for auditions or looking to strengthen your performance skills, this online certificate program will help you become a more versatile and confident flutist.

Taught by a world-class flutist and educator, the Flute Methods certificate program offers a unique opportunity to deepen your craft, earn a valuable credential, and receive credit from Interlochen. This program is designed for both adults and teens and consists of three four-week courses that must be taken in sequential order.

Courses

Tuition

$ 1197 $999

Ages

Teens: Grades 6-12

Adult Learners: Ages 18+

Receive personalized feedback
Get regular guidance from an experienced artist-instructor who can help you strengthen your skills and develop your creative voice.

Connect in a weekly live class
Join an optional one-hour live class each week to ask questions, discuss ideas, and learn alongside other students.

Learn on your schedule
Complete video lessons, guided activities, and creative projects on a flexible weekly schedule of about five hours a week per course.

Create work you can share
Complete projects that demonstrate your progress and can contribute to a portfolio, résumé, application, or professional profile.

For all students:

✔ A respected credential from Interlochen Online
✔ Physical and shareable digital certificate upon completion
✔ A portfolio of completed, polished projects
✔ A strengthened résumé, college application, or LinkedIn profile

For middle school and high school students:

✔ An official transcript awarding high school credit
✔ Accreditation by the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS)

No, course sections are designed for their respective age groups, either for adults (students 18 and older) or young people (students under 18).

Yes, there are eight sessions of courses per year. View the academic calendar for more session dates.

Meet the Faculty

Sheila del Bosque

Instructor of Flute

Questions? Speak with an Advisor.

Email: online@interlochen.org

Phone: 231.276.5990

You can also schedule an appointment.

Get access to How to Develop Your Tone on Flute, an exclusive guide developed by Interlochen Online faculty.

Flute Methods Certificate Program

Flute Methods 1

Flute Methods 2

Flute Methods 3

Questions? Speak with an Advisor.

Try These Daily Exercises for Flutists of All Levels

✔	Apply specific techniques to achieve a clear and resonant tone, paying attention to clarity, pitch accuracy, and expressive phrasing
✔	Identify common challenges related to intonation and apply strategies to address these challenge
✔	Develop the ability to improvise and incorporate creative elements into your performances
✔	Create practice routines that balance technical development with self-care

✔	Improve your tone, intonation, and dynamic range
✔	Master major, minor, chromatic, and whole-tone scales, as well as major, minor, diminished, and augmented chord arpeggios in all twelve keys
✔	Refine articulation skills, including staccato, staccatissimo, accent, marcato, and tenuto
✔	Develop improvisational skills through an understanding chord tone theory, guide tones, and chord changes

✔	Achieve diverse tone colors, maintain flexibility across the flute's full range, and improve high register playing
✔	Play rapid scales, arpeggios, and trills with precision and control
✔	Develop effective strategies for sight-reading complex rhythms, maintaining tempo, and performing from memory with confidence
✔	Improvise using motivic development concepts, including repetition, alteration, transformation, and variation