"Very good. Now you can move on and get a real teacher as well. IME, most universities have many very diligent and no-nonsense tutors at their disposal. They're usually not quite pro level or the type that you'd seek out if you were world-class, but they certainly are a notch above the typical types who work out of their house/do it as a side job. I think you'll do just fine compared to your previous teacher."
Thanks everyone
I'm quite surprised!
Well, the thing with my current flute teacher, is she's more of a performer than a teacher, it seems. Like ... she likes challenging the younger ones, but for me she presumes I'm at such a high level ... and then gets annoyed (sometimes) when I don't get it.
I actually knew the flute professor at the school from a camp I went to a couple years ago. She's top-notch impressive: for starters, she's studied under James Galway, she's touring China next year, many of her high school students go onto Eastman, Nortwestern, and other top schools studying music. She has taught long enough if one way doesn't work, she has hundreds of ways of teaching it a different way. I have always wanted to take lessons from her: she turned the audition more into a lesson, and omg. I learned so much. Now, there's a few things (ie. double tonguing, vibrato) I'm 'behind' on, but that's because I haven't been 'taught' it. She worked with me for an hour and a half, and I improved so much during that short time span. Apparently, I pick up things much quicker than I realized I do - like, she taught me vocalizing with the flute (singing a note & then playing the flute while still singing it) and I almost got it hands down shortly after when she explained it to me.
Gosh I can't wait. And this is a regular university btw.
