Comprehensive packages for students and teachers
Flute Making and Playing Packages
We don't just sell flutes, Our flute packages include a comprehensive teacher training guide and lesson plans. With our PDFs anyone can learn to teach!
What's Included:
- Teacher Training Guide
- Lesson Plans
- PDF & Video Lessons for Students and Teachers
- Printouts
- At Home Playing Guide PDF for Students
- Blind and Low Vision Version Available
- Stellar Support: Anytime you need help with something, we are available!
Financing
Flexible Payment Options to Fit Your Groups Needs
- Online Payment
- Credit Card or Cheque
- Purchase Order
- Net 30
Organization Ordering
- Registered VA vendors
- Registered on SAM.gov
Discounts
Our flute making and playing packages already include our 25% group discount. If your group is struggling to afford our packages, please reach out using the contact form.
Need a Quote?
We are happy to provide you will a quote to submit for funding.
Working with a Budget?
If you have a grant budget to spend or need to hit a specific dollar bill amount for the order, we can help make the most of your financing.
Flute Playing Package
- Music Focused! Jump right into playing
- Can be taught anywhere, even outside!
- Ideal for classes with short time restraints
- Best option for young children
- Flutes can be cleaned and reused for the next class.
Our flute playing package is avaliable in two beginner friendly keys, the smaller and higher pitched key of A for younger people, and our medium sized and lower pitched key of G for teens and adults.
Buying finished flutes is a wonderful choice for a group where music is the primary focus. Get right to the good part! You can learn to play flutes in just about any classroom, library, community center etc. without having to plan for dust and wood shavings. The flutes are cleanable so you can use them for multiple classes, though many Tribes, schools, and groups do choose to give each student their flute at the end of the class, it is possible to clean and reuse the flutes.
This is a wonderful option if you are limited to several hours of class time, although this class can be expanded to fill an ongoing class format.
Flute Making & Playing Package
- Focuses on Creativity and Learning New Skills.
- Hands on Beginner Friendly Woodworking
- Music and Woodworking Combine
- Builds Confidence
- Teen and Adult Friendly Project
Our flute making and playing package is the favorite of many groups across the nation. It is ideal for longer format classes but can be taught in as little as one day.
This wonderful and transformative experience allows participants to gain a deeper connection to the flute , learning the ins and outs of shaping, sanding and varnishing it before moving on to the playing portion of the lesson plan.
Our fully tuned and playable flute carving kits come in two beginner friendly keys. The key of A is perfect for younger people with its small size and higher pitched voice. The key of G is wonderful for teens and adult with it's medium size and lower voice.
Flute making is messy but rewarding. It will require access to a room with easily cleanable floors or a nice outdoor area.
Not sure what key to order?
Age and flute size
The key of A is the smallest and easiest to play, if the students are young or older with arthritic hands, this may be the best choice.
The key of G is our most popular key because the G has a lower voice which many people prefer, and we find that most people, young and old, can play this key.
Playing together? Order the same key
One important consideration is, if your group will be playing the flutes together, it is important to buy flutes in the same key so they will harmonize. Tip: Some groups like to offer several different keys and break off into smaller groups or learn one on one with a teacher.
A bit of inspiration from the Yakima Nation: Their flute class, led by Jeremy Garcia, is 10 weeks long with a concert at the end. If students attend all (or most) classes and perform at the concert then they get to keep their flute. The students began the first class with flutes in the key of A (our smallest flute). They had many students who wanted to repeat it, so they graduated them to lower the keys of G and F Sharp (the F sharp is difficult for some people to play because of the size, but with practice these students were ready for the larger flutes!). Many of the students wanted to repeat the class 2-3 times!
Get inspired!
Take a look at how much fun other communities are having! -Unkitawa Flute Making Class, taught by Peter Ali and Lily Wilcox
Class begins with a discussion about how to carve, and then each student gets to choose their flute.
Once carving begins, students work together to shape their flutes, taking inspiration from one and other.
The tables are set up in a C shape to help everyone see and communicate with the other participants and the teacher.
The process creates a lot of cedar shavings which many students like to bring home. We like to return the rest of the shavings to the forest.
Once the flutes are shaped and sanded, flute playing lessons begin. This class was taught by Peter Ali, but we also have lessons for watching in the classroom if a flute teacher is not available.
Every student leaves the class knowing the basic scale. They each get a guide booklet to help them be successful while playing at home!
Guidance and Support
I am dedicated to making sure your project is successful. When you order from Stellar Flutes, I will personally provide you with as much support and guidance as you need to be successful, though with my teacher training guide and video lessons, you may just find that you don't' need any support!
It is a great honor to share my knowledge of flute making and playing with the community.
-Lily Wilcox
Owner & Flute Maker
Stellar Flutes