Emily Gurwitz Flute Studio - Flute Lessons, San Antonio, Texas

Emily Gurwitz - Band director and teacher of private flute lessons in San Antonio, Texas. Emily Gurwitz is a private flute instructor in San Antonio, Texas, and teaches mainly high school students. She received her Bachelor of Music in Music Education from Trinity University in San Antonio and her Master of Music in Flute Performance from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She is currently the head band director at Bradley Middle School in North East ISD in San Antonio, Texas.

Her teaching philosophy is to empower students to learn to teach themselves and to never set limits on what students can achieve. If a student has high aspirations on his/her instrument and is willing to practice consistently, much success is possible with proper instruction.

Emily Gurwitz has had one or more of her private flute students qualify for the Texas All-State Band or Orchestra since 2001, having students place first chair in the state of Texas in the 4A division and first and second chair in the 5A division (5A Texas All-State flute players are approximately the top 35 flute players selected from the state of Texas from a series of District, Region, and Area Competitions. 4A includes the top 12 flute players).

Open auditions/trial lessons are normally held during the Summer to determine the students who will be accepted into the studio for private lessons in the upcoming school year. If you are a dedicated flute student and are interested in private flute lessons, please contact Emily Gurwitz and include some information about yourself and music background. She is also available for masterclasses and clinics, including teaching the Region band music at the middle school level and All-State band music at the high school level.

This Web site includes an Online Practice Record which allows music students to keep track of their daily practice time. You can view and print your past Practice Records, and even e-mail them directly to your music teacher. You may also view Practice Record statistics to see how your practice time compares to others using the program.

Emily Gurwitz Flute Studio News

News Flash: Two students from our studio have qualified for the 5A All-State Band!

January 9, 2010: Two students from our studio qualify for the Texas All-State Bands! The Area/All-State qualification round is extremely competitive and consists of students from San Antonio, Houston, and Austin Regions. Congratulations to the students from our studio who placed fourth and fifth to qualify for the 5A All-State Band (only five are selected). This year, all five flute students who made the 5A All-State Band from this Area were from the San Antonio Region. Three of our students placed in the top 6 of 26 students competing. Congratulations again to all of the students who competed at this very rigorous competition. Your many hours of hard work paid off! In February, the students who qualified for the All-State Band will compete for chair placement at the TMEA convention held in San Antonio.

December 5, 2009: At the Region XI 5A Band and Orchestra Competition, students from our studio placed second and fourth out of ninety-four students. The second chair player has qualified for the All-Region Orchestra. Congratulations to the students who made the Area Band (only six are selected) and will be competing in January 2010 to qualify for the Texas All-State 5A Band.

December 3, 2009: At the Region XII 4A Band Competition, students from our studio placed second and third out of about 72 students. Congratulations to the students who made the Area Band (only four are selected) and will be competing in January 2010 to qualify for the Texas All-State 4A Band.

December 1, 2009: At the Region XII 5A Band and Orchestra Competition, students from our studio placed third and fifth out of eighteen students. Congratulations to the students who made the Area Band (only six are selected) and will be competing in January 2010 to qualify for the Texas All-State 5A Band.

November 17, 2009: Since Region XII is quite large, the 5A High School Band Competition is split in half. Congratulations to all of the students who competed at the contest. Students from our studio placed third and fourth chair out of about 65 students and qualified for the Region Band.

January 10, 2009: Two students from our studio qualify for the Texas All-State Bands! The Area/All-State qualification round is extremely competitive and consists of students from San Antonio, Houston, and Austin Regions. Three students from our studio competed at Judson High School for the 5A Area/ All-State tryouts and one student competed at the 4A competition. Congratulations to the students from our studio who placed second and fifth to qualify for the 5A All-State Band (only five are selected). This year, four of the top five flute students who made the 5A All-State Band from this Area were from the San Antonio Region. All three of our students placed in the top 8 of 24 students competing. Congratulations again to all of the students who competed at this very rigorous competition. Your many hours of hard work paid off! In February, the students who qualified for the All-State Band will compete for chair placement at the TMEA convention held in San Antonio.

December 4, 2008: Congratulations to the 10th grade 4A student from our studio who placed second at the Region XI 4A Band Competition. She made the Region and Area Bands and will be competing in January 2009 to qualify for the Texas All-State 4A Band.

December 2, 2008: At the Region XII Band and Orchestra Competition, students from our studio placed second, third, and fourth out of about twenty students. The second chair player qualified for the All-Region Orchestra. Congratulations to the three students who made the Area Band (only six are selected) and will be competing in January 2009 to qualify for the Texas All-State 5A Band.

November 11, 2008: Since Region XII is quite large, the 5A High School Band Competition is split in half. Congratulations to all of the students who competed at the contest. Students from our studio placed second, fourth and fifth chair and qualified for the Region Band. Another student from our studio placed first on Piccolo and also qualified for Region Band.

February 13, 2008: The results are in!!! Congratulations to the two students from our studio who competed for chair placement at the TMEA All-State Band and Orchestra Competition. One student made 13th chair in the state of Texas and sat fifth chair in the All-State "Symphonic Band." The second student from our studio placed SECOND out of the top 35 students in the state of Texas! This student sat second chair in the "Symphony Orchestra."

February 2008: Congratulations to the student from our studio who was a finalist in the San Antonio Symphony "Future Stars" Concerto Competition.

January 5, 2008: Two students from our studio qualify for the Texas All-State Bands! The Area/All-State qualification round is very competitive and consists of students from San Antonio, Houston, and Austin Regions. Four students from our studio competed at Judson High School for the Area/ All-State tryouts. Congratulations to the students from our studio who placed first and fourth to qualify for the 5A All-State Band (only five are selected), and a special congratulations to our student who successfully made the All-State Band for all four years of high school! This year, four of the top five flute students who made the All-State Band from this Area were from the San Antonio Region. All four of our students placed in the top 12 of 23 students competing. Congratulations again to all of the students who competed at this very rigorous competition. Your many hours of hard work paid off! In February, the students who qualified for the All-State Band will compete for chair placement at the TMEA convention held in San Antonio.

November 27, 2007: At the Region XII Band and Orchestra Competition, students from our studio placed first, second, fourth, fifth, tenth, thirteenth and sixteenth chair out of twenty-three students. The first and second chair players have qualified for the All-Region Orchestra. Congratulations to the four students (who finished in the top six) who made the Area Band and will be competing in January 2008 to qualify for the Texas All-State 5A Band.

November 13, 2007: Since Region XII is quite large, the 5A High School Band Competition is split in half. One part took place at Reagan High School and the other part took place at MacArthur High School. Congratulations to all of the students who competed. At Reagan High School, the students from our studio placed first, second, fourth and fifth chair (the top nine qualified for the Region Band). At MacArthur High School, congratulations to the students from our studio who placed first, sixth, and tenth chair out of about 50 flute students competing (the top nine qualified for the Region Band and the top eighteen qualified for the District Band).

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