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Jenna Brixius is a dedicated flute studio director, music educator, and Alexander Technique teacher.  She enjoys teaching her students how to creatively explore the principles underlying tone, air use, and instrumental virtuosity.  As a flutist, she has performed with the Palm Beach Symphony, the Symphony Orchestra Academy of the Pacific, the Florida Wind Symphony, and the South Florida Symphony Orchestra, in addition to various freelance ensembles.

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Over the past decade, Jenna has taught as an Artist-in-Residence in k-12 music programs, including Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Dillard Center for the Arts, Jupiter High School, Wellington High School, and the Oxbridge Academy.  She has directed orchestral woodwind sectionals for the Youth Orchestra of Palm Beach County (YOPBC) and the Dreyfoos Philharmonic, as well as Introduction to Music Theory courses at Dreyfoos School of the Arts. Jenna has also been delighted to lead composition classes for elementary aged students with the Little Orchestra Society.

 

As an Alexander Technique (AT) teacher, Jenna integrates AT principles into her music pedagogy as a means of teaching her students how to access their freedom of creative musical expression.  She has taught at the Querflöte Musikkurswochen in Switzerland, in addition to presenting at the Florida Flute Association (FFA) convention and judging for the Texas Music Educator Association (TMEA) All-State flute auditions. 

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Jenna's students and alumni have been accepted into competitive programs across the USA, including collegiate music schools and conservatories (including Eastman School of Music, Indiana University, University of Michigan, the Hartt School of Music, the University of Georgia - Athens, Florida State University), All-State Bands, NAfME's All-National Band, the Florida Flute Association's High School Young Artist Competition, and the New World Symphony's Side-by-Side Orchestra.  Studio students have been excited to receive admission into entry-by-audition music programs including Bak Middle School of the Arts, New World School of the Arts High, and A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts.  

 

Jenna received her Bachelor of Music from Oberlin Conservatory of Music as a student of Michel Debost, former principal flute of the Orchestre de Paris. She has also studied with Eva Amsler, Walfrid Kujala, and Kathleen Chastain, in addition to masterclasses with Amy Porter, Molly Barth, and Alexa Still. Jenna is a graduate of the Balance Arts Center Alexander Technique Teacher Training Program in Manhattan, NYC.  

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