Kris Palmer, D.M.A. Flutist

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About Me

A first-prize winner in the Carmel Chamber Music Society Competition and a second-prize winner in the National Flute Association's Young Artist Competition, Dr. Kris Palmer is the director and conductor of the San Jose Youth Symphony's Flute Choirs. She is also on the faculty of San Jose State University's Summer Flute Institute, and she is an adjunct woodwind coach at Leigh High School in San Jose.

Dr. Palmer teaches private flute lessons in-person in the East Bay area of San Francisco, and she also teaches online private flute lessons. She holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts frim Rice University, and she lectures throughout the country on Baroque and Classical performance techniques. She has conducted lectures and masterclasses at the Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention, the San Francisco International Flute Festivals, Wichita State University, San Jose State University, Chabot College, Skyline College, the San Diego Flute Festival, and the MTAC State Conventions. She is a contributing author for California Music Teacher magazine with multiple articles on performing music from the eighteenth-century.

Dr. Palmer's flute lessons emphasize instrumental technique, music theory, and explorations of both solo flute repertoire and woodwind chamber music repertoire. Her students have received award and honors from CBDA All State Honor Band, Nor Cal All State Honor Band, the SJYS Concerto Competition, the BAMA Open Music Competition, and the U.S. Open Music Competition.

My Musical Education Background

Dr. Kris Palmer earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts from Rice University in Houston, Texas. She has studied with Carol Wincenc, Leone Buyse, Walfrid Kujala, Aralee Dorough, John Thorne, the late Roger S. Stevens, and Gaetano Schiavone in Rome, Italy. In addition, she is a certified Music for Minors classroom instructor.

Genres and Subjects Taught

Solo flute repertoire, woodwind chamber music, solo recorder repertoire, flute and recorder technique, performance skills and practices, in all time periods of music from the Renaissance, through the Baroque, the Classical and Romantic Periods, and into the contemporary era of modern musical composition.

I am very fond of the MTAC Certificate of Merit program, so I urge all of my students to participate in this. And, I coach my advanced students to participate in music competitions. I have a complete listing of music competitions on my website.

Lesson Rates

$100 per 60 minute lesson

$90 per 45 minute lesson

Ages / Skill Levels Taught

All ages are welcome, including adults! The majority of my students begin studies with me after completing at least one year of flute playing.

My Certifications and Awards

San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music Commissioning Grants

Zellerbach Family Foundation Performance Grants

Second Prize, National Flute Association's Young Artist Competition.

First Prize, Carmel Chamber Music Society Competition

First Prize, Ruth Burr Awards, Houston.

Special Presentation Award, Artists International.

Third Prize, Hemphill-Wells Sorantin Young Artist Awards, Texas.

Fourth Prize, Cynthia Mitchell Woods Competition, Houston.

Fourth Prize, William C. Byrd Competition, Michigan.

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