Flute Instruction with Yamaha Performing Artist and Clinician Tracy Harris

Studio Memberships Available From Beginning-to-Professional Level Students

Membership in Tracy’s studio consists of:

* Private flute lessons
* Group Rates Available
* Yearly solo recitals
* Masterclasses and Clinics with guest artists
* Automatic membership in the Wyndfall Flute Choir which performs throughout the year at select venues throughout Tulare County.

Membership in Tracy’s studio consists of private flute lessons, masterclasses and clinics yearly solo recitals, masterclasses with guest artists, and automatic membership in the Wyndfall Flute Choir which performs throughout the year at concert halls throughout Tulare County.

With twenty years of experience, Ms. Harris’ students have gone on to win scholarships and grants to many of the most prestigious universities and conservatories.  Locally Tracy has students who have won the Tulare County Symphony Concerto Competition as well as students she has led to victory in the CBDA honor band competition as well as the TKMEA honor band yearly competition.   Ms. Harris has current and former students in principal chairs in symphonies, wind ensembles, military bands, concert bands and chamber music ensembles. 

Tracy’s lessons focus on performance preparation for band or orchestra concerts as well as competition and recital preparation.  All fundamentals are covered with a daily routine outlined for each student.  Ms. Harris believes that each student is a unique individual and tailors her approach and practice routine with an emphasis placed on the well being of the student so that the student may reach his or her maximum potential.  Tracy teaches masterclasses and clinics throughout the United States and is currently teaching flute throughout Tulare County. 

For further information and Monthly membership rates please
email: TracyHarrisFlute@Yahoo.com

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* Flute Clinic Rates: Please Contact Us. Prices vary depending on length and location of clinic.

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Tracy Harris is well known for her superb interpretation of flute music, with technique, soul and the solid performance of a seasoned and highly talented artist.

Miss Harris has left audiences breathless with her profound and moving interpretation of the great composers from all ages. Her concerts are typically given thumbs up by critics across the country. Her versatility has seen her playing with Sting on PBS and Disney Studios with equal aplomb. Tracy has been fortunate to have studied with most of the greats of our time, including Dr. Julius Baker, Claude Monteux, James Pellerite, James Walker, James Pellerite and others. Tracy was selected by Yamaha to join the likes of  Dr. Julius Baker, Jeff Khaner and Jim Walker to become a Yamaha Performing Artist, a title bestowed on only the best instrumentalists in the world.

Tracy concertizes extensively as a soloist and with her award winning trio called "Wyndfall" performing with her sister Wendy Harris-LeBlanc on harp and her sister-in-law Russian concert pianist Svetlana Rudikova-Harris.   Ms. Harris has also worked in the studios with such Emmy winning composers as Carl Johnson for Disney.   Ms. Harris recently performed at the National Flute Association's 2005 Convention in San Diego. Ms. Harris was selected as a participant in Julius Baker Master Class in Carmel, California and the Western Connecticut State University Julius Baker Master Class.  She has also been a participant in master classes given by James Pellerite, Ann Zentner and Jean-Pierre Rampal. Ms. Harris was invited to attend the Juilliard School of Music by Dr. Julius Baker at the age of sixteen and attended the prestigious New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.  She holds degrees in flute performance and is also a two-year graduate of the famous Music Academy of the West.  Ms. Harris has received numerous awards and honors from such organizations as; The National Society of Arts and Letters, The Pillsbury Foundation, The Santa Barbara Foundation, and the New England Conservatory of Music.  Ms. Harris has won many local and national honors including; winner of the National Society of Arts and Letters grant competition, winner of the Pillsbury Foundation scholarship competition eight years in a row, winner of the Santa Barbara Symphony Young Artists competition, the UCSB Music Affiliates award, winner of Santa Barbara Music Club scholarship, winner of Performing Arts Scholarship Foundation Competition, and winner of the American Scandinavian Foundation competition.  Ms. Harris has been a flute instructor at the College of the Sequoias in Visalia, California, and she maintains a large private studio in addition to conducting flute clinics and lectures throughout the country. Tracy Harris was recently one of a select few invited to audition for the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra at Lincoln Center.
 
Ms. Harris has performed solo recitals, chamber music, and concertos across the United States and has premiered many new pieces.  As an accomplished soloist and orchestral musician, Tracy has performed concertos or has held principal chairs with many different ensembles such as; the Santa Barbara Symphony, Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra, the Coastal Valley's Symphony, the Tulare County Symphony, the West Coast Symphony, the Santa Barbara Chorale Society, Ojai Requiem Orchestra, Santa Ynez Valley Orchestra, the Santa Maria Symphony and the Tulare Symphony to name but a few.  Ms. Harris  has  served as Artistic Director of the Coastal Valley's Symphony Chamber Series and has performed in many new music premieres with such composers as Patrick Cassidy for his U.S. premiere of  "Famine and Remembrance".  She has also performed in the world premiere of  Phillip  Lasser's  "The Alchemist".  Ms. Harris has made recordings with the Pacific Coast Chamber Orchestra and has recorded for the PCPA Theaterfest. 
 
Ms. Harris is also the Director of Music Theoretic Studies at The Pacific Center for Advanced Studies which was formed in 1993 for the purpose of advancing our knowledge of the world in an environment free of constraints. The center is composed of five advanced institutes, encompassing major segments of contemporary science; The Institute for Mind/Brain Research, The Institute for Computational Neurological Research, The Institute for Theoretical Physics Research, The Institute for Music-Theoretic Research and the The Institute for Information-Theoretic Research. The Pacific Center is dedicated to helping us promote our understanding of the world while improving our lives through research. This research has resulted in hundreds of original papers and a range of other publications aimed at both experts in the various fields and the general public, interested in the results of cutting edge research.
 
*Tracy plays on a Yamaha heavy Wall, 14K 892 Julius Baker Model Flute with a “K” Cut Headjoint.

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"Tracy Harris is a talented flutist with a professional demeanor and is a consummate musician in every sense of the word."
Julius Baker- Juilliard School of Music, New York Philharmonic

 "I consider Tracy  Harris  a  superiorly  talented  musician and  instrumentalist.    She is a perfectionist in the best sense of the word and  will leave no stone  unturned until she has found her answer, either technically or interpretively.   Her sound is big, solid and beautiful, she can control  it  to  suit  the  character of  the  music, and she  performs  with  gusto.    Tracy  is  also a friendly and generous person,  makes friends easily and  can  contribute  greatly toward  a warm atmosphere in any situation."
Claude Monteaux – Flute Faculty New England Conservatory of Music, Conductor St. Martin Academy in the Field -  Guest  conductor  New York  Philharmonic and London Symphony

"Tracy is a fine flutist who demonstrates the kind of serious commitment which is so important to a professional career in music…I recommend her without reservation."
Harry T. Bulow Ph.D. Award winning composer

"Her repertoire of concerti, sonatas, virtuoso pieces, and orchestral excerpts exceed requirements of the great conservatories in this country and in France. My support of this gifted flutist is absolute. She must be treated with respect and is an artist of unlimited scope."
Wendy Denbaum – Concert Flutist/Juilliard School of Music

 "The remarkable flutist Tracy Harris gave a fine performance of a "Carmen Fantasy" a musical triumph."
Kenneth Brown - Santa Barbara News Press

 "Flutist  Tracy Harris presented  her  credentials  with a  work containing  tongue defying flute licks..some razzle and a lot of dazzle.  Harris whose beautiful tone and sensitive playing have  been  remarked  upon  many  times  by  this critic  over  the years,  made  high  art  of  it  all.." "If a  single award were  to  be  given  for  highest intellectual achievement of the most  subtle nature, I'd bestow  in on principal flutist Tracy Harris, whose  playing  throughout  the  symphony  was  poignant,  elegantly nuanced, beautifully cognizant."
Daniel Kepl - Santa Maria Times

 "The  afternoon  closed with the  3rd  movement  of  Poulenc's delightful  Sonata  for Flute and Piano, with Tracy Harris in top form in this tricky fast number"
Santa Barbara News Press

 "Tracy is a fine flautist who demonstrated the kind of serious commitment which is so important to a professional career in music.  I think you will find her possessing the kind of mature professional attitude which will contribute to both your own educational environment and the professional standards which you will try and instill in your organization.  I recommend her without reservation.”
Gary Woodward - Paramount and Tri-Star studio flutist

 "Tracy comes from a very brilliant and musical family.  She is a very talented girl who works very hard, very well, and is completely devoted to her music.
Mary Jane Barton - Principal Harpist - NBC Orchestra

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