Gitte
Marcusson is Professor of Flute at Royal College of Music, London. She is devoted to and
passionate about teaching and, in addition to her professorship at RCM,
she coaches students worldwide in her London-based studio. She has taught many
of today's outstanding flautists, including Katherine Bryan, Principal
Flute of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Adam Walker, Principal Flute
of the London Symphony Orchestra; Alex Jakeman, Principal Flute of the BBC Philharmonic;
and Joshua Batty, Principal Flute Sidney Symphony Orchestra.
Gitte taught at Chethams School of Music for 16 years and is much in demand as guest professor giving classes at conservatories and colleges around the world. She is founder and director of Nordic Flute International Summer School.
As a student Gitte Marcusson left her native Denmark to study flute with Trevor Wye and Clare Southworth in Manchester. Later she continued her studies in London with Patricia Lynden, Patricia Morris and Rachel Brown.
After a decade living in London combining orchestral playing, chamber music and teaching she moved to Sweden where she was co-principal with Camerata Calluna Chamber Orchestra 2000-2010.
Her commitment to chamber music shows in the vast numbers of performances at societies and festivals throughout Europe. One of her 500 concerts for "Live Music Now" was a performance at Buckingham Palace celebrating Sir Yehudi Menuhin.
She is a member of the faculty at Wildacres Flute Retreat, North Carolina, and Professor at Voksenåsen Music Academy, Oslo, and at the prestigious Old Ox Festival, Stockholm.
Due to the enthusiastic response to Gitte Marcusson’s “How to Practice” class last June, we are scheduling her to teach a seven and one-half hour course as an afternoon class in 2024, where she will focus on Teaching and Practicing Effectively.
Many aspects of successful teaching and practicing will be explored in this discussion based class, including the importance of building good tone, technique, and articulation from the very beginning; developing good practice habits; the psychology of building trusting relationships with students and developing their confidence; and teaching the student to be his/her own best teacher.
Since teaching requires the ability to demonstrate playing skills, there will also be emphasis on efficient practicing for the teacher.
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