19th Annual Adult After Work Summer Flute Camp
A Music Camp for the Busy Adult Amateur Flutist
August 18-22, 2025
Registration opens May 15, 2025
Location:
Messiah United Methodist Church
6215 Rolling RD.
West Springfield, VA 22152
We offer two tracks for participants: one for the adult flutist who or who prefers a beginner group, and another track for the intermediate or advanced player. We will work primarily on flute choir music and give a final performance on Friday, August 22 at 8:00 PM. In addition to C flutes and piccolos, alto, bass and contrabass flutes are welcome.
As part of your tuition, you may take a 30-minute lesson with either David Lonkevich or Debbie Gilbert prior to the start of one of our classes, either from 6:00-6:30 or 6:30-7:00PM or at a mutually agreeable time. Please select a preferred teacher when you register.
The Adult Summer Camp was designed by The Flute Society of Washington to give the busy adult amateur flutist a summer camp in the evening. You’ll get a chance to play, practice and study with other adult amateurs, meet new flute playing friends and develop further as a flutist. If your flute choir normally takes a break during the summer, this is a chance to keep up your skills during the break.
Registration Fee, May 15 - July 31
$165 Class Limit 20
Late Registration, August 1 - 17
$175
FSW Event Notice of Photography, Video or Audio Recording
All camp registrants are required to select opt-in or opt-out of the policy.
The Adult Amateur After Work Flute Camp may be photographed, video or audio recorded. You agree to have your likeness recorded for possible non-commercial use by The Flute Society of Washington, Inc. for promotional purposes, advertising and/or inclusion on the organization’s website, social media or for any other digital or print purpose.
The camp will feature two exceptional artists as coaches:
Debbie Gilbert is the artistic director of the Woodbridge Flute Choir and principal flutist with the Piedmont Symphony Orchestra. She has taught private lessons to youth and adults for over 30 years and is an eleven-time winner in the National Flute Association (NFA) Professional Flute Choir Competition. She conducted the 2020 FSW Mid-Atlantic High School Flute Choir and the 2015 NFA High School Flute Choir. Debbie studied with Max Schoenfeld, Jeanne Timm, Thomas Perazzoli, Toshiko Kohno and Tadeu Coelho.
David Lonkevich received his Bachelor’s Degree in Music and was a member of the premiere class of the Masters in Orchestral Studies program at the Manhattan School of Music. His teachers include Baxtresser, Baker, Parloff and David Cramer. He teaches at the Washington Conservatory of Music and at his private studio and is also a frequent clinician and ensemble coach throughout the region. He is principal flute of the Wolf Trap Opera Orchestra and has also performed frequently with the National Symphony, the Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra and the Baltimore, Mid-Atlantic and Alexandria Symphonies. He is also a member of the Third Millennium Ensemble and performs solo and chamber music frequently.