Native American Flute Making
Craft your own Native American Flute and be amazed at the incredible sound it makes! In this workshop students will learn to bore, shape, sand, and finish a flute out of common and exotic woods. Techniques will also be taught to adorn the flute with wood burning, carvings, paints, stains, and more to make it uniquely personalized. This work shop is a great bonding experience for the instructor and student who collaborate on a design and work side-by-side to make an artful flute that can be handed down for generations. "The process is simple but gratifying, and the sound is out of this world," says student Linda Holman. "Bill is wonderful—I learned more than I ever imagined."
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Learn to bore, shape, sand, and finish a flute out of common and exotic woods. Adorn with wood burning, carvings, paints and stains, and more to make your work uniquely personalized.
Dates/time: Open enrollment - work at your own pace.
Ages: 16+ (under 16 must be accompanied by an adult) Tuition: $150.00 Instructor: Bill Hughes Campus location: Wood Shop Materials: $25 materials fee first day of class paid to instructor. Bill Hughes |
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"Each flute has its own voice and calls out to people in different ways. I believe the true purpose for the flutes is healing. What could be better: beauty, art, and healing all in one thing."
Bill never tires of making Native American flutes. “I’ve made about 10,000,” he reports, including six for the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Two Japanese drum troupes use Bill’s flutes in their performances all over the world. “Flutes are one of the few instruments that an ordinary person can make and have real music come out of it. I love the faces of those who play their first flute.”
Bill grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana. After earning degrees from Southwest Seminary, he trained in Pastoral Counseling and completed a Ph.D. in Family Therapy from BYU. His interest in making native American flutes began after heart surgery ten years ago. Prior to his early retirement, he worked in mental health with a focus on troubled youth, families, and men’s issues.
Bill never tires of making Native American flutes. “I’ve made about 10,000,” he reports, including six for the opening ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Two Japanese drum troupes use Bill’s flutes in their performances all over the world. “Flutes are one of the few instruments that an ordinary person can make and have real music come out of it. I love the faces of those who play their first flute.”
Bill grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana. After earning degrees from Southwest Seminary, he trained in Pastoral Counseling and completed a Ph.D. in Family Therapy from BYU. His interest in making native American flutes began after heart surgery ten years ago. Prior to his early retirement, he worked in mental health with a focus on troubled youth, families, and men’s issues.
Six of Bill's flutes were played in the Opening Ceremony of the 2002 Olympics. His work is displayed in the Native American exhibit in new Utah Museum of Natural History.
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P.S. Did you know that the oldest known musical instrument in the history of humankind is a flute?
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