Marlaena Kessick’s Basic Flute Method is designed for obtaining rapid progress in technical security and tone production together with specific studies dedicated to use of the diaphragm for control of intonation.

Various short duets offer the opportunity for the student to play together with the professor during lessons, and the Method also includes three “ first concert” pieces for flute and piano underlining in the first two the “bel canto” of the flute’s voice, and favoring production of staccatos and accents in the third solo, all with the object of producing artistic maturity with the philosophy that “the first reading should be played like a concert”.