Flute Instruction & Coaching

In the first lesson we get to know each other.

I find out what are student's present skill level, problems/or desires and goals.

My main goal is to make sure student has the best possible fundamentals, which is the most essential attributes for good sound and technique development.

Scales, etudes, musical pieces and good amount of theory included in the lessons are very important.

I also expect disciplined work and devotion to home assignments and healthy practice, because student/teacher relationship is never "one way street" and consistency is the key in learning fundamentals. That said, I am patient and flexible.

I am a mother of a 10 year old child.

I've been teaching flute since 1996 in my homeland in Latvia. I came to the US in 2006 and ever since have been freelancing and teaching privately in Boston, MA are. 

BIO

Flutist Agita Arista was born and received her musical education in Latvia. In 2004 Mrs. Arista earned her Master’s degree in Chamber Music performance and in 2001 she received her Bachelor degree in flute performance, chamber music, orchestral performance and music education from the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music (Riga, Latvia) where she studied with professor Jānis Maļeckis (chamber music) and Professor Vilnis Strautiņš (flute). From 1999-2000 Mrs. Arista studied flute with professor Carlo Jans at the Conservatoire of Luxembourg. 

Agita has continued to perfect her flute and chamber music skills under professor Craig Goodman (France), Ms. Annet  Joffoldi (Hungary), professor William Bennett (UK) and Mr. Robert Stallman (US).

In the US she has appeared with the Bach, Beethoven & Brahms Society of Boston Chamber Orchestra, MIT Concert Choir Symphony Orchestra and the Tchaikovsky Festival Orchestra in Indianapolis, IN. Mrs. Arista has been a member of three Latvian orchestras - Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, Rīga’s Chamber Musicians and Rīga’s Festival Orchestra.

She often is involved in various chamber music projects and continuously commissions and premiers new works for flute. In the summer of 2017 she was a producer and participant of a Latvian Chamber Music Concert which was held during the XIV Latvian Song and Dance Festival in Baltimore, MD at the American Visionary Art Museum. 

In 2015 she was presented The Latvian Heritage Foundation of Boston Oscars Award for showcasing Latvian music in the US and abroad. In 2014 and 2018 Mrs. Arista was invited to perform and teach at the International Flute Festival in Lima, Peru. In 2015 she participated with a music program of Latvian composers at the Florida Flute Association Flute Convention and a solo Recital at the Rollins College Music Department.

In the summer of 2019 she participated at the XV Latvian Song & Dance Festival in Toronto, Canada and was invited to perform as a soloist at the Concert of Orchestral and Chamber Music at the Koerner Hall.

Mrs. Arista participated and won prizes in national as well as international competitions, including, the best chamber group of Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music (2003), the International Chamber Music competition in Klaipėda, Lithuania (2003) and the Alexander Tansman 5th International Competition of Musical Personalities in Łódź, Poland (2004).