Our Flute Studio

Melissa Klauder Freilich is an accomplished musician and teacher. A native of Ambler, Pennsylvania, Melissa began her flute studies with at age ten. She has been a soloist with the Ambler Symphony, the North Penn Symphony, and Young Peoples’ Philharmonic, and has given recitals in the Philadelphia, Cleveland, and Ann Arbor areas. Melissa is the winner of the 1999 Montgomery County Concert Band Scholarship, the 2003 Mildred Tuttle Scholarship, and the 2004 Nelson Hauenstein Memorial Scholarship. Melissa holds a Bachelor of Music degree from The Cleveland Institute of Music and a Master of Music degree from the University of Michigan School of Music, where she studied flute performance. Melissa’s primary teachers include Veronica Mascaro, Amy Porter, and Joshua Smith.

An experienced teacher, Melissa has been teaching privately for over ten years. She has coached chamber music at Cleveland Heights High School and was on the teaching staff at Dexter and Belleville Public Schools. Melissa held the position of Graduate Student Instructor at the University of Michigan and she is currently on the faculty of the Wissahickon Summer Pops and Hallahan Catholic Girls’ High School. Melissa maintains a thriving flute studio in the Ambler area.