News & Events

Upcoming Performances and Events

August 9-11: Lake Sylvia Flute Institute: Adult Flute Retreat

September 22: Classical Music Project

Fall-spring: ​South Dakota Symphony Orchestra


Recent Performances and Events

August 2: Minnesota Orchestra

June 20, 23, 26, 28, 30 and July 9, 11, 12, 17, 27: Minnesota Sinfonia

May 4-19: MN Opera: La Bohème

January 27-February 4: MN Opera: The Elixir of Love

Fall: South Dakota Symphony Orchestra

September 16-17: MN Opera: Season Preview Concert

August 5: Minnesota Summer Chorus: The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci

June and July: MN Sinfonia summer season

June: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra - season finale

June: End-of-year studio recital for Bethany's students

May: MN Opera: Don Giovanni
Bethany is a flute teacher, piccolo teacher, and baroque flute teacher. Her studio for flute lessons/piccolo lessons/baroque flute lessons, halfway between Minneapolis (Mpls) and St. Paul (St Paul / Saint Paul) downtowns, is convenient for access from all over the Twin Cities in Minnesota, including Roseville, Arden Hills, Lauderdale, New Brighton, Shoreview, Little Canada, Vadnais Heights, White Bear Lake, West St. Paul (West Saint Paul), South St. Paul (South Saint Paul), Woodbury, Maplewood, Inver Grove Heights, Eagan, Richfield, Bloomington, Edina, St. Louis Park (Saint Louis Park), Eden Prairie, Golden Valley, Robbinsdale, Northeast Minneapolis (Northeast Mpls), Plymouth, Minnetonka, Wayzata, Excelsior, Maple Grove, Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Fridley, Rosemount, Apple Valley, Cottage Grove, Burnsville, and Savage.
Photo by Leta Albrecht
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Bethany is a flute teacher, piccolo teacher, and baroque flute teacher. Her studio for flute lessons/piccolo lessons/baroque flute lessons, halfway between Minneapolis (Mpls) and St. Paul (St Paul / Saint Paul) downtowns, is convenient for access from all over the Twin Cities in Minnesota, including Roseville, Arden Hills, Lauderdale, New Brighton, Shoreview, Little Canada, Vadnais Heights, White Bear Lake, West St. Paul (West Saint Paul), South St. Paul (South Saint Paul), Woodbury, Maplewood, Inver Grove Heights, Eagan, Richfield, Bloomington, Edina, St. Louis Park (Saint Louis Park), Eden Prairie, Golden Valley, Robbinsdale, Northeast Minneapolis (Northeast Mpls), Plymouth, Minnetonka, Wayzata, Excelsior, Maple Grove, Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Fridley, Rosemount, Apple Valley, Cottage Grove, Burnsville, and Savage.The Chione Quintet
During the 2022-2023 season, Bethany performed frequently with the Minnesota Opera Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra,  Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Sinfonia, and South Dakota Symphony as well as in a variety of freelance settings.  She especially enjoyed MN Opera's productions of Edward Tulane and Don Giovanni and playing a significant portion of Minnesota Orchestra's season, including the concert with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and the Rite of Spring concert with Thomas Søndergård, the new music director of Minnesota Orchestra.  She also very much enjoyed collaborating with Jacob Benda and several other fantastic musicians as a soloist in the Chapel Arts Series at the University of St. Thomas.  Another especially fun experience was playing with the Joffrey Ballet and the State Ballet of Georgia and getting to watch the skilled dancers during the non-orchestra portions of the performances.
Bethany is a flute teacher, piccolo teacher, and baroque flute teacher. Her studio for flute lessons/piccolo lessons/baroque flute lessons, halfway between Minneapolis (Mpls) and St. Paul (St Paul / Saint Paul) downtowns, is convenient for access from all over the Twin Cities in Minnesota, including Roseville, Arden Hills, Lauderdale, New Brighton, Shoreview, Little Canada, Vadnais Heights, White Bear Lake, West St. Paul (West Saint Paul), South St. Paul (South Saint Paul), Woodbury, Maplewood, Inver Grove Heights, Eagan, Richfield, Bloomington, Edina, St. Louis Park (Saint Louis Park), Eden Prairie, Golden Valley, Robbinsdale, Northeast Minneapolis (Northeast Mpls), Plymouth, Minnetonka, Wayzata, Excelsior, Maple Grove, Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Fridley, Rosemount, Apple Valley, Cottage Grove, Burnsville, and Savage.Bethany Summersgill and Paul Jacobson perform at the Lyra Baroque Orchestra's annual fundraising gala

​Bethany's students had a fulfilling 2022-23 school year and summer.  They performed with GTCYS (Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies), at UMFA (Upper Midwest Flute Association)'s Marathon Flute Concert and Flute Fest, at Schmitt's MakeMusic day, with the Flute Cocktail flute choir, and in Bethany's end-of-year studio recital.  They especially enjoyed the opportunity to play chamber music together (small ensembles).  They also began field-testing new works for Bethany's in-progress pedagogical book, which she will publish after its completion, and they have enjoyed learning and refining some new and/or less-familiar skills throughout that process.
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