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Music West Flute Studio Provides Wealth of Teaching Experience to San Diego, Carmel Valley and 4S Ranch...
With 35 years of international teaching/performing experience, Dr. September Payne, founder of Music West and SDSU Adjunct Flute Professor, Emeritus, is recognized as a leading flute pedagogue in San Diego’s musical community.

The ability to play beautifully is only part of what clients accomplish at Music West. We help students tap into the life-long cognitive and creative benefits developed by playing music. Often, what one can’t express with words, one can express through the essence of the music. Beyond the notes, music must “sing” a story. For this we need someone to show us how.

As an established studio since 1999, Music West has helped musicians of all ages/levels identify and reach their goals through customized flute/recorder instruction. Whether a beginner, a striving professional or returning to play, anyone can learn to play and read music, just like we learned to speak and read.

At Music West, you will truly benefit from the individual attention and professional guidance you need. 619-200-1167 musicwest@septemberflute.com.

Dr. Payne is Adjunct Flute Professor/Assistant Lecturer of Music History, Emeritus at San Diego State University, Grossmont & Mesa Colleges. She played Principal Flute with the San Diego Chamber Orchestra, and founded "Music West & co-founded “San Diego Coastal Flutes.”

Ever committed to pedagogy, September served as President of San Diego Flute Guild & belongs to numerous musical societies: Moyse Society, National Flute Association, The California Music Teachers Association, Mu Phi Epsilon, Kappa Phi.

Dr. Payne performed solo recitals throughout Canada, US & Europe & with Colorado & Aspen, Banff Festival Orchestras, & the Boston Opera Co. Her education includes a (MM) degree from Boston University & a (DMA) Doctor of Musical Arts from Rice University. Her mentors include the greatest artist of the 20th & 21st C, in both the French & American style of flute playing: Marcel Moyse, Jean- Pierre Rampal, Sir James Galway, Geoffrey Gilbert, Albert Tipton, Leone Buyse and Carol Wincenc. Dr. Payne has recorded for NCM in NY & is a specialist in Contemporary Canadian flute music, writing Canada’s 1st Catalogue of Contemporary Canadian Flute Music.