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How would a day in an intensive masterclass be like?
Have you ever participated in an intensive masterclass? I bet you haven’t done that yet.
Allow me then to give you a little glimpse over how would your day look like, what you will learn and how would your experience be like.
FLUTEinWIEN – Intensive. Personal. Effective.
🕙 10:00 – 45 minutes daily sound and technique class
Every day during your intensive masterclass will start with a 45 minutes sound and technique class. In this class you will learn to use simple yet challenging exercises that will help you develop your control over your air pressure, lips flexibility, tone focus and colors, playing big intervals smoothly, attack, dynamics, articulation and more.
In this class you’ll get to work on your basics and learn a new warm-up routine that will allow you to develop all these techniques daily.
🕚 10:45 – 2 HOURS daily repertoire class
We’ll continue with a 2 HOURS daily repertoire class, in which you’ll get to integrate the technical work of your sound and technique class directly into the pieces you are preparing.
Besides of the technical difficulties that each piece might require us to work on, this is the time to discuss as well interpretation and style, such as for example Baroque articulation, freedom and rubato in romantic and French music, orchestral excerpts (if you prepare for a coming audition). Therefore, my recommendation is to always bring with you few pieces in different styles, so we get a chance to cover all these topics.
🍰☕ You deserve a break – with a delicious homemade cake and coffee
Since the total daily classes time is almost 3 HOURS, we’ll have a break that will include a homemade cake I prepare myself (the most favorite so far has been the cheesecake) and a cup of coffee, which I roast myself.
Very often the students would prefer to finish the classes without any break, and the ‘break’ would happen then at the end of the classes.
🕐 13:00 – Free afternoons and evenings – time to discover Vienna
Vienna has endless possibilities for you to discover. There are “only” 100 museums in the city. Whether you are passionate about arts, nature, science, history, architecture, music, craftsmanship, psychology and much more – Vienna has a museum for it. In addition, you can visit palaces, the zoo, an aquarium, parks and gardens, enjoy the Austrian world famous Apfelstrudel (Apple strudel), coffee houses and enjoy local cuisine – and it’s only just a bit of what’s possible to do.
Every evening there is a huge selection of concerts available – in the famous golden hall of the Musikverein (where the New Year’s concert takes place), in the Staatsoper (world’s famous opera house), in the Konzerthaus, Volksoper, Teater an der Wien and many other smaller halls for chamber music and recitals. All the best orchestras, soloists and conductors arrive regularly to Vienna and you’d be able to listen to them live.
Love to share your experiences with someone? Come with your friend!
The Intensive Masterclasses are offered for 1 or 2 flutists only, in order to be able to work as intensively every day with each flutist.
The ‘Duo Masterclass’ allows you to come together with your flutist friend and participate together. Each one of you will have a daily 30 minutes sound and technique class and 1.5 hours daily repertoire class and you’ll be able to watch the class of your friend.
The break with the homemade cake and coffee is of course happening as well. We’ll finish the day around 14:15 and the rest of the day will be free for you to enjoy Vienna.
Testimonials
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Firstly a huge thank you to Ory, his online warmup course was simply incredible! I’ve never before had such a significant improvement in my playing in so short a time.
Ory’s lessons were structured and organised with just a few simple and focused exercises which cover everything from tone, dynamics, intervals, note attacks and articulation. He has a way of explaining things that really resonated with me and which got me experiencing my airstream in a whole new way. And that was just on the first day!
Ory is an insightful and patient teacher and I ended each lesson feeling so inspired. Great to have the 3 lessons over 3 consecutive days, it really helps.
Over the 2 weeks since then, my embouchure has lost tension and gained flexibility each time I’ve practised and worked on the exercises which is so so motivating.
I can’t recommend Ory’s course highly enough, it’s great value for money and I can honestly say it’s the best investment I’ve made in my flute playing in a long time. 
Mike Gilbert
September 30, 2020 - Ory is an amazing teacher and notably very experienced. I had problems concerning especially my embouchure and posture that he was very quick to spot and correct. He helped me make many small adjustments in my playing that made me sound so much better and overcome challenges I had had for many years. I recommend Ory's lessons to any flute player, at any level. Thank you again! 🎵
Mar Saiz
August 7, 2022 - The intensive masterclass with Ory was exactly what I needed. In a very short time Ory guided me on how to find more focus and a richer color in my sound, and how to apply this focus on different techniques-staccato, piano, tuning of the high register, lengthening of phrases, and more. Ory is one of these rare cases of an excellent musician and flutist, who is also a fantastic teacher. The systematic set of exercises that he developed is highly effective and would benefit anyone in acquiring a full range of sound possibilities. The format of the intensive masterclass enables to really learn and transform in a very short time. I feel like I now have a new trajectory, and I look forward to implementing the new ideas into my performance.
(And also, the cake and coffee were delicious!)
Anat Nazarathy
February 17, 2020 - I had the pleasure to work with Ory Schneor for three days which was for me the right amount of time to get some new ideas and explore new aspects of my flute playing. After a master's degree in flute I started to feel a bit stuck in my own routine and was never a hundred percent happy with my sound when playing quiet phrases. Ory was the first teacher in years who instructed and encouraged me to change my embouchure which is probably one of the biggest challenges. After one week with the new routine I feel more comfortable than ever with my sound and notice significant improvements in my high register as well as tonguing. Best investment in myself, thank you Ory!
Mirjam Braun
September 3, 2019 - I just completed this excellent three day course. Ory Schneor's insightful instructions and comments during the course helped me right away. Through his clear demonstrations and intuitive comments, I felt a real physical change. My embouchure is so much more stable already and I am really looking forward to experimenting more and to working on these exercises with my own university students!
Andrea Kapell
January 10, 2021 - It is about a month since I had Ori's warm-up course, and I can say it has definitely "caught" and absorbed very well and fast. Sound gets more round and focused, dynamic range gets wider and easier to control, and other tools and "tricks" that are easy to use thanks to Ori's clear explanations and methods. highly recommended!
Nir Ovadya
October 4, 2021 - 3 días magníficos de master-class con Ory. Gran flautista y profesor, orienta los ejercicios directos a mejorar tanto la técnica del sonido como de la articulación. Se lo recomiendo a todo el mundo. Gracias Ory!!!
Elías Alonso
May 8, 2020 - I highly recommend FluteInWien intensive masterclass! During the three days of lesson Ory shared a lot of new exercises to help improve tone quality and the flexibility of the embouchure as well as lots of ideas on how to play the repertoire! Thank you Ory!
Donata Guglielmetti
June 2, 2023 - I was so excited by the opportunity to work with Ory. I have found his suggestions and guidance to be especially helpful for the orchestral flutist. I truly enjoyed trying many new ways of phrasing and articulating the excerpts. He is a patient teacher and is very good at explaining how to execute a new idea. He is very knowledgeable and easy to work with and I would recommend him to any flutist looking to try new ways to improve. I loved my 6 am lessons!
Joy Zalkind
November 5, 2024 - My purpose in going to Vienna for part of my Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship was to study with world-renowned flutist and educator Ory Schneor: FLUTEinWIEN His methods have been highly influential in my own teaching practice, and it was truly surreal and inspirational to meet and learn from him in a private intensive masterclass. For 5 days, 3 hours each day, we were able to dive deep into tone and warm-up exercises as well as several pieces. I was blown away by how much I was able to improve in such a short time. As the cherry on top (haha) we also enjoyed cheesecake, coffee, and conversation at the end of each day's session. 😋 I highly recommend my flute colleagues check him out, he has a ton of helpful resources!
Katie McDermitt
July 21, 2025
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