Flute Teachers Carrie Rose and Melissa Lindon Make Camp Fun
![Flute-a-rama teachers Melissa and Carrie](https://www.flute-a-rama.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Flute-a-rama-Melissa-and-Carrie-MHPC2019.jpg)
Melissa Lindon and Carrie Rose are expert flute teachers in Takoma Park / Silver Spring Maryland, in the Washington, DC area. They nurture students’ love for music through private flute lessons and flute camp, and also perform widely throughout the area.
![Melissa Lindon Flute-a-rama flute camp co-director](https://www.flute-a-rama.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Melissa-headshot-207-color-crop-150x150.jpg)
Melissa Lindon is passionate about inspiring students of all ages and levels to fulfill their potential. With over 25 years’ teaching experience, she serves on the flute faculties of Washington Adventist University and Howard Community College, and teaches private flute and piano lessons in Takoma Park. An active freelancer in the DC area, she is flutist and founder of the Patagonia Winds (wind quintet). She holds Flute Performance degrees from Boston University (MMus, BMus) and Southern Methodist University (A.C.) and is also a certified yoga teacher (E-RYT500) who enjoys leading “Yoga for Musicians” workshops.
![Flute-a-rama co-director Carrie Rose](https://www.flute-a-rama.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Carrie-headshot-9226-crop-150x150.jpg)
Carrie Rose, flutist and composer, has been teaching for over 20 years, and has a thriving private flute studio in Takoma Park. Diverse musical pursuits include freelancing with regional orchestras, grooving for folk dances, and wailing out avant-garde chamber music in the flute collective, inHALE. She produces the Origins Concert Series (a hub for adventurous music-seekers), has received numerous grants for her performing and composing from the State of Maryland and Montgomery County, and in DC’s City Paper, she was named a “favorite local composer.” Rose earned Master and Bachelor of Music degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music.
![Flute-a-rama co-director Melissa Lindon conducts Takoma Park students in dress rehearsal](https://www.flute-a-rama.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_5162-scaled-e1609775329379.jpg)
![Carrie Rose teaches extended techniques to Howard County middle school flute camp students](https://www.flute-a-rama.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20190722_112749-scaled-e1609775214721.jpg)
![students wearing Flute-a-rama camp t-shirts pose with fruit and llama mascots](https://www.flute-a-rama.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/HS-2022-0624_140908-crop-3-students-1.jpg)
![Howard County students bend knees and watch as Carrie Rose teaches creative movement](https://www.flute-a-rama.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/20190722_092406-scaled-e1609775385989.jpg)
![Takoma Park Flute-a-rama flute camp students rest on the floor as teacher Melissa Lindon guides yoga Nidra relaxation practice](https://www.flute-a-rama.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_5160-scaled-e1609715133582.jpg)