Dr. Cate Hummel
Cate Hummel founded Dr. Cate's Flute Camp in 2000.
She has large private studios in Naperville, Oswego, St.
Charles and Carpentersville, IL. Earning a
reputation as one of the most successful flute instructors in Chicagoland, every
year she has students who go on to be performance and music education majors at
music schools and universities in Illinois and around the country. She has
performed numerous times in the Chicago area including performances on the Dame
Myra Hess Series at the Cultural Center, Harold Washington Library Orpheus
Series, Fourth Presbyterian Church Lunchtime Concerts, and for the Musicians Club of
Women. As winner of the Artists International Young Artists Competition, she was
presented in a debut in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
Cate received her DMA and MM degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and BM
from the Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts.
Leighann Daihl
Leighann Daihl currently teaches and freelances on both
modern and historical flutes throughout the U.S. She recently spent 2009-2010 as
a Fulbright Scholar in the Netherlands studying Baroque flute at the Royal
Conservatory of The Hague with Wilbert Hazelzet. Before that, Ms. Daihl received
two master's degrees at the Jacob's School of Music at Indiana University, where
she studied modern and historical flutes, as well as earning her bachelor's
degree in flute from DePauw University. Ms. Daihl was also fortunate enough to
spend a year abroad intensely studying flute with the the renown pedagogue,
Trevor Wye. In addition to playing and teaching, Ms. Daihl is an advocate for
bringing early music to underprivileged communities throughout Southern Indiana
by coordinating the “Early Music in the Libraries Program” for the
non-for-profit group, Early Music in Motion.
Stefanie Lindsay
Stefanie Abderhalden is currently a graduate
student at Illinois State University studying Flute Performance. She is a
graduate assistant and student of Kim Risinger. Before attending ISU, she
studied with Cate Hummel. Stefanie earned her Music Education degree from ISU in
May of 2009. She is currently section leader of ISU’s Wind Symphony and Symphony
Orchestra and plays in various chamber groups as well. In 2011 Stefanie was
winner of Illinois State’s Band Concerto competition. In 2010 Stefanie was named
honorable mention in ISU’s Concerto-Aria competition as well as a 2nd
place winner in the Illinois Flute Society’s Ensemble competition. In 2008 she
was 3rd place winner of the Kentucky Flute Society’s Collegiate
competition. Stefanie has taught all ages and levels of flutists and has been a
private instructor at the Metcalf Music Academy and the Music Shoppe in Normal,
Illinois.
Laura Jelinek
Laura is a graduate of
Wartburg College in Waverly, IA where she received a Bachelor of Music
Education. She teaches middle school band in the Joliet
school district. She has played flute from a young age and
now performs with the Fox Valley Concert Band in Geneva, IL. She
currently studies flute with Cate Hummel. She is a member of MENC and the
National Flute Association and has an active flute studio both in
Joliet and
Naperville. She lives in Naperville with her dogs.
