Flute Choir is a dynamic ensemble that brings together piccolo, C flute, and alto flutes to create a colorful, resonant sound while exploring an exciting range of repertoire—from Baroque masterworks to contemporary and popular arrangements. Designed for intermediate and advanced flutists, the ensemble focuses on developing refined ensemble skills such as tone blending, intonation, rhythmic precision, and musical interpretation. Students rehearse and perform in a supportive, creative environment that encourages artistic expression. Flute choir members will grow both as individual musicians and as part of a cohesive ensemble. The semester culminates in a public performance that connect the flute choir with campus and community audiences.
Faculty: Betty Douglas
Day/Time: Mondays 6:30–8pm
Age: advanced middle school–adult
Tuition: $200 (students must have their own instruments)
Prerequisite: 3+ years experience and/or private lessons
Beginner Youth Group Guitar Class
This class is an introduction to the instrument for the young beginner. The class will emphasize practical playing skills and fundamentals that can be mastered by the young person with growing hands. Foundational skills that can be mastered by the young are developed through graduated lessons in technique, reading, and playing as an ensemble. Students must provide their own instrument.
Faculty: Andrew Winner
Day/Time: Tuesdays, 4:15–5:15pm
Age: 9–14 years
Tuition: $300 per semester
Beginner Adult Group Guitar Class
No matter your age, it’s always the right time to learn to play guitar. This class is an introduction to the instrument for the very beginner and self-taught guitarist. The class will emphasize practical playing fundamentals that can be applied to any style of music with immediate skills for those wishing to learn more about the guitar. Familiar songs will be taught so that students learn foundational skills for any guitarist. These skills include chords and rhythms along with the development of reading, technique, and musicality. If you have the desire to learn, even if you think you have no “talent,” this is the class for you. Students must provide their own instrument.
Faculty: Andrew Winner
Day/Time: Tuesdays 5:30–6:30pm
Age: 18+ years
Tuition: $300 per semester
Adult Intermediate Steel Band
Ages: 18+ (high school students considered upon request)
Day/Time: Mondays, 7-8:30 p.m.
Location: Fine Arts Building 126
First Rehearsal: September 15, 2025
Price: $200 per semester
Teacher: Stan Ginn
Adult Intermediate Steel Band is for adults who have experience playing steel drums or musical experience that would translate easily. The band rehearses on Monday evenings from 7-8:30 p.m. Instruments provided.
Betty Douglas
Flute Choir Instructor
douglasb@nku.edu
Bio
Ms. Douglas is a dynamic and versatile performer with an extensive background in orchestral and chamber music. She served as the 3rd flute/piccolo with the Lexington Philharmonic for six years and as the 2nd flute with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra in South Carolina. Internationally, she has performed with orchestras in France and Austria. Locally, she plays with the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, Blue Ash Montgomery Symphony, and Richmond Symphony (IN). She also performed with the innovative chamber group, School House Symphony, for seven years. Renowned for her piccolo playing, Ms. Douglas is a winner of the National Flute Association’s Piccolo Competition. Her wind quintet, the Antares Quintet, was awarded a year-long NEA residency in Kansas, where they performed over 100 concerts.
In addition to her work at Northern Kentucky University, Ms. Douglas has taught at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, Morehead State University, Earlham College, Thomas More University, and the UC-CCM Preparatory Department. She has trained in Suzuki Pedagogy and maintains a substantial private studio. Ms. Douglas holds a Master of Music Degree from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and a Bachelor of Music from the State University of New York at Potsdam
Part-Time Faculty
Percussion, Steel Band
ginnw1@nku.edu
Bio
Stan Ginn is a drummer/percussionist in Cincinnati. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in percussion performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Since then, he has studied privately with teachers in New York City, San Francisco, and Havana, Cuba. He has performed and/or recorded with a wide variety of artists, including Louie Bellson, Mary Wilson and the Supremes, the Kentucky Symphony Orchestra, Pan Ramajay, Dr. Loco's Rockin' Jalapeño Band, Songo, Janet Pressley, Bailando Desnudo, Donna Summer, Monk, Phil Hawkins, the 4Track All-Stars, and many more. He can currently be seen with Phil Degreg's Brasilia, Dave Hawkins and Celtic Core, blues guitarist Noah Wotherspoon, and his groups Pancaribbean and Mambo Diablo.
In addition to his performance career, Stan has also been involved in music education for over 20 years, teaching private and group lessons and providing educational programs in schools. His current educational show is entitled Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, in which he teaches kids to drum on buckets, barrels, and car parts.
When not performing or teaching, Stan is usually hanging out with his lovely wife Kerry and their three amazing boys.
Andrew Winner
Guitar Classes Instructor
winnera1@nku.edu
Bio
Based in Cincinnati, OH, Matt Wiles is an in-demand acoustic, electric, and synth bassist performing throughout the United States.
Andrew Winner formerly held teaching positions simultaneously at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky and Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tennessee. He is the founder of and former co-owner of the Guitar Academy of Bowling Green: a music academy that continues to thrive and serves numerous students. He was also the founder of the guitar studies program at The Renaissance Center in Dickson, Tennessee a flourishing program that drew students from Nashville, Tennessee and the surrounding community. He is currently on the faculty of both Northern Kentucky University and Thomas More College.
In addition to teaching, Andrew Winner performs frequently. He is credited with numerous recitals, radio, and television appearances. He currently has two internationally released recordings. "An Italian Serenade" features Neapolitan and Italian folk songs newly arranged for concert guitar by Mr. Winner. "Spanish Pastorale" features recordings of all the Catalonian folks songs arranged by Miguel Llobet Solés and the suite "Platero y Yo" by Eduardo Sainz de la Maza. His recording is available on Amazon and Cdbaby.com or at iTunes and other popular music download sites.
