Lydia Chinchilla
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Insurance Check: Not ProvidedLydia Chinchilla is a freelance, private flute instructor and educator in the Northern Colorado area. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance from the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Jennie Brown. Her studies have al…
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About Lydia Chinchilla
Lydia Chinchilla is a freelance, private flute instructor and educator in the Northern Colorado area. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance from the Wheaton College Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Jennie Brown. Her studies have also included notable teachers such as Marie Tachouet (Principal, Lyric Opera Orchestra) and Susan Levitin.
In addition to her studies, Lydia has performed in various competitions and won numerous awards and music scholarships. In 2023, she performed as a finalist in the MasterWorks Festival Concerto Competition. In 2023, she was also awarded the Stella Russell Scholarship; a scholarship awarded to an exceptionally “talented and deserving student in music,” as decided by Conservatory faculty. After an outstanding audition performance in the first round of the 2022 Crescendo International Competition, she was selected to perform at Carnegie Hall. In 2021, she won the Winds and Percussion category of the Wheaton College Conservatory Concerto Competition, where she performed Carl Reinecke’s Ballade with the Wheaton College Symphony Orchestra.
As a teacher, Lydia believes in the importance of music education in shaping and creating the whole person. Thus, she hopes to encourage and promote in her students a keenness to not give up but find the positive and fulfilling side of learning music.
To balance her teaching and performance, Lydia cycles competitively and has won numerous awards. When not playing the flute or cycling, she enjoys trying new things, writing in her journal, baking (in particular yeast breads), cooking, and spending time with her family
Lesson prices
1. Private study is a professional arrangement between teacher and student. As such, students assume full responsibility for weekly appointments as they would for classes. A minimum of a 24 hours’ notice must be communicated prior to cancellation in order for a student to qualify for a make-up lesson. In such instances, additional appointments will be offered as schedule permits. In the case of emergency or illness, every attempt will be made to reschedule a lesson. Should the teacher need to cancel a lesson, they will always offer a time to make up the missed time.
2. Students are expected and required to be at every scheduled lesson. Lessons missed without any prior notification, as well as last-minute cancellations will not be made up and will be paid in full. Similarly, late arrivals over 10 minutes will be forfeited and will be paid in full.
3. Make-up lessons will be made in the following circumstances: if the student needs to cancel and a minimum of 24 hours’ notice is given, the teacher needs to cancel, or an unavoidable family emergency happens under 24 hours. All other circumstances will not be granted a makeup lesson.