Helping you become the musician you aspire to be.
As a flutist, music educator, and somatic educator, I am passionate about helping students and musicians discover their expressive potential through performing, teaching and movement.
Body Mapping Lesson
Body Mapping for Musicians
- Learn how your body is designed for optimum musical performance
- Experience comfort and ease
- Reduce limitations, pain and injury
Ruth Kasckow knows from her own experience how easy it is for musicians to experience tension, pain and injury. She is committed to helping musicians learn how to play with ease and comfort with Body Mapping. Find out how you can learn how to play without pain and and enhanced expression.
“When I attended a recent workshop that Ruth presented, I was impressed with her clear and succinct manner of communicating the important points of Body Mapping as it related to flute playing. She was very organized and worked with the students in a kind and informative way.”
Flute Instruction
- Flute lessons for all ages and levels
- Specializing in individualized, customized lessons to fit the needs and wants of the student
- Many opportunities for students to progress through recitals, workshops, MTAC Certificate of Merit, competitions and outside opportunities
Ruth Kasckow knows that students are best served by a professional, skilled and sensitive teacher. Ruth has been teaching for over 30 years in her private at home studio and at other music schools. She attends to each student as an individual and designs the best curriculum for student's success.
“As a student, I find that Ruth “gets me”. She knows how to motivate and inspire me, and respects my learning style. She challenges me to be the best musician I can be while still respecting my busy schedule. My lesson with her each week is something I always look forward to. ”
“Under Ruth’s tutelage over the course of the past several years, my daughter has grown significantly as a musician. Ruth is kind, patient and completely dedicated to her craft. She provides her students with opportunities to challenge themselves in the Certificate of Merit program and to collaborate with other flautists. My daughter’s flute lesson is something she looks forward to each week. Ruth provides my daughter with training, advice and inspiration in a most patient manner, for which I am most grateful. ”
Student Flute Recital
Performance
Ruth Kasckow plays flute, piccolo and alto flute in a number of groups. She has performed with Opera a la Carte, Santa Monica Symphony, Orquesta mexicana de la juventud, and Burbank Symphony. She is currently principal flutist with LCPC Orchestra. She plays regularly with the Pasadena Presbyterian Music at Noon series. She is equally comfortable in an orchestra, solo recital and chamber music setting.
Ruth currently performs in chamber music groups of different combinations including flute, piano, bass and drums; flute, viola and viola; flute and piano; and flute ensembles. Please contact Ruth if you are interested in music for your event or concert.
CDs and Books
- Chinese Folk Song Suite for flute quartet
- The Flute Duet Practice Book 1 and The Flute Duet Practice Book 2
- French Impressions for flute and piano CD
- German Expressions for flute and piano CD
Ruth Kasckow composed and self-published Chinese Folk Song Suite for flute quartet at the request of the La Canada High School band for their trip to China. Ruth composed The Flute Duet Practice Books 1 and 2 for students to make playing scales, arpeggios and thirds more fun. All three books are available for sale at Fluteworld.com.
Ruth's two CDs are a compendium of music for flute alone and flute and piano composed by French and German composers. Her collaborative pianist is Christopher Brennan. Both CDs are available on CD Baby.
