Elise Kress has been a professional flute player and singer for over 25 years. Elise's concert appearances include performances at the Kennedy Center, Strathmore Hall, the Philadelphia Folk Festival, the Birchmere, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. She has studied Irish flute with Chris Norman, Cathal McConnell, and Kevin Crawford, and classical flute with Penelope Fischer, former president of the National Flute Association. Elise's recording with the band MoonFire, Past, Present and Future, won Best Celtic Album of the Year.

Students at all levels are welcome. Please visit her website at www.celticweddingmusic.com for sound samples.

Private lessons are $55 per hour, and are held in Alexandria, VA. Please call (301)270-9090 or contact the lessons coordinator by email.