Fall 2023

Instructor: Melvin Lauf
Meeting Time: Mondays, 6:30-7:30 p.m. - set up and supervised warm up time begins at 6 pm
Location: Diehn FPA, Room 1101
Dates: October 16 - December 11 (9 weeks)
Price: $225 plus $50 fee for school class instrument usage.
CEU Credit: .9 units

Registration Begins: September 1, 2023

Cancellation

To withdraw from a course you must send a request in writing to oducmd@odu.edu or call 757-683-4075 one business day prior to the start date of the course. Failure to attend a course does not constitute withdrawal. Course registration fees, less a $25 processing fee will be refunded via check per Old Dominion University policy (we are unable to return money to a debit or credit card). There are no refunds once the class has begun.

Instructor

Melvin Lauf, Jr. an Ohio native, is a graduate of The Armed Forces School of Music. During his first tour in the U.S. Army, he was stationed with the 113th Army Band "Dragoons" at Fort Knox, Kentucky. He spent the rest of his military service as a fife instrumentalist with "The Old Guard" Fife and Drum Corps, Fort Myer, Virginia in the greater DC area.

Separate from his military career, Lauf has written works for various ensembles, most notably for the flute and flute ensembles. He is currently retired from the military living in Newport News, Virginia and is an active flutist, piccoloist, and harpist in addition to running his company, FLUTE.NET Publications. Mevlin taught woodwinds, trumpet, and harp at the Liberty Academy of the Arts in Hampton, Virginia.

He currently plays harp with the Hampton Roads Philharmonic, piccolo and harp with the Chesapeake Bay Wind Ensemble, and piccolo and assistant conductor with the Peninsula Concert Band.

Lauf's works are published by Nourse Wind Publications, ZAXSTON Press, and FLUTE.NET Publications.