Flute and Piano Lessons

Private Lesson Rates
Beginner flute or piano lessons for children - $50 for 30 minutes weekly
Combined flute + piano lessons for children - $75 for 45 minutes weekly
Beginner~Intermediate flute or piano lessons for teenagers & adults - $100 for 60 minutes every two weeks
Advanced flute lessons for teenagers & adults - $100 for 60 minutes weekly
(Invoices are sent at the beginning of every month via Square and may be paid via credit card or bank account.)
Times & Location
Mondays/Tuesdays/Wednesdays/Thursdays from 2pm-8:30pm
Moving to Miramar Ave., Berkeley CA in May 2025

Please note: Sujatha’s teaching studio is almost full on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and most new students will be scheduled on Mondays. If you are interested in a trial lesson, contact Sujatha via the contact page, email her at music@sujathamaheshwari.com,
or call 510 501 2214. Thank you!
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Reviews from students & parents
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“My daughter (age 9) has been learning flute and piano from Sujatha for the last several months and she loves her lessons! She looks forward to seeing Sujatha every week and doesn't even complain about practicing :) Sujatha is very kind and patient and has a wonderful energy that my daughter responds to. She seems to really enjoy teaching, which makes all the difference. She also invited us to her recent concert so we got to hear her play and my daughter loved it and was very inspired! I highly recommend Sujatha.”
~ Chloe D.

”I studied flute as a boy and took it up a couple times again as an adult. Encouraged by a concert flutist friend this year, I took up the instrument again. Buying a better instrument helped a lot, but I soon hit a wall with my amateur technique, and I discovered that Sujatha was teaching nearby in Berkeley. What an extraordinary stroke of luck that was, as Sujatha is by far the best music teacher I've ever had. My flute playing is now growing in leaps and bounds. I am now learning quickly (and unlearning bad habits), and am inspired to practice a half-hour to hour every day. Sujatha's lessons are joyful, enthusiastic, fast-paced, and targeted to just what I need. Despite my amateur abilities, she treats my musical aspirations with deep respect, and challenges me right to the edge of what I'm capable of each week, so that my playing abilities swiftly grow. I'm now able to sight read music--at least on a basic level--and am learning things I never learned from any music teacher before about the phrasing and expression of music (not just the basics of getting the notes and tempo correct). Sujatha herself is an extraordinarily skilled musician, conservatory-trained, who performs regularly in the Bay Area. She studies with her own master teacher, and passes on those insights to her students. I recommend Sujatha highly for anyone who wants to discover the joy of music, and to grow their musical abilities with a joyful, exuberant soul.”
~ Scott S.

A little about Sujatha
& her teaching philosophy …

Sujatha is a flutist whose musical exploration began with the piano at the age of 7. In her early 20s she studied with renowned flutist Paula Robison at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, where she received a Bachelor of Music in Classical Flute Performance. Years later she discovered her voice as an improvisational artist. A child of Indian immigrants, she was immersed in the sounds of Indian music from a young age, which has greatly influenced the way she hears and relates to music. She now blends a variety of sounds and forms in her unique style. In 2024 she released her second album of original compositions and improvisations entitled The Great Intimacy, produced by Christopher Krotky. Sujatha performs regularly with her world music ensemble Transparent Radiance in and around the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
As a music instructor, Sujatha works with adults and children ages 7 and up.  She teaches flute, piano, improvisation. Her approach focuses on drawing out the student’s innate creativity as she guides them to follow the joyful flow of artistic movement. She loves working with beginners who are picking up an instrument for the first time, with seasoned musicians who are desiring to deepen their craft, and with students at all skill levels who love playing music. Sujatha tunes into each student’s musical interests and passions and guides them to be able to express themselves through music. During this process, students will learn the foundations of the instrument, how to read and interpret music, and how to work with scales and chords to compose and improvise their own music.