"Nicolas is a precious gem. He is a flutist on the international stage, and a wonderful, effective and deeply caring flute and music teacher. Nico is passionate about starting flute students out right. He is equally passionate about instructing very talented flutists effectively. Nico says that in reality only an advanced flutist can adequately instruct any flute student regardless of a student’s stage of learning. Nico says that playing the flute has a thousand subtleties. A constant challenge for the flute instructor is observing when previous items of mastery slip and repeatedly and tactfully correcting these slippages while keeping the student in good humor and moving forward. Also he says, a student must be shown a path forward; a goal and goals to reach. The goals are bit different for each student. The instructor must see and provide this vision for the students learning and progress. When all of this and more is consistently done, almost any inspired student can thrive and move forward quickly. When it is not, the student loses interest and cannot see why their feelings toward the instrument and music have changed." Jerry Porter