Hi! I’m Tori.
I believe music is the perfect blend of athleticism and art. We hone the smallest muscles in the hands, fingers, and face (embouchure). And we dissect the printed music and listen to recordings all to create a beautiful performance that evokes emotion and moves the audience. I bring both to my performance as a professional flutist and my work as a flute teacher.
MY JOURNEY
THE EARLY YEARS
I began playing the flute at age 7. My first flute teacher became my role model and inspired me to be not just a flutist, but also a well-rounded, kind human. I fell in love with the flute. Even though I tried other instruments like the piano, oboe, organ, and the bagpipes(!), the flute remained a constant in my life.
HIGH SCHOOL & COLLEGE
By the time I reached high school I knew I wanted to continue studying through college and become a professional performer. I spent four years at the University of Arizona learning how to take my playing to the next level. After graduation, I moved to Florida to study for my masters degree at Lynn Conservatory.
The Bay Area
I came to study at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where I found my home, both culturally and musically. The Bay Area is where I decided to make my home because of the many opportunities to perform (symphonies, chamber music, and solo performance), the beautiful nature available all around, and the cultural acceptance and openness to different people, beliefs, and ways of being.
It’s here that I started my teaching journey. During my first year, I saw my students’ faces light up when they mastered a piece or learned a new way of making an embouchure. I knew that this is something I wanted to keep doing. I am learning everyday and helping students of all ages make music.
In my spare time, I love making macrame, gardening, reading, playing with my three cats (Beemo, Nugget, and Taco) and hiking all over California with my partner, Jacqui.
OFFICIAL BIO
Flutist Victoria “Tori” Hauk loves exploring the beauty of music through collaboration with fellow Bay Area musicians and by sharing it with the next generation of musicians through coaching and teaching.
She is an avid chamber musician and can be seen performing with groups including: Avenue Winds, One Found Sound, Areon Flutes, and Nomad Session.
Orchestras she has worked with include: Marin Symphony, Vallejo Festival Orchestra, Napa Valley Festival, Midsummer Mozart Festival, Berkeley Symphony, California Symphony, Stockton Symphony, Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, and New World Symphony.
She maintains an active private teaching studio and also teaches at San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s Pre-College Division and California State University, East Bay.
She is the winner of the National Flute Association’s 2022 Convention Performers Competition, University of Arizona President’s Concerto Competition and Arizona Flute Society Competition and is an award winner of the Musical Merit Foundation of Greater San Diego, MTNA Southwest Regional Competition, San Diego Flute Guild Young Artist Competition and has received the Presser Foundation Award.
She received her professional studies diploma at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music studying with Tim Day, her master’s degree in music at Lynn Conservatory studying with Jeffrey Khaner and Renée Siebert, and her bachelor’s degree in music at the University of Arizona studying with Brian Luce.
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