Fanny Wyrick-Flax is an Alexander Technique teacher and flutist in New York City.
ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE
Fanny Wyrick-Flax, m.AmSAT, began studying the Alexander Technique in 2011 and completed her teacher certification in 2022. In private lessons and group classes, Fanny helps people to access efficiency, coordination, and confidence in their daily lives.
Drawing from her background as a conservatory-trained flutist, Fanny works with performing artists to address and prevent performance-related injuries, cultivate openness and curiosity in the practice room, and tap into balanced fluidity and resonance on stage.
Fanny attended the Riverside Initiative for the Alexander Technique, a three-year training course certified by the American Society for the Alexander Technique (AmSAT). She trained with Nanette Walsh, Lori Schiff, Caren Bayer, and Ariel Carson.
Fanny is a faculty member of The Juilliard School, where she teaches Alexander Technique courses for musicians in the College Division and in the Preparatory Division. Fanny also serves as Assistant Faculty at the Riverside Initiative for the Alexander Technique. She has given presentations, workshops, and masterclasses in the Alexander Technique at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, Pianophoria!, Washington Heights Youth Orchestra, and the Sapientia Center’s AT for All series. Fanny was also an Assistant Faculty member in Alexander Technique at Manhattan School of Music and at The Fordham Theatre Program.
Fanny teaches private lessons in Manhattan on the Upper West Side. For more information about private lessons or group classes, use the contact form below, or follow Fanny on Instagram: @fawylax.
upcoming events
FEBRUARY 27, 2025 11AM-12PM
New England Conservatory Keynotes Webinar Series — Intro to the Alexander Technique.
Location: Online (Zoom). More info and registration.
Note: Registration is limited to alumni of New England Conservatory. There is no registration fee for this event.
This webinar will provide strategies to help musicians address and prevent injury, practice more effectively, and manage oneself for career longevity. Participants will be able to identify unhelpful habits, make conscious choices in thought and movement, and apply principles of the Alexander Technique to their daily music practice. No previous experience in Alexander Technique required.
MARCH 3, 2025 6:30PM-8PM
AT For All at Sapientia Center — Playing with Ease: Injury Prevention for Musicians.
Location: 115 W 27th Street # 6F, NY, NY 10001. $5 suggested donation. Class size is limited to 15. More info and registration.
This class offers musicians practical tools to avoid injury, improve practice habits, and support a sustainable career. You’ll learn to recognize habits that may be holding you back, make intentional choices in how you think and move, and apply key ideas from the Alexander Technique directly to your music practice. Musicians of all levels are welcome—no prior experience with the Alexander Technique is needed. Please feel free to bring your instrument!
MARCH 30, 2025 2PM-2:45PM
2025 New York Flute Fair — Alexander Technique for Comfort, Coordination, and Confidence
Location: 132 E 78th Street, New York, NY. More info and updates.
Juilliard faculty member and flutist Fanny Wyrick-Flax, M.AmSAT, offers practical tools for flutists to avoid injury, improve practice habits, and support a sustainable career. Learn how Alexander Technique can help you to move, breathe, and play music with greater comfort, coordination, and confidence.
past group classes, presentations, and workshops
AT for All at Sapientia Center. Alexander Technique for Musicians. Previous class dates: 9/16/24, 3/18/24, 3/25/24, 7/27/23, 8/10/23, 8/3/23.
The Juilliard School Preparatory Division. Alexander Technique for Comfort, Coordination, and Confidence. 5-week elective course on Zoom for young music students ages 9-18. Offered Spring 2024.
Pianophoria! Music Festival. Introductory workshop and masterclass with adult amateur pianists participating in the Pianophoria! summer music festival. July 2024.
The Juilliard School Preparatory Division. Introductory presentations and instrument demonstrations for students, parents, and faculty of The Juilliard School’s Preparatory Division. January and February 2024.
Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Alexander Technique presentation for the undergraduate music department students at Mason Gross School of the Arts. Fall 2023.
Washington Heights Youth Orchestra at Orchestrating Dreams. Alexander Technique group classes for young music students ages 13-17 at Orchestrating Dreams. 4-week series. Fall 2023.
AT for All at Sapientia Center. Introduction to the Alexander Technique. Spring 2023.
MUSIC
Fanny has performed with top orchestras in the New York tristate area including the New Jersey Symphony, American Ballet Theatre, and American Symphony Orchestra. Fanny is the core flutist in Contemporaneous and has performed at MATA, Prototype, and Fringe Festivals. Her recording with harpist Hannah Lash of Matthew Barnson’s duo for flutes and harp, I Crossed the Samuel Beckett Bridge at Dusk, can be heard on Spotify.
Fanny earned bachelor’s degrees in flute performance and mathematics from Bard College, and a master’s degree in flute performance from New England Conservatory. Her principal flute teachers include Bart Feller, Tara Helen O’Connor, and Cynthia Meyers.
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