Danilo Mezzadri’s New Perspectives on Practice: The Spider Log
Introduction I have logged my flute studies since 1993, when I stared traveling to take private lessons and participate in music festivals. After…
Field Trip: “About Vibrato” with Troy Paolantonio
Hi Flutists! Ai Goldsmith and the Flute Examiner go on a field trip to meet Troy Paolantonio and get a lowdown on how…
Being In Tune Or Playing In Tune?
Don’t lose your temper, make cents of the situation. As piccolo players, we regularly face the stigmas associated with the piccolo specifically those…
The J Trick for Releasing Tension
Hello Flutists! This video demonstrates an imagery used for releasing chest tension while playing the flute, which renders the tone more resonant. This…
“Organizing” Your Students: 3 Ideas + .pdf Freebie
Organization… is relative. After spending days thinking about how to guide my students to be “organized,” I concluded the issues were not my students.…
Naomi Seidman’s 4 Takeaways from Master Teacher Keith Underwood
Flutist Keith Underwood was recently a guest artist at The Pennsylvania State University campus in University Park, PA. While on campus, he gave…
Areon Flutes: Team Teaching Chamber Music
Areon Flutes, now in their 12th season, is gearing up for their third album release, Thrive, out on Innova Records this month. Core…
Rhythms That Stick
“Rhythms that Stick” demonstrates how to make sticky notes into moveable, stick-able rhythm teaching tool. The sticky notes (literally) can be used to…
4 Questions for Whitney Kelley: The Suzuki Method, Advanced Topics for Beginners, and More
What methods do you use to teach sound production? Because the majority of my beginner students are young (middle school and younger), I…
