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Musings: An Interview with Cristina Ballatori
Interview by Diane Boyd Schultz What was your early musical training like? My musical training officially began in my public-school band program in…
A Tale from the Dining Room
When I arrived to teach make up lessons last week at the Oberlin Community Music School, I found the driveway blocked with trucks,…
“Moon Full, Tide Low” for Alto Flute by Hilary Tann
The piece was completed in 2020 at the request of the Royal Academy of Music as part of the run-up to the 200th-year…
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“Moon Full, Tide Low” for Alto Flute by Hilary Tann
The piece was completed in 2020 at the request of the Royal Academy of Music as part of the run-up to the 200th-year…
“Prelude” for flute solo by Mary Ann Joyce
In Prelude, the poet John Millington Synge (1871-1909) takes us away not only from the City with all its noise, chatter and chaos,…
“Moon’s Mourning” for alto flute and bodhran by Alla Borzova
“Moon’s Mourning”, for alto flute and bodhran, is a dramatic climax of a 30-minute fairy tale The Animal That Drank Up Sound (music…
“Birds” for flute quartet (Piccolo, Flute 1, Flute 2, Flute 3/Bass Flute, Alto Flute) by Catherine Neville
Inspired by backyard sounds and the music of Messiaen, this work uses pan-diatonicism and atonal counterpoint to evoke birds in flight, singing separately…
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Beginning Piccolo – Learning to Walk Before You Run
Well, it is summer and many music departments are on break for a little while. Soon enough, the melodious sounds will start resonating…
Pieces And Parts – A Piccolo COA
Intro from Jessica: Keith does amazing work on instruments, so when it’s time for my piccolo’s annual COA, there’s nobody else I’d take…
I Found A New Flute! Now What?
Many of us have been in the situation where we realize that it is time to upgrade our flutes and we make the…
An Ounce of Prevention
Here we are, starting to see the leaves change again and digging for the sweatshirts in the back of the closet. I got…
It’s All In Your Head – Part II
I recently had a dear friend’s piccolo on my bench for an overhaul. It was a well-loved older Haynes piccolo. When an instrument…
All About That Bass…and Alto
Getting started on the lower flutes can be a daunting task at first. They are larger, heavier, and awkward to hold. They respond…