The Flute Examiner’s collaboration with New York Women Composers Inc., featuring flute works of NYWC members (including free PDF perusal copies) has so…
When did you know that flute was THE instrument for you? What has your education as a flutist been like? When I was…
As musicians, we sometimes become so focused on details that we fail to honor the overarching shape of a phrase or the entire…
When asked by Nina Assimakopoulos to write a short piece for flute inspired by literature, my attention turned to the many depictions of…
We are bombarded daily with social media presence. This is both a blessing and a curse in so many different ways. One thing…
The Flute Examiner’s collaboration with New York Women Composers Inc., featuring flute works of NYWC members (including free PDF perusal copies) has so…
When asked by Nina Assimakopoulos to write a short piece for flute inspired by literature, my attention turned to the many depictions of…
Iwa Ni is a flute solo which can be performed either with electronics (fixed media) or unaccompanied. It includes some extended techniques—glissando, harmonics,…
Emerald Fields is a 6:15 minute piece for flute and piano with three sections that flow together but work well as separate, individual…
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…
Many of us have been in the situation where we realize that it is time to upgrade our flutes and we make the…
Here we are, starting to see the leaves change again and digging for the sweatshirts in the back of the closet. I got…
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…
Getting started on the lower flutes can be a daunting task at first. They are larger, heavier, and awkward to hold. They respond…
There comes a time when we all start to wonder if our headjoint is starting to fail us or is ceasing to be…