JD: How did music enter your world, and what brought you to music as a career? JM: My parents put me in early…
Well, it is summer and many music departments are on break for a little while. Soon enough, the melodious sounds will start resonating…
Jane Leslie’s composition “Dune Beach” was inspired by a beautiful beach on Long Island, New York. The piece has a sweet, expressive melody…
Jane Leslie’s composition “Dune Beach” was inspired by a beautiful beach on Long Island, New York. The piece has a sweet, expressive melody…
This is the first piece I composed for my friend and colleague, flutist Andrew Bolotowsky. He is the bluebird. The piano accompaniment is…
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…
Well, it is summer and many music departments are on break for a little while. Soon enough, the melodious sounds will start resonating…
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…