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Sitting Down with Erin Spencer
This month, I had the pleasure of sitting down with up and coming composer, arranger, and conductor, Erin Spencer. The first time I…
A Love Note
After thirty years of teaching lessons, I have come to a realization: it’s easy to teach children. When we must start with just…
Stuck in the Comfort Zone?
I recently attended the Association for Body Mapping Education’s professional conference in Portland, OR where the keynote speaker was Ann Baltz (https://www.annbaltz.com) of…
Piccolo Lessons – Teaching Woodwind Doublers
Lessons are always a good idea, especially when it involves an instrument you are not as comfortable playing. For those of us who…
Vicious to Virtuous: On Creating Better Practice Cycles
There’s a little sign that I love on my office door. I’m not sure how often students or passersby read it when they…
NYWC Marilyn Bliss’s “Flocks” for flute quartet
Program Notes for The Flute Examiner “Flocks” for flute quartet (3 flutes, 2 doubling piccolo, 1 alto flute) by Marilyn Bliss I believe…
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NYWC Marilyn Bliss’s “Flocks” for flute quartet
Program Notes for The Flute Examiner “Flocks” for flute quartet (3 flutes, 2 doubling piccolo, 1 alto flute) by Marilyn Bliss I believe…
NYWC – Svjetlana Bukvich
‘Unraveling the Linear’ explores our relationship with time and moment-to-moment perception. But it may be an illusion, a result of complex interactions in…
NYWC – Niloufar Nourbakhsh
“A Shared Solitary” for alto flute and electronics by Niloufar Nourbakhsh A shared solitary was commissioned by Library of Congress for violinist Jannina…
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Program Notes “Conversations Continued” for alto flute and clarinet by Faye-Ellen SilvermanWhen Voices of Change, a contemporary music group in Dallas, chose to…
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Piccolo Lessons – Teaching Woodwind Doublers
Lessons are always a good idea, especially when it involves an instrument you are not as comfortable playing. For those of us who…
Playing Softly on the Piccolo
Playing softly AND playing in tune on the piccolo go hand in hand. One important thing to remember is that the wooden piccolo…
Farming the Dream – Social Media Piccolo Shopping
I have had a blast sharing my journey to my custom piccolo order with all of our readers. Shopping for an instrument is…
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Removing the Mask: A Flutist’s Journey on the Spectrum
In our society, being neurodivergent is sort of frowned upon because the classical music world at large expects us to fit into the…
From Stick To Picc: An Interview With Adam Pettry
It has been six years since our last interview with Adam Pettry when he shared with us that he was going to start…
Being an Artist in Classical Music: A Conversation with Timothy Hagen
Keith had a chance to sit down with Timothy Hagen to discuss what being an artist in Classical music means and the many…