Greetings and welcome to a new Flute Friday. This is a very difficult time for many musicians. Orchestras around the World have canceled the reminder of their concert seasons, with little uncertainty about next year’s season. Performing has now turned to electronic means through videos and other streaming services. We long for the stage. We…

Greetings and welcome to a new Flute Friday. Several years ago, I was reading through Madeline Bruser’s book, The Art of Practicing; A Guide to Making Music from the Heart, and was intrigued by her discussion on the various ways to adapt instruments to our own individual practicing needs. It is true – No two…

Greetings and welcome to a new Flute Friday! Be sure to check out your flute horoscopes for February on The Flute View webpage. There is a Full Moon this weekend! Find out what this means for your flute playing here: https://thefluteview.com/2020/02/dr-gs-flute-horoscopes-february-2020/ This week’s blog post will be a bit more reflective than instructive. In an…

As some of you may know, I have spent the past several months working on a book. While my writing and transcription skills have improved tenfold, my flute playing has unfortunately fallen into a sad state of neglect. One of my New Years’ Resolutions for 2020 is to get back into proper flute playing shape!…

Happy Friday! I’m baaaaack. One of my New Year’s Resolutions for 2020 is to get back on my Flute Friday game. I may not post EVERY Friday, but in the coming weeks I will have short (or not so short) posts covering various topics relating to performing, teaching, repertoire, new products, and general fluting tips…