• Greetings and welcome to a new Flute Friday! This is the time of year when high school and college students typically begin receiving decision notices from colleges. Whether it is entry into a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Doctoral program, the anxiety of not yet knowing who you will be studying with in the Fall is no…


  • Greetings and welcome to a brand new, yet super belated, Flute Friday/Monday. It’s been a while. I know. I have been dealing with a lot behind the scenes lately. Overwhelmed is an understatement. Depressed is not far off. My health has been garbage and my attitude has been worse. Today, however, I have been trying…


  • Greetings and welcome to a new Flute Friday! I’ve discussed perfectionism a lot on this platform in several past blog posts. Performing musicians are often tasked with somehow achieving excellence/near perfection in our performances, whether that objective is self-imposed or demanded by a conductor or well-meaning teacher. On the path to perfection (which, let’s be…


  • Greetings and welcome new a new, yet belated, Flute “Friday.” I had a completely different topic planned for this week until I attended a meeting yesterday where we discussed how best to prepare for grad school interviews. I was reminded that my experience outside of music at a day job in HR, coupled with my…


  • Greetings and welcome to a new Flute Friday! Some of you may have noticed that I vanished from the internet for the past several weeks. The holiday chaos and a nasty cough (that lasted over a month!) forced me to take a step back and focus on healing and reflection. My own body begged me…


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