-
Greetings and welcome to belated Flute Friday/Sunday. One of the pain points that many of us teachers face is how to encourage our students to practice regularly. Unlike other extracurricular activities such as soccer and gymnastics, learning a musical instrument involves a lot of individual focus time, often away from friends and family (save the…
-
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…
Flute Friday Blog Series
1–2 minutes
Rachel Taylor Geier 
Leave a comment