Greetings and welcome to a new Flute Friday/Saturday. I mention summer masterclasses periodically in my monthly flute horoscopes (published in The Flute View Magazine) and was inspired this week to compile a list of summer music opportunities for the upcoming masterclass season. When I began researching for today’s blog, however, I assumed for sure that…

Greetings and welcome to a new Flute Friday/Sunday. Happy full moon/April fools/Easter weekend! My husband and I are Disney fanatics. There is seldom a weekend that goes by that we do not find ourselves in front of the television watching one of the classics. A few weekends ago, we were watching Bambi (a traditional Disney…

Greetings and welcome to a new Flute Friday/Saturday. Be sure to check out The Flute View this month to catch my short article on Astrology and the Flute and to check your Flute Horoscopes for March http://thefluteview.com/ . In the spirit of the flute and astrology, today’s blog features a look into the practice habits…

Apologies for the absence of Flute Friday these past couple of weeks. I have been under the weather lately and avoiding all non-critical responsibilities. But today I am back and ready to share my thoughts with the internet world. Last weekend I saw a remarkable film that brought me back to the days when I…

Greetings and welcome to a new Flute Friday/Sunday. I once attended a wonderful presentation by John Barcellona at an NFA convention regarding pitch tendencies on the flute that completely changed the way I approached tuning to other instruments. The flute is constructed in a way that leads certain notes to naturally fall sharp and others…