Welcome to another Flute Friday! Hope all of my Northwest readers are braving the rain and wind successfully. Stay safe! Today’s blog is the second posting in the Practice Blueprints series. This week I will be discussing the Poulenc Sonata (Available on Amazon.com: Sonata for Flute and Piano (Music Sales America)), a seminal work from…

Welcome to a new Flute Friday/Saturday! I would like to welcome all of my new Facebook friends and followers from music communities around the world to my blog. Hope you enjoy my weekly posts! I also invite all of my readers to check out my new Kindle mini-book, 101 Tips and Tidbits for the Aspiring…

I am very pleased to unveil my mini-book, 101 Tips and Tidbits for the Aspiring Classical Musician! Available now on Amazon for the very low/reasonable price of $0.99 USD. Based on my Twitter series, Dr. G’s Daily Flute Tips, this mini-book offers 101 inspirational ideas and short, easy suggestions to spark new creativity into your musical…

Welcome to another edition of Flute Friday. I’m actually posting this on a Friday, for a change! A few weeks ago I discussed auditioning tips for placement in school ensembles. By now most ensemble directors have assigned students to various parts for opening Fall semester concerts far and wide. What part did you land? Congratulations…

Welcome to another Flute Friday/Saturday.   I don’t know about you, but I have been feeling a bit sluggish and uninspired this week. Perhaps it is the summer coming to an end and the slight temperature changes in the evening wind. What I think I need is a few words to jump-start my own creative…