Greetings and welcome to a new Flute Friday! While I was at the National Flute Association Convention this year, I noticed something rather interesting about the way flutists introduced themselves to each other. Many of us tend to use two major things as descriptive calling cards that only folks in the flutist community would understand:…

Greetings and welcome to a new Flute Friday! Happy September! As we dive head-first into a new school year (with Iced Pumpkin-Spiced Lattes in hand, of course), many of us will be welcoming new students into our flute studios. Some of these students may be sporting shiny new instruments while others may be borrowing their…

Greetings from Phoenix! Welcome to a new Flute Friday from the 2023 National Flute Convention! Two days in and there are still so many more concerts, lecturers, and reading sessions left to attend! As we battle the scorching summer heat walking between our respective hotels and the Convention Center, many of us eventually find ourselves…

Greetings and welcome to a new Flute Friday! The annual National Flute Association Convention is next week and many of us will be making our way to the scorching summer heat in Phoenix to perform, collaborate, and share our love of the flute with our fellow flutists. A conference can be a great time to…

Greetings and welcome to a new Flute Friday! Have you ever felt like you were in over your head? Maybe you landed a great chair position in a super awesome orchestra but found yourself totally doubting your own flute playing at the first rehearsal. Maybe you made a few mistakes out of nervousness. Was your…