Welcome to another edition of Flute Friday! Whenever I am nervous prior to a performance or audition, the first thing to go is my sound. What was beautiful and crystal clear 24 hours ago suddenly turns into a strangled, airy, tense, cacophony of sound reminiscent of a dying cat. I typically leave the scene of the…

Welcome to this week’s edition of Flute Friday! Today’s topic is one that is near and dear to many a flute player’s heart: The famous (or infamous) flute blister. I have had several horrifying nightmares throughout my career as a flutist that the 20+ year old permanent bump at the bottom of my left hand…

Happy Friday! Those of you who have been following my blog may have noticed that new posts are typically added once or twice per month. Beginning with the below post, I will be coming out with new blogs once a week on Fridays. FLUTE FRIDAYS! Some will be longer, some will be short and sweet but…

As promised, the discussion below contains a character analysis of the opening Allegro from Mozart’s Concerto for Flute and Harp in C Major based on my workshop, “Opera without Words,” hosted at the Canadian Flute Association Convention in Toronto this past June. Thank you to all that attended this lecture and I sincerely hope its content…

Listening to music is difficult.  Most of us run our Pandora Radio stations on various electronic devices at home or work by selecting a few stations that we like, or ones that represent our present moods, and go about our business.  This is not “listening” to music.  This is creating a soundtrack for our daily…