Anyone who has experienced stage fright of any kind knows just how difficult it is to control the panic when the pressure is on.  It is even trickier to understand exactly what is happening to you physically that is preventing you from giving your most optimum performance.  How do we measure our reactions to the stress of…

This will be the first in a series of regular posts introducing contemporary, and not so contemporary, flute artists to my blog community.  Each post will contain a snippet from the performer’s biography, a YouTube clip cataloging a significant performance from the artist’s career, basic historical background of the works performed in each clip and…

This video is just to remind all of you that playing the flute does not always have to be serious. Music is supposed to be fun.

In the classical music world there seems to be an overarching emphasis placed on what is “correct” and what is “incorrect.”  We tend to categorize notes as being “too short” or “too long” or “too sharp” or “too flat” and the list goes on and on.  Are we searching for perfection?  Does music have to…

Sometimes all you need are a few insightful words of wisdom. The following is a list of one liners from various presentations held last weekend at the National Flute Association Convention in New Orleans, LA.  I hope they provide you with as much inspiration as they have me. “Small changes during practice make a huge…