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…

Greetings and welcome to a new Flute Friday! Earlier this week I was reminded of the importance of hashtags on our social media posts. Hashtags, ex. “#abcbef,” (for those living under a rock) are short, succinct ways to connect a post on a social media platform (like Instagram, Facebook, and TicTok) with a group of…

Greetings and welcome to a new Flute Friday! Today we have a guest blog by the fabulous Cynthia Ali on the practice of Qigong. Learn more about Qigong, including a wonderful meditation exercise, below. Enjoy! Happy Fluting! CULTIVATE JOY IN YOUR FLUTE PLAYING With SPRING FOREST QIGONG Have you lost the joy and first love…

Greetings and welcome to a new Flute Friday! I have been participating in the Flute 360 Accelerator Group, hosted by the fabulous Heidi Kay Begay (check out her awesome Flute 360 Podcast series here: https://heidikaybegay.com/?fbclid=IwAR35nrhTjyDRPbNi-QobX7mdN4qEAP2W0hSH83RFvfZJlJTsfXvbOQJmbZ0 ). This has been a great opportunity to connect with flutists from all over the globe to discuss some of…