Greetings and welcome to a new Flute Friday. I recently purchased a brand spanking new alto flute and was inspired today to look into pieces written specifically for the instrument as stand alone recital works. I am planning an upcoming recital and wish to showcase my new purchase as well as program something a bit…

Greetings and welcome to a new Flute Friday. Today’s post is about facing the truth. So often in our world we are taught that the show must go on, even if the proverbial train is on fire and heading quickly off a deep, rocky cliff. We slap on a smile and pretend everything is perfect…

Greetings and welcome to a belated, but new, Flute Friday/Saturday! It has been a hot minute since I discussed the astrological traits of a famous flutists. Today’s blog is not about your typically flutist.. But that is what makes it fun, interesting, relevant, and just plain AWESOME. Today I am talking about Lizzo! Whether or…

Greetings and welcome to a new Flute Friday. Several years ago I took a deep dive into various self-help literature thanks to a gift card to an actual bookstore (remember those?!). I came across a book that had a bit of fluffy wishful thinking techniques, but interestingly also contained a few really good practical ideas…

Greetings and welcome to a new Flute Friday! In a recent lesson with one of my beginning flute students, just as I was introducing the concept of double tonguing, my very clever student asked, “If there is single tonguing, and there is double tonguing, is there such a thing as triple tonguing?” Of course there…