Greetings and welcome to a new Flute Friday! Last year around this time I posted a Practice Blueprints series covering the various All-State auditions taking place around the country, ending, of course, with a master All-State index for all states. This year, I am streamlining this series a bit by focusing only on the Texas…

Greetings and welcome to a new Flute Friday!  Today’s blog is a bit more introspective than usual Flute Friday postings. Many of you reading this have recently returned from the NFA Convention in Chicago. You no doubt had a great time connecting with other flutists, picked up a ton of new ideas at lectures and…

Greetings and welcome to a new/belated Flute Friday/Saturday. Sorry for my lateness! I am currently attending the National Flute Association Convention in Chicago and suffering from sensory overload! In a good way, of course! I have spent some time these past couple of days touring the Exhibit Hall, perusing scores, flutes, piccolos, and investigating the…

Greetings and welcome to a new/belated Flute Friday/Sunday! Sorry for the late post – Deadlines on Friday had me postponing some of my writings and other personal projects. I recently purchased a new flute. This was quite an accomplishment for me as I have been playing on the same Miyazawa model since 2003. It was…

Greetings and welcome to a new Flute Friday! Today we have another wonderful guest blog on Doubling by one of my favorite flute colleagues, and fellow DePauw alum, Kim Tiede (Thanks Kim!). Enjoy! And as always, Happy Fluting! Double Trouble – Thoughts on Doubling  The traditional dream of becoming an orchestral flutist is dying, if…