Hello there fellow ‘Flut-ies’. Yes it is now April, and for this issue I have created a simple ditty for you all, which was part of the score for The Rodwell Monologues, a theatrical show made for the Wellington Fringe Festival 2009.

By the time you get a chance to play this, we will have completed our season. The music is called ‘And Um… for Flutes’ and the original composition will have been sung by the 6 Women performers of the cast, as a choir.

So the words were very simple and a comment on our sloppy English speaking habits, “And Um… Um and Um and Um” – which, in my opinion, more and more people include as every second or third word in conversation.Enough of the social comment.

But I thought about this and said to myself – “Wait a minute – this music would work very well for a Flute Choir”.So here we are – I present a six part Flute Opus. Have fun with it – and you may find you could divide the parts up and play it as a trio – choose amongst yourselves.

And Um… – if you don’t have someone else to play the other parts, you could record each part and create your own Flute Choir.

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Michelle Scullion has been playing the flute for nearly 35 years, working in many facets of the music and performing world, and has been composing since the 1970s. Michelle has her own studio where she has recorded 5 CDs of a wide and varied nature, as well as many other music projects. (Photo courtesy Annette Scullion)