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Written by: Mary O'Brien
#At the 2009 NFA Convention in New York, I caught up with Aldo Baerten and asked him about what interests and motivates him to do all that he does in the flute world...
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:25:41 -0700
Word count: 1682
Written by: Gordon Engel
# In considering an injury (or potential injury) to the hand we must think of its relationship to the neck and upper extremity. It is anatomically and functionally an integrated unit rather than a collec...
Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:00:00 -0700
Word count: 1333
Written by: Alexa Still
#This article is intended to inform those who may be experiencing some discomfort, have students struggling, and/or those who are plain curious. All of the items discussed in this article are things you c...
Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:00:00 -0700
Word count: 2390
Written by: James O'Brien
#Over the course of her career Kemler has proven to be a versatile, energetic player with a knack for adapting music to her own personal styling. As a world class contemporary flutist, Kemler has shown th...
Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:00:00 -0700
Word count: 767
Written by: Karen Lonsdale
#Throughout my career as a freelance flutist, I’ve been asked many times by member of the general public in particular if it’s possible to make a living solely from playing and teaching music. It cer...
Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:00:00 -0700
Word count: 1948
Written by: Helen Spielman
#Five years ago, I put an ad in the paper and posted flyers on bulletin boards, advertising my services as a flute teacher. I prayed that at least a few adults would find their way to my studio. Although ...
Thu, 20 May 2010 12:00:00 -0700
Word count: 1402
# This is the third and final in a series of articles on selecting a headjoint. The first article explored preliminaries and included general advice about preparation for the hunt, an overview of the hea...
Sat, 15 May 2010 12:00:00 -0700
Word count: 3313
Written by: Lea Pearson
# This is the first column in a new Body Mapping series for Flute Focus. I call it “Navigation” for two reasons: one, I grew up sailing, and navigating was the most important thing in knowing where y...
Fri, 14 May 2010 12:00:00 -0700
Word count: 1300
Written by: Lea Pearson
# For three years, while teaching Body Mapping lessons, I carried an outline of the body. Everywhere I went, I asked flutists to put a dot where it hurts when they play. I was shocked and horrified by th...
Sat, 08 May 2010 12:00:00 -0700
Word count: 1902
Written by: Hans Van Buuren
# Improving peak performance is on the mind of most flutists. Many attempts to improve skills are done on a daily basis. Sometimes the attempts are successful, other times teasingly slow or even impossib...
Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:00:00 -0700
Word count: 2069
# This is the second in a series of articles on selecting a headjoint. The first article explored preliminaries and included general advice about preparation for the hunt, an overview of the headjoint...
Sun, 18 Apr 2010 12:00:00 -0700
Word count: 2302
Written by: Judith Herman
# "Flute repair is tedious, time consuming and exacting," Phil Unger says. "You have to be mellow." But there are compensations. Flutes need his special touch, but so do their players. Nurturing relatio...
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:00:00 -0700
Word count: 633
#This is the first in a series of three articles devoted to exploring the world of headjoints with a goal of arming you with knowledge to overcome (or at least reduce) the stress and confusion of finding ...
Sat, 06 Feb 2010 12:00:00 -0800
Word count: 3767
Written by: Heather Buchanan
# Musical sound is governed by the movement that produces it; and the quality of that movement is determined by the accuracy of the ‘body map’, the neuronal representation of our movement developed i...
Sun, 31 Jan 2010 12:00:00 -0800
Word count: 3252
Written by: Cynthia Folio
#Joseph Schwantner studied guitar with Robert Stein. Schwantner described Stein as an amazing teacher and told many anecdotes about his lessons. He explained how compassionate his teacher was when Schwant...
Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0800
Word count: 2113
Written by: James O'Brien
#For many of us, we find the musical world divided into a well established series of genres and, for the most part, these categories work fairly well on their own. It is, therefore, a gifted individual wh...
Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0800
Word count: 589
Written by: James O'Brien
#Mathematics and music are inescapably tied. What is music if not the arrangement of patterns of sounds, and the composers score not much more than a formula used to represent an abstract idea? It may not...
Fri, 11 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0800
Word count: 668
Written by: Craig Bakalian
Writing about the music I compose is difficult for me to do. I feel that the music I compose should express beauty without rhetoric, and that the music I compose isn't mine, even though I composed it - e...
Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0800
Word count: 1634
Written by: Maurice O'Brien
Both as Flute Focus Business Manager and through my professional experience, I am well aware of the enormous stress individuals exert on themselves when going into business, quite apart from those stress...
Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0800
Word count: 1296
Written by: Mary O'Brien
As part of an ongoing series on New Zealand music, Flute Focus would like to offer the opportunity for New Zealand composers to present their talents to the world.
Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0800
Word count: 301
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