Category: Music 2012 My first time in a public music jam: intense fun with Chris Norman and David Greenberg Apr 21 2012 Flute update: celebrating Bach's birthday, using a Thumbport, improvising to bossa nova Mar 21 2012 Flute: loving it again, remembering why I dance, and how I met my wife! Mar 10 2012 Flute: taking a break while clarifying my goals Mar 07 2012 Flute practice: dealing with burnout and injury Feb 27 2012 Saying No in order to say Yes Feb 23 2012 Flute progress after one month in orchestra: still hanging in there Feb 22 2012 Flute progress report: day of reckoning approaches Feb 14 2012 Joining an orchestra: learning in the face of terror Feb 01 2012 Finding and using my childhood flute books Jan 08 2012 Ignoring branding: the double-blind test Jan 03 2012 2011 Much progress playing flute Dec 20 2011 Playing recorder and flute at the Holiday Ball! Dec 17 2011 Why go to concerts by amateur music groups? Dec 12 2011 Learning another instrument: the tin whistle Dec 11 2011 Busy evening: performing at Phipps followed by rehearsal for another gig! Dec 05 2011 I'm going to perform music much sooner than I expected: Monday Dec 01 2011 Bought a Baroque flute Nov 30 2011 James Galway made me hate flute, but Emmanuel Pahud made me love it Nov 22 2011 The beautiful, melancholy Indian Summer of Chet Baker Nov 20 2011 I want to sing Nov 18 2011 Flute versus recorder: why do I play both? Nov 17 2011 On duets with dead musicians Nov 15 2011 Back to piano too Nov 13 2011 On not reading concert program notes Nov 11 2011 Taking up flute again after decades?! Nov 09 2011 Harder to play music in a group than alone Oct 30 2011 Happy 200th birthday, Franz Liszt! Oct 22 2011 Disagreement on the use of time? Oct 18 2011 Staying Excited About Learning By Being Flexible Oct 07 2011 Singing Through Traffic Oct 06 2011 My New Bass and Sopranino Recorders and Having Fun Oct 03 2011 I Love Music but Rarely Listen to It Now Oct 02 2011 Run Shadyside 5K: Outrunning Mickey Mouse and Lending a Trumpet Oct 01 2011 A Musician's Best Friend Sep 29 2011 I Don't Feel Like Practicing; but I'm Gonna Do It Anyway Sep 26 2011 Byron Janis on Overcoming Adversity Sep 22 2011