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  • My first time at an English country dance music jam · English country dancedancetraditional dancerecorderfluteBaroque fluteimprovisationPittsburgh · Jan 25, 2014
  • Chamber music concert at CMU featured Bach's Goldberg Variations arranged for string trio · Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh Symphony OrchestraPittsburghmusicfluteBaroque fluteviolinviolacelloWolfgang Amadeus MozartJohann Sebastian BachGoldberg Variations · Nov 19, 2013
  • More summer musical partying, and another ten-year-old dream fulfilled! · musicfluterecorderbass recorderBaroque flutepianoduetchessarm wrestlingpullupschinupsJohann Sebastian BachGeorge Philipp TelemannGabriel FauréAprès un rêveRoland de Lassus · Jul 4, 2013
  • Attending a fascinating Robert Dick flute lecture and master class · musicfluteRobert Dickmaster classCarnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh New Music Netthroat tuningmultiphonicssingingBaroque flute · Apr 4, 2013
  • My second year of celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday: a tale of accidental love · musicfluteBaroque fluteJohann Sebastian Bachrecorder · Mar 21, 2013
  • Celebrating two years of playing recorder · musicrecorderPittsburgh Recorder SocietyGeorge Frideric HandelBaroque fluteviola da gambaNiccolò DôtheltamburaMideast early music workshop · Feb 23, 2013
  • Music I just played for the first time: recorder sonata, tangos · musicrecorderJohann Sebastian BachfluteBaroque fluteviolinGeorge Frideric Handeltango · Jan 26, 2013
  • Playing tango on melodica and singing Christmas carols · musictangoPiazzollamelodicasingingfluteBaroque fluteNiccolò DôthelChristmas · Dec 22, 2012
  • Report on CMU Baroque Ensemble concert, with Stephen Schultz on Baroque flute · musicBaroque fluteCarnegie Mellon UniversityJohann Sebastian BachBrandenburg concertosStephen SchultzPittsburgh · Nov 18, 2012
  • Another French music jam; also, announcing CATS Dance · musicfluteBaroque fluteIrish flutedanceFrench dancetraditional dancePittsburghCarnegie Mellon Universitycontra dance · Sep 28, 2012
  • My first time singing bossa nova; also, a temporary farewell to Baroque flute · musicBaroque fluteflutebossa novaChega de Saudadesinging · Sep 21, 2012
  • My first bobblehead doll: guess who? · musicJohann Sebastian BachPittsburgh Music AlliancePittsburgh Renaissance and BaroqueChatham BaroquePittsburgh CamerataBach Choir of PittsburghPittsburgh Chamber Music SocietyPittsburghfluteBaroque fluteEmmanuel PahudCarl Philipp Emanual Bach · Sep 20, 2012
  • The passion of Bach's Air on the G String: three very different interpretations · musicBaroqueJohann Sebastian BachAir on G StringrecorderBaroque flute · Sep 14, 2012
  • Finally performing some sonatas for Baroque flute · musicBaroque flute · Sep 8, 2012
  • My second French music jam: playing my Irish flute in public for the first time · musicfluteBaroque fluteIrish fluteFrench dancedancetraditional dancebluesPittsburghCarnegie Mellon University · Aug 27, 2012
  • Playing Baroque flute at my friend's wedding reception · weddingmusicBaroque flute · Aug 12, 2012
  • My first appearance on a music recital program · musicperformancerecorderfluteBaroque fluteCarl Philipp Emanual BachRenaissanceBaroqueJacob Van EyckScottish musicPittsburgh Recorder Society · Jul 28, 2012
  • Mideast Early Music Workshop 2012: a life-changing experience!! · musicrecorderBaroque flutesingingEnglish country danceimprovisationLaRoche CollegePittsburghMideast early music workshopGeorg Philipp TelemannInvisible ShoespracticeClaude DebussySyrinxconcertmaster classcookies · Jul 21, 2012
  • Another terrifying music jam session but I played a little bit of blues and old time · musicimprovisationBaroque fluterecorderbluesold timeLatin music · Jul 7, 2012
  • Petrified at a music jam session so I didn't play but watched and listened · musicimprovisationfluteBaroque fluterecordermandolinPittsburghbluesold time · Jul 3, 2012
  • My first French music jam: anxious but excited · musicfluteBaroque fluteIrish fluteFrench dancedancetraditional dancebluesPittsburgh · Jul 2, 2012
  • Playing French music for the first time, and dancing blues for the first time · musicIrish fluteBaroque fluteFrench dancedancetraditional dancebluestango · May 14, 2012
  • Attending my first CMU Baroque Ensemble concert: enjoying Bach's Brandenburg 2 · musicCarnegie Mellon UniversityStephen SchultzPittsburghJohann Sebastian BachBaroque fluterecorderErin Yanacektrumpet · Apr 29, 2012
  • My first time in a public music jam: intense fun with Chris Norman and David Greenberg · musicpracticeimprovisationrecorderBaroque flutetin whistleflutemandolinIrish flutePittsburghPittsburgh Renaissance and BaroquememoryChris NormanDavid Greenberg · Apr 21, 2012
  • Flute: loving it again, remembering why I dance, and how I met my wife! · musicfluteorchestrapracticeBaroque flutedanceballroom dancetangotraditional danceFrench dancePittsburghCarnegie Mellon UniversityrecorderimprovisationmemoryLatin musicbolero · Mar 10, 2012
  • Flute: taking a break while clarifying my goals · musicfluteCarnegie Mellon UniversityorchestrapracticeBaroque flute · Mar 7, 2012
  • Why go to concerts by amateur music groups? · musicconcertsBaroque fluteJohann Sebastian BachperformancemelodicaBrandenburg concertos · Dec 12, 2011
  • Bought a Baroque flute · fluteBaroque flutemusic · Nov 30, 2011