Category: flute
71 posts
- 12/29/2015 Accidentally discovering and performing some music by Brazilian composer Ernesto Nazareth: Coração que Sente
- 12/13/2014 Thoughts on Cuba while watching Cuban musicians performing the 1947 bolero "La gloria eres tú"
- 4/1/2014 My third year of celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday: who was this guy anyway?
- 3/30/2014 Life: cooking, eating with friends, music jamming, dancing
- 3/8/2014 Happy 300th birthday, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: still underappreciated after all these years!
- 1/26/2014 My first time at an English country dance music jam
- 11/20/2013 Chamber music concert at CMU featured Bach's Goldberg Variations arranged for string trio
- 9/29/2013 An erhu player and a tuba player at a party said "Let's jam"
- 9/15/2013 Back to French dance: potluck and party
- 9/14/2013 Finally playing Piazzolla's "Oblivion" on flute
- 8/24/2013 Celebrating Claude Debussy's 151st birthday through unusual performances of Syrinx
- 8/24/2013 Another unexpected life change: one month of learning to play ukulele
- 8/9/2013 A haircut leading to my playing "I'll Always Love You" on flute
- 7/5/2013 More summer musical partying, and another ten-year-old dream fulfilled!
- 7/4/2013 Second year at July 3 music party: still only listening without playing
- 5/4/2013 Playing violin music on flute
- 4/13/2013 Singing and playing tango and jazz at an unexpected music party
- 4/7/2013 Alia Musica concert including flutist Robert Dick
- 4/5/2013 Energetic Robert Dick solo flute recital in Pittsburgh with Alia Musica
- 4/5/2013 Attending a fascinating Robert Dick flute lecture and master class
- 3/26/2013 Flute master class: becoming a great ensemble player
- 3/22/2013 My second year of celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach's birthday: a tale of accidental love
- 3/18/2013 Finally doing some Latin music jamming on flute; also Irish and French
- 3/1/2013 Another exciting concert at Bar Marco: Chris Norman and the Chatham Baroque playing a tasty assortment of dynamic music
- 2/26/2013 Stepping it up at the French and blues jam
- 1/29/2013 My first blues music jam happened after the regular French music jam
- 1/27/2013 Music I just played for the first time: recorder sonata, tangos
- 12/22/2012 Playing tango on melodica and singing Christmas carols
- 12/14/2012 Pittsburgh Contras and Squares Holiday Ball 2012
- 12/2/2012 Oblivion obsession: time to start playing melodica!
- 11/24/2012 Preparing to play Irish flute in the Holiday Ball
- 11/17/2012 A childhood dream come true: I am now finally singing for real!
- 10/28/2012 Singing and playing bossa nova favorite "Chega de Saudade" at Dunkin' Donuts for J-Jam
- 10/15/2012 French music jam with unexpected new musicians
- 9/28/2012 Another French music jam; also, announcing CATS Dance
- 9/23/2012 Living Appalachian music of Southwestern Pennsylvania: Mark Tamsula and Richard Withers with Ellen Gozion
- 9/21/2012 My first time singing bossa nova; also, a temporary farewell to Baroque flute
- 9/20/2012 My first bobblehead doll: guess who?
- 8/27/2012 My second French music jam: playing my Irish flute in public for the first time
- 7/28/2012 My first appearance on a music recital program
- 7/3/2012 Petrified at a music jam session so I didn't play but watched and listened
- 7/2/2012 My first French music jam: anxious but excited
- 6/15/2012 Preparing for my first solo flute performance: notes on perfectionism and high standards
- 5/18/2012 Got my new and more ergonomic flute
- 4/27/2012 Baroque jam session at CMU: first time my parents ever watched me perform music
- 4/21/2012 My first time in a public music jam: intense fun with Chris Norman and David Greenberg
- 3/30/2012 A delayed St. Patrick's Day party: playing tin whistle and alto recorder
- 3/21/2012 Flute update: celebrating Bach's birthday, using a Thumbport, improvising to bossa nova
- 3/18/2012 The joy and challenge of making beautiful sounds together
- 3/17/2012 St. Patrick's Day party: playing tin whistle and flute
- 3/12/2012 Quitting the CMU All-University Orchestra: one of the hardest decisions in my life
- 3/10/2012 Flute: loving it again, remembering why I dance, and how I met my wife!
- 3/7/2012 Flute: taking a break while clarifying my goals
- 2/27/2012 Flute practice: dealing with burnout and injury
- 2/24/2012 When can you call yourself an expert at something?
- 2/23/2012 Saying No in order to say Yes
- 2/22/2012 Flute progress after one month in orchestra: still hanging in there
- 2/14/2012 Flute progress report: day of reckoning approaches
- 2/1/2012 Joining an orchestra: learning in the face of terror
- 1/27/2012 A new friend's very musical birthday party changed my life
- 1/8/2012 Finding and using my childhood flute books
- 12/20/2011 Much progress playing flute
- 12/17/2011 Playing recorder and flute at the Holiday Ball!
- 12/11/2011 Learning another instrument: the tin whistle
- 12/5/2011 Busy evening: performing at Phipps followed by rehearsal for another gig!
- 12/1/2011 I'm going to perform music much sooner than I expected: Monday
- 11/30/2011 Bought a Baroque flute
- 11/22/2011 James Galway made me hate flute, but Emmanuel Pahud made me love it
- 11/17/2011 Flute versus recorder: why do I play both?
- 11/13/2011 Back to piano too
- 11/9/2011 Taking up flute again after decades?!