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