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  • How Ornette Coleman changed my life · musicjazzfree jazzOrnette ColemansaxophoneLonely WomanJohn Coltraneimprovisation · Jun 12, 2015
  • Third year at July 3 music party and finally participated in jamming · musicimprovisationPittsburghbluesold timeguitarukulelepianosingingIrish fluteLaura · Jul 3, 2014
  • My first time at an English country dance music jam · English country dancedancetraditional dancerecorderfluteBaroque fluteimprovisationPittsburgh · Jan 25, 2014
  • Finally learning about Carnatic music · musicCarnatic musicIndiaSandeep NarayanimprovisationjazzCarnegie Mellon University · Oct 10, 2013
  • An erhu player and a tuba player at a party said "Let's jam" · musiccookingimprovisationerhutubaflutemandolinukulele · Sep 28, 2013
  • Finally playing Piazzolla's "Oblivion" on flute · musictangoPiazzollaflutemelodicaimprovisation · Sep 13, 2013
  • Second year at July 3 music party: still only listening without playing · musicimprovisationPittsburghbluesold timeguitarukulelepianosingingflute · Jul 3, 2013
  • My first blues music jam happened after the regular French music jam · musicimprovisationIrish flutefluteFrench danceblues · Jan 28, 2013
  • 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 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 update: celebrating Bach's birthday, using a Thumbport, improvising to bossa nova · musicfluteJohann Sebastian BachFranz Lisztbossa novaimprovisationrecorderGoldberg VariationsLatin music · Mar 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