I'm going to be a bit greedy here, I've got serveral questions! 1)I've been playing picc for about a year and a half now, on a borrowed YPC32. And yay! my...
Welcome Richard or do you prefer Mac? What schools did you go to in Aberdeen. I used to teach there!! Long time ago now but we probably will have common...
Hello Emma and welcome to our elite number!! I will at least try to answer your questions - and I am sure others will join in too. Re your piccolo - I would...
3) Number 3 is just a short one...does anyone have anymore info about the story behind Reineckes 'Undine' Sonata? Larry Krantz has a page all about it ...
It was a long time ago now for me but my teacher told me as I went off to audition that not to feel intimidated by what I might hear because everyone sounds...
Absolutely!! I have removed the offending message and the person responsible for sending it! Sorry folks but it seems that unless I change the settings to me ...
Absolutely!! I have removed the offending message and the person responsible for sending it! Sorry folks but it seems that unless I change the settings to me ...
Whatever helps - I'm sure that not a single one of us joined this group for the advertisements! Sorry I've been silent so long - I've been teaching choir this...
Yes, not much we can do about that - fortunately it doesn't happen too often. As for selling stuff, I'm happy as a piece of mine is going to be broadcast on...
...a wind of silence.... Never mind - life goes on. 4th of June I had my first really big solo with the subcontrabass flute. The Hague has a big outdoor...
I finally get to use my degree! I've been hired as a band director (THAT'S been a long time in coming!) in a town about an hour away from home. I am extremely...
Man - that was an end of term that was - feet hit the ground running in May and I have only just stopped - this working thing is really interfering with my...
Well, at the middle school band camp I judged flute tryouts and taught flute lessons and taught a couple of section rehearsals. I had last band - and with...
Well done Jennifer - congrats! I hope your students are all hopeful, helpful and hip to the jive, etc... I shall be in sunny Telford for the next three weeks -...
Two weeks of band camp coming up! If i'm really lucky... I'll be judging flute tryouts...Guess who's the lucky person that gets to pull her hair out over the...
Jen, you sound as if you are about to have more fun than should be legal! Actually, as a flute instructor, I have done what you have described many times....
Hi, I've been playing flute for about 8 months now, and have an older Bundy Selmer that needs some work on the joint between body and foot joint. My question...
... Have you talked with a repair shop about how much it would cost to repair the flute? I sugest that if it is over $100 or $200 dollars for repairs to just...
Elizabeth, thanks for the advice. I took the flute to the "hospital" today, and it will cost no more than $70 to repair all that is ailing it. And after I sang...
Hello Janey - welcome to our wee corner of the WWW! If the joint just needs some work on the tenon, then it wont be too expensive to fix and will keep you...
I've been playing on a Haynes for about a year and a half now and I love it. I have an Emerson as my second, and my model has served me well over the past 10...
Thanks, Jennifer! I have right now got a rented Yamaha I am trying, my Selmer Bundy is at the flute hospital, and my teacher is still in Alaska. I may have the...
My quintet was able to pull off the third movement of the Malcom Arnold Shanties last night - we nearly fell apart after coming out of the 5/8 into the 3/8,...
I will add my standing ovation to theirs! Congratulations, and enjoy the glow that comes with having so much fun and such a satisfying performance. Janey ...
Thank you! Would y'all believe I'm moving a week from today so I can start my new job?!? This will be my first full year teaching band - I'm soooo excited, but...
I am looking for an open holed professional flute with a B foot, in line G. Would you please make recommendations on this purchase about the best brand to...