About
The Flute View is a fresh new approach to everything relevant to flute today.
In these changing musical times, our exclusive online magazine covers flutists who are carving their own career paths, marketing yourself as an artist, entrepreneurship, new music and technology, health and wellness, and anything that relates to playing the flute today. Conceived and created by Fluterscooter, Viviana Guzman, and Barbara Siesel, The Flute View has video content, as well as guest writers and featured articles. We believe it is invaluable to have a forum in which today’s flutists--from students of all ages to professionals--can be inspired.
Why is it important?
We are living in a time of rapid change in technology and music, and we believe this magazine is important because flutists need a platform for reading, writing, and exchanging ideas. There are more and more flutists now who are doing things that the worldwide flute community should know about, and The Flute View highlights these artists' activities through live interviews and articles.
Many flutists today want to take non-traditional paths, explore the opportunities, or make their own. For example, when we were at NFA, we heard from a lot of college flutists who had no idea what to do after they graduated, and we know that there is a great need for guidance and inspiration for flutists at all stages of their career.
We welcome you, the flute community, to send us your thoughts and articles on an ongoing basis. For more information on submission procedures, head to our Submit an Article page.
Disclaimer: The contents of articles submitted to The Flute View for publication by guest contributors do not reflect the opinions the The Flute View magazine.
Meet the Team
Viviana Guzman, Co-Founder, Co-Editor
Described by the New York Times as "an imaginative artist,” Chilean-born Viviana Guzman performs over 80 concerts a year throughout the world. Her recording “Traveling Sonata” received a GRAMMY Nomination, and “Song of the Whale” received a Global Music Award, Gold Medal. She gave a successful TEDxBerkeley Talk, presenting just before Steve Wozniak, Co-Founder of Apple, Inc. She has been featured on programs for PBS, NPR, CNN and NBC, ABC, CBS, BBC, and seen on the cover of Latina Style Magazine, and in COSMOPOLITAN en Español. She has played in 131 countries, and on all 5 continents and has presented masterclasses in over 55 universities worldwide. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School in New York City, and she has performed in Carnegie Hall, with such artists as Mikhail Baryshnikov, Placido Domingo, and Glenn Close. A former member of the New World Symphony and the Houston Grand Opera, she has played as soloist with 355 orchestras in Russia, Vermont, New York, Wisconsin, California, Texas, Montana, Vietnam, Philippines, Chile, Peru, Korea, Mexico, etc. Her YouTube channel boasts 2.5 million views. Currently, Viviana teaches at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Morgan Pappas, Co-Editor
After completing degrees from New York University and Aaron Copland School of Music, Morgan has gone on to work with internationally acclaimed artists, ensembles, and brands. Morgan was the former Director of Operations for The Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big brass, Director of the Galway Flute Festival led by Sir James and Lady Galway, and a former Sales Manager and Resident Flutist at the Flute Center of New York.
Morgan’s distinct ability to wear many hats draws on her innate professionalism and organizational strengths. This has led her to produce high-caliber concerts and private events at prominent music venues, including Carnegie Hall. Her results-driven management reflects her fluency in booking festivals, concerts, and masterclasses for internationally acclaimed musicians throughout North America and Europe and led her to her current role as Executive Director for Marsalis Mansion Artists, LLC, serving as lead Agent for their dynamic artist roster.
Whilst managing a roster of dynamic musicians, Morgan implements her unique consulting skills to inspire clients to step up and claim their success in the various realms of the music industry.
Barbara Siesel, Co-founder
Barbara Siesel has pioneered the promotion of new music, new technology and the music of women composers through her work as artistic director of the Andiamo Chamber Ensemble, Art, Culture & Technology and founder and artistic director of the Storm King Music Festival. Siesel has performed in the great halls of Europe, Russia, China, and Japan as a recitalist of American and contemporary music. She’s been on the faculty of Colby College in Maine and New World School of the Arts in Florida. In 2004 Barbara decided to turn her attention to promoting classical music for children and co-founded the Green Golly Project. She’s a graduate of the Juilliard School.
Fluterscooter, Co-founder
Andrea "Fluterscooter" Fisher is the founder and owner of Fluterscooter bags, a sought out lecturer on Entrepreneurship, holds two degrees from The Juilliard School, and can play flute and organ at the same time.