The Caffeinated Flutist, Vol. 5: What If I Don’t Want to Teach? By Mary Hales
Hey there, flute-trepreneurs! This column is going to be covering a topic near and dear to my heart – the
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Teaching
Flute Report from China: 1994-2014. By Barbara Siesel
20 years ago I went to Beijing for the first time to teach and perform at the Central Conservatory. It
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Taffanel to Toddlers: Achieving Harmony Between Family and Professional Fluting. By Janelle Barrera
If there’s one course I wish I could have taken back in college, it would have been called: “How to
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Interview with Nicole Esposito and Jason Blank
Live video interview with University of Iowa Professor Nicole Esposito and business owner Jason Blank
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From the Trainer’s Studio to the Flute Studio: by Charlene Romano
About two years ago, I was in a frustrating Catch-22. I needed to exercise to get my body in healthier shape, but I was limited in what I could do, due to an injury. A friend recommended her personal trainer, and I now see my trainer once a week, and receive a workout “assignment” for the week. This has been life-changing for my health, as one may expect, but it has also changed the way I approach teaching my private students.
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After the Etudes: or How to Reinvent Yourself as a Flutist Again…and Again: by Suzanne Weller
Once out of college with my Bachelor’s Degree in Music Performance, life was dandy and profitable. I had inherited a
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Adventures of the Left-Handed Flute! by Joan Marsh Sparks
January 21, 2013 Curious about the emails I have been receiving from a German flute maker who specializes in entry
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