A Flutist’s Journey Through Healing. By Sherry Finzer
My journey as a flutist has taken me to places I never imagined. When I first started playing in elementary
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Essays
Teaching, Travel, and Technology: The Life of a Modern Flutist an interview with Patricia Surman. By: Brittany Primavera
You are currently Artist Teacher of flute at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. Tell me about this unique town
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The Making of the Green Golly Video. By Barbara Siesel
The orchestras and the performing arts centers all said of Green Golly – “Sounds really great, but not enough bells
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Researching, Writing, and Blogging: My Life as a 21st Century Flutist. By Amanda Cook
I recently read an article on the “death of expertise.” The author cited Wikipedia, Google, and the online community in
Read MoreAuditioning and Traveling for Grad School. By Rachel Hacker
Auditioning for Grad School- How to get organized. Here’s the truth: it is just as important to be on time
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My Success Story with Focal Dystonia. By Andrea Brachfeld
It’s always hard to tell this story from the beginning because no one ever imagines that you will actually get
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The Path Less Traveled: Tereasa Payne’s unique career with Flutes, Ethnic Flutes & Reeds
Our paths in life are seldom straight ones. Much more often, they turn, split, wind, double-back and otherwise keep us
Read MoreSelf-Help for Flute. by Bev Bizup of Windworks Studio in Philadelphia
When Fluter Scooter first asked me to draft an article for The Flute View on flute emergencies I thought 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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10 Travel Tips for the Internationally Touring Musician by Viviana Guzman
1) First, purchase luggage that has a lifetime warranty. It might be pricey initially, but being able to fix luggage
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For Profit? Not-for-profit? Both? By Barbara Siesel
Given the financial pressures on artists today, the shrinkage of traditional funding sources, the elimination of…
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After the Orchestra: Reshaping a Musical Life. By Elizabeth Brightbill
About seven years ago, my cellist husband and I took a huge leap of faith. A couple of years after
Read MoreNavigating Graduate School. Part One: Completing the Applications. by Rachel Hacker
Applying to graduate school was the most stressful activity I’ve encountered in my academic career. It took my entire Junior
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