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Developing Your Ornamental Toolbox

By Leighann Daihl Ragusa Fear, terror, and anxiety are common feelings flutists experience as they begin to tackle ornamentation. The

By Caity Massoud As I sit in front of James Galway, the living flute legend and inspiration to musicians around

by Barbara Siesel For most U.S. workers, real wages have barely budged in decades. The following was published by Pew

By Mary Hales Hey there, flute-trepreneurs! So this topic stirred up quite a bit of controversy when I first published

A favorite conversation amongst classical musicians is about money. Not about how much we are all making (I see you

In light of the famed Tchaikovsky Competition opening to woodwinds for the first time since its beginning in 1958, the

As long as I can remember, I have always loved to play music. It didn’t really matter on which instrument