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Articles August 2019 Featured Interviews Issues 

Galway Flute Festival Highlights Reel

August 1, 2019September 4, 2019 The Flute View 0 Comments Galway Flute Festival, Lady Jeanne Galway, Sir James Galway

Galway Flute Festival Highlights Reel

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Articles Essays Featured Issues July 2019 

The Beauty of Competitions

July 1, 2019September 1, 2019 The Flute View 1 Comment classical music competitions, compeitions, flute competitions, Flutes by the Sea, Ima Hogg, music competitions, San Francisco Flute Society, Tchaikovsky Competition Winners

By Viviana Guzman We heard the results of the Tchaikovsky Woodwind Competition this weekend (the results are posted below). I

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Articles Entrepreneurship Featured Issues June 2019 

Survival Business Skills for the Entrepreneurial Flutist

June 1, 2019July 2, 2019 The Flute View 0 Comments entrepreneurship, graphic design, management, music business, public relations, recording, website design

By Viviana Guzman One might think that once you have practiced a million hours you will be ready to be

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Articles Essays Featured Issues June 2019 

Developing Your Ornamental Toolbox

June 1, 2019July 2, 2019 The Flute View 0 Comments baroque flute, ornamentation

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

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Articles Essays Featured Issues May 2019 

Listening Your Way to Success

May 1, 2019June 1, 2019 The Flute View 0 Comments Caity Massoud, famous flutists, Flute Center of New York, Flute Unscripted, flutists, music podcast, podcast, podcast host

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

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Articles Entrepreneurship Essays Featured Issues May 2019 

Are Your Wages Stagnating? Making Money in Today’s Music Business.

May 1, 2019June 12, 2019 The Flute View 0 Comments economy, freelance musician, gig economy, jobs, music education, musician wages, wage stagnation

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

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Articles Entrepreneurship Featured Issues May 2019 

4 Tips for Better Time Management for the Self-Employed Flutist

May 1, 2019June 12, 2019 The Flute View 0 Comments artist entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship, music business, scheduling, self employed, self-employment

By Viviana Guzman As any self-employed person, whether you are an attorney, a massage therapist, or a flutist, the number

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Articles Essays Featured Issues May 2019 The Caffeinated Flutist 

The Caffeinated Flutist, Vol. 12: On the Orchestral Dress Code

May 1, 2019April 30, 2019 The Flute View 0 Comments classical music, dress code, Mary Hales, orchestra, orchestra dress code, orchestral musician

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

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April 2019 Articles Featured Flute Fashion Issues Lifestyle Social Media 

7 Tips for Sparking Joy in Your Practice Room

April 1, 2019May 1, 2019 The Flute View 0 Comments Instagram, Jolene Madewell, Joleneflute, Marie Kondo, practice room, social media, sparking joy, tidying up

by Jolene Madewell I don’t know about you, but nothing brings me more joy than refreshing a space. With the

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Articles Entrepreneurship Essays Featured Issues March 2019 

KNOW YOUR WORTH! How to (Politely) Turn Down Free or Underpaid Work by Fluterscooter

March 1, 2019August 15, 2019 The Flute View 2 Comments AFM, gigging, masterclass, money, music life, musician union, negotiating, working for free

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

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