An excellent musician must be able to play music from many genres and styles. Emmanuel Pahud demonstrates his mastery of the flute and of one of the classics of the flute repertoire in this video of a performance of Luciano Berio’s Sequenza I for solo flute. To hear Pahud playing something more conventional, listen toContinue reading “Emmanuel Pahud plays Berio and some Bach”
Category Archives: Flute Treats
How a Flute is Made Video
I came across this short video on FaceBook. It’s fun to see how a flute is made!
Nina Perlove and Jaw Movement
I just had to share this. Nina has a lot of great ideas and is a very good teacher. She also makes some fun videos. This one mixes teaching and humor, so enjoy!
Greg Pattillo brings “Bach to the future”
Sorry for the terrible pun, but it fits! If you like what you hear in this video and want to try it yourself, Pattillo has transcribed this version of a Bach flute staple as one of 4 beat-box etudes. Who ever thought they would hear those two terms in the same sentence, beat-box and etudes?Continue reading “Greg Pattillo brings “Bach to the future””
Wouter Kellerman, wow!
Sorry to be just posting links to what other flutists are doing rather than writing pithy, insightful posts all the time, but this guy just blows me away. He is a wonderful example of a complete musician, he has amazing technique, terrific creativity, and wonderfully engaging musicianship. Since I first heard about him earlier thisContinue reading “Wouter Kellerman, wow!”
A Christmas Classic ReImagined
This version of the Nutcracker will bring images of a super-hip Sugarplum Fairy to mind. Happy Holidays!
Virtual Flute Choir
If you haven’t heard about the Virtual Flute Choir, check this site and YouTube video out. What a cool idea! Flutists from all over the world submitted videos of themselves playing a pre-selected piece at a set tempo. Then those individual videos and recordings were recorded into a single performance. Neato keen! To be honest,Continue reading “Virtual Flute Choir”
New Flute Goddess
I’ve read about Jasmine Choi, but this week is the first time I’ve listened to her play. Turns out she has several videos on YouTube in which she plays everything from JS Bach to Ian Clarke. I had gotten the idea that she is seriously good, but I had no idea she was this good.Continue reading “New Flute Goddess”
E Pluribus Flutum
Can you say flash mob? How amazing that a group of flutists was assembled to do this, and they seemed to have learned it very well! What an interesting idea, and there are all kinds of instructional videos to go with it so you can do try it with your flute friends!
Flute Treat: Enormous Flute Choir Playing Beatles in Korea!
I was looking for You Tube recordings of a piece our flute choir is working on and I was of course enticed by the suggestions on the side of the screen, you know those little extras that keep you glued to your computer screen for hours as one video leads to another and another andContinue reading “Flute Treat: Enormous Flute Choir Playing Beatles in Korea!”