Got clunky, stiff fingers when you play the flute?

That feeling in your hands and fingers of being stiff, or sounding clunky when you play, are 95%...

Wondering how to play dots AND slurs over notes? 

This question came from Dale who asked exactly this: how do you play notes that have dots...

Not confident teaching a beginner student how to blow the flute properly?

Let me tell you it's as easy as just knowing how. Everything's easy once...

Not confident teaching a beginner student how to blow the flute properly?

Let me tell you it's as easy as just knowing how. Everything's easy once...

Struggling to play high notes on the flute? 

Getting dizzy?

Or perhaps, no matter how hard you blow, you seem to just get a loud screechy...

Recognizing the individual abilities of a student has an incredibly powerful effect on their progress.

Just as those of us with kids know that...

Positivity is a funny one – it sometimes gets a bad rap because it is so often not the real deal. Positivity is more than random “Well...

In the last post I discussed how I’ve recently been delving into the minefield that is one’s own innate strengths. It’s allowed...

Over the past 22 years (since 1993, when I was 16 to be exact), I’ve loved teaching the flute to children, young adults and older adults....

As flute teachers, I think sometimes we undervalue the amazing influence we have in the development of children’s brains.

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