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pattyflutes
Apr 24, 20201 min read
Etching from Picasso Suite on video
During this surreal Covid-19 lock-down, I spent 3 weeks doing crossword puzzles, then I went on to painting masks and giving them away,...
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pattyflutes
Apr 24, 20201 min read
My favourite orchestral works
ah, what to say? There is so much incredibly beautiful orchestral music out there; these are probably the first 10 that came to mind. ...
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pattyflutes
Feb 16, 20191 min read
Music and Mathematics
In the 6th century BC, the Greek philosopher Pythagoras discovered that the beautiful musical relationships of the Octave, the Perfect...
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pattyflutes
Feb 9, 20191 min read
Somers Picasso Suite, Etching for flute solo
Last Thursday, February 7, 2019, I was fortunate to perform with Symphony Nova Scotia in Canadian composer Harry Somers' The Picasso...
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pattyflutes
Feb 9, 20192 min read
My Instruments, part 2
For many years, I had played on my Powell, serial #1899, and it had been lovingly cared for by flute maker and repairman David Wimberly...
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pattyflutes
Feb 9, 20192 min read
My Instruments, part 1
As flute players, we are so fortunate to be able to play on the same instrument all of the time, unlike pianists who never have that...
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pattyflutes
Feb 9, 20192 min read
Lessons with the Grand Master
I lived in Brattleboro, Vermont for several years studying privately with French flute pedagogue Louis Moyse before I went to University...
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pattyflutes
Jan 20, 20192 min read
My beginnings with pedagogue Louis Moyse
As a teenager, I was a pianist since the age of 5, but had started playing flute in Grade 7 and 8. I picked that particular band...
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