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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 sewing masks for a week and giving...

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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