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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...

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. ...

Music and Mathematics

In the 6th century BC, the Greek philosopher Pythagoras discovered that the beautiful musical relationships of the Octave, the Perfect...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...