Category: flute
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Piccolo tips from the Pros
…I asked these highly accomplished musicians if they could spare a moment to give me some tips that I could write about and pass along to anyone else attempting to master the piccolo. Some of these players may have taken up the picc later in a doubling career, like myself. Others are flute and piccolo…
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New Piccolo!
As a multi-instrumentalist, one of the upsides (and downsides) is that we get to own many instruments. Which means we get to own many, but also need to purchase and maintain many, more instruments than the average joe. It’s been a bit since my last instrument purchase; I think I purchased my bassoon in 2009.…
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PSA: Get your horn fixed, NOW!
A few days ago, I picked up my alto sax and my flute from repair by Steve Schoene at Schmitt Music. The alto repair, a Keilwerth SX-90R black nickel, was a full repad. The flute was just in for a checkup and since he did a full repad on the flute about 2 years ago, there…
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Junior Recital
April 18th, 2004 Introduction and Samba by Maurice Whitney I. Vals Venezolano by Paquito D’ Rivera II. Contradanze by Paquito D’ Rivera Concerto in E-Flat by Alexander Glazunov St. Thomas by Sonny Rollins Unicorn Blue by Troy Fannin Crying for Susan by Troy Fannin David Erato – alto saxophone, clarinetTroy Fannin – tenor saxophone, flute…
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Doubles Recital
April 17th, 2005 Solo de Concours by Henri Rabaud Concerto for Clarinet by Artie Shaw Sechs Quartette IV by Gioacchino RossiniAllegro Vivace Andante Rondo David Erato – clarinet, bassoonTroy Fannin – flute with Teresa Drews, pianoBrad Bloom, clarinetAndrew Zinsmeister, horn Recorded live at UW-Milwaukee’s Recital Hallby Jeffery Shoemaker, Milivolt Productions
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The shed.
Using my iPad and wireless keyboard as a stand while I shed some flute parts on Gordon Goodwin tunes for tonight, using Capo to slow things down a bit.
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What’s in my shed
woodshed [v.] – To lock oneself away with a musical instrument and practice, either a particular piece or in general, until the player has improved greatly or can perfectly play the piece he has been practicing. I’ve had my hands full on a couple of very difficult parts on some great arrangements of some holiday classics.…
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App review: Fingering Woodwinds for iPhone
Given how huge apps are, I figured there might be something in Apple’s App Store. And lo and behold there is “an app for that.” It’s called Fingering Woodwinds for iPhone ($4.99, iTunes link). The developer does have a separate iPad version as well for $6.99. While I would like to review that one as well,…