2018

  • Starting a Beginner Flute Choir

    Starting a Beginner Flute Choir

    Whether you are starting out in teaching, in charge of your first flute choir, or you are a veteran and have run many ensembles, choosing music for that all-important first rehearsal is a daunting task at any level – hit the ground running with these easy books for flute choir.

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  • Idyll  – The English Flute Unheard

    Idyll – The English Flute Unheard

    An Introduction to the Repertoire When my pianist Oliver Davies and I started researching suitable repertoire to include on our album “Idyll”, we had no idea how much of interest we would find across a huge range of styles and eras. The only proviso was that the composers had a connection with the Royal College of…

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  • Flute Tutor Books – Recommendations 2018

    Flute Tutor Books – Recommendations 2018

    The market for flute tutor books is crowded and often bewildering. Chris Hankin picks out three modern books which are all written by flute players.

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  • NFA 2018 Newly Published Flute Music Competition Winners

    NFA 2018 Newly Published Flute Music Competition Winners

    The results of the 2018 National Flute Association Newly Published Music Competition are in! Here’s the run-down of the winning titles by category. Flute and Piano Winner Georg Philipp Telemann – Sonata for Flute and Basso Continuo, TWV 41:h4 (Wiener Urtext Edition) Telemann’s Sonata (Solo) for transverse flute and basso continuo comes from his ‘Tafelmusik’…

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  • Exploring the new ABRSM 2018 Flute Syllabus: Grade 8

    Exploring the new ABRSM 2018 Flute Syllabus: Grade 8

    Grade 8: The Penultimate Grade Blog snapshot – my recommendations at a glance! Muller: Concerto in E minor Op 19 John Ranish:  Sonata in A minor Nineteenth Century Italian Music for Flute and Piano Romantic Miniatures Book 2 Albeniz arr Hedges: Sevilla Paul Lewis: Serenade Populaire Edward Gregson: Aztec Dances Christopher Ball: Invocations of Pan…

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