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Welcome to the Big Pond: some advice for first-year college students

By Michelle Barraclough As a flute professor, the beginning of the fall college semester is an exciting time for me. I enjoy reuniting with the upper-level students and welcoming the new students. The campus environment is full of fresh experiences: meeting people who may be very different from you, living independently without a parent’s guidance, and managing time well….

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On the Trail of my Great-great-grandfather Theobald Böhm, Flautist, Composer, Flute Maker, 1794–1881

by Ludwig Böhm ***We continue the publication of a series of articles by Ludwig Böhm from“Commemorative Writing on the occasion of Theobald Böhm’s 200th Birthday, Munich 1994”, gradually approaching the celebration of Theobald Böhm’s 230th birthday in 2024. My interest for Theobald Böhm’s descendants was raised in April 1970, when my father organized a family reunion. After the reunion, I…

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IL FLAUTO MULTIFORME DI CARLA REBORA 

by Francesca Cescon Scorrendo le sue viarie e numerose composizioni per flauto, è difficile credere che per questo strumento non sia stato “amore a prima vista” per Carla Rebora. Genovese di nascita, è sicuramente una figura di rilievo nel panorama compositivo contemporaneo italiano ed internazionale. Allieva di Azio Corghi, da anni affianca la sua intensa attività creativa a quella…

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Основы игры на флейте. Часть 3. Постановка губ.

Автор: Илья Дворецкий В предыдущих главах мы затронули следующие темы: Основы игры на флейте. Часть 1. Постановка Основы игры на флейте. Часть 2. Дыхание. В этой статье хочется заострить ваше внимание на одном очень важном моменте, который отвечает за стабильность соединения в одной из трёх опорных точек, а именно в точке под нижней губой. То, как мы прикладываем наш…

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Il vibrato nel flauto traverso

di Marco Gaudino Prima della lettura di questo articolo si consiglia di leggere dello stesso autore, nel numero di Marzo 2022, “I Muscoli positivi e negativi coinvolti nella produzione del suono nel flauto e negli strumenti a fiato” Il vibrato nel flauto è un fenomeno acustico-espressivo nato da una variazione di altezza, intensità e timbro del suono su cui…

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The Flute Music of Reza Vali

by Laura Chislett This year marks the 70th anniversary of the birth of Reza Vali, a renowned Iranian-American composer, professor of composition at the School of Music, Carnegie Mellon University. In this article, Australian flutist Laura Chislett talks about his flute music. I met Reza Vali in Pittsburgh in 1992 where he teaches at Carnegie Mellon University. His name…

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Mindfulness e Psico-cinestesia al Flauto Traverso  

di Mirella Pantano         Non si raggiunge una bella esecuzione superando la resistenza dello strumento, ma eliminando le resistenze dentro di noi” Raymond Thiberge In questo nuovo articolo mi propongo di tornare su alcuni spunti di didattica applicata alla psicocinestesia e alla tecnica della mindfulness, è una occasione per me di ricapitolare i punti essenziali di quanto già esposto e…

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LES CONCERTS DE PAN – Présentation du projet

by Alexis Kossenko All photos © Alexis Kossenko, Philippe Kossenko and Colin Laurent En 2019, Alexis Kossenko posa la première pierre d’un projet ambitieux visant à enregistrer de très vastes pans du répertoire pour flûte solo.  Ces enregistrements poursuivent un but à la fois musical, encyclopédique, historique, organologique et éducatif. Ils dépassent la dimension du simple concert pour mettre…

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Overcoming the Starving Artist Mindset

by Anamarie Diaz, The Financial Flutist The starving artist mindset holds a lot of weight in our society. This ideal is known by artists and non-artists, but we aren’t born believing that artists struggle financially. This concept is learned and internalized by the way artists are portrayed in media and from comments that are said to us by individuals…

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VI Edition

Dear flutists, we would like to present the 6th edition of The Babel Flute. For a year and a half of the existence of our magazine and community, it became clear how many talented flutists in the world are ready to share their discoveries, projects, research, experience and unique pedagogical methods! We have 8 new authors and 2 more…

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