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VII Edition

Dear flutists, We are introducing a new holiday edition of The Babel Flute! We are pleased to announce that our magazine is now being read in 206 countries around the world! We have 4 new authors and 1 more country (Ecuador) in this edition, which makes it total of 61 authors from 24 countries! On November 21, we launched…

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Professional Development for Teachers

By Lea Pearson, DMA, LBME N.B. This article is a beginning discussion about professional development. Given the worldwide nature of this publication, it is an open invitation for you, the reader, to contribute valuable resources in the comments section. Please share what is useful and effective in your country! What is professional development?  Why should we, as teachers, be…

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Celso Garrido Lecca: “Soliloquio I” para flauta sola – Vanguardia peruana

por Manuel Domingo Carranza Cueto El compositor peruano Celso Garrido-Lecca (n.1926) En el año 2000 tuvo lugar un reconocimiento muy importante a uno de los compositores peruanos más destacados de la segunda mitad del siglo XX y cuya importancia en el legado musical iberoamericano es sumamente valorada y admirada. Estamos hablando del maestro Celso Garrido-Lecca (n. 1926) quien obtuvo…

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The Electric Flute: An Introduction to Playing with Effects

By Melissa Keeling INTRODUCTION I will never forget the first time I heard my flute through effects pedals (the “electric flute”). Though I didn’t realize it at the time, that day was the beginning of a beautiful journey of creativity, exploration, and finding joy in my music-making. Without effects, I’m not sure I would still be playing the flute…

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La performance del flautista

by Mirella Pantano L’atto esecutivo nella performance musicale-strumentale costituisce l’argomento di questo mio nuovo articolo, questo perché mi sono resa conto, nei miei anni di insegnamento e professionali, che nel percorso dello studente esso è un aspetto ignorato, si lavora sulla tecnica, sull’interpretazione, su tutto ciò che concerne la musica, ma non su come si suona in pubblico e…

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2nd International Student Essay Contest

by The Babel Flute Congratulations to the Colegio Santa Maria Marinistas (Peru) students for participating in and winning the Best Critical Essay Contest, organized, sponsored and held in November of 2022 by The Babel Flute, International Flute Magazine & Community. The article of this contest was “The transverse flute in Afro-Peruvian music” by Manuel Domingo Carranza Cueto The aim…

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Playing All the Notes: Flute Music by Underrepresented Composers

Michelle Barraclough with Joshua Lyon, Carmela Steyaert, and Grace Young At the end of the Fall 2021 semester, I encouraged my college flute students to consider learning a piece by an underrepresented composer (female and/or a person of color). Previously, works by these composers were not frequently included in traditional concert programming. Happily, this is changing. I provided a…

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