Summer re-start for me

 

Dear Flute-lovers,

Well you may have noticed the quietness of this flute-blog!! Yes, sorry....I've been taking a two year break from the flute, and am about to start playing again! I retired from Conservatory teaching during Covid lockdown (I'm now in my early 60s) and also stopped playing the flute in order to rest my left shoulder/forearm musician's injury. I spent quite a bit of the time outdoors, removing invasive plants from a natural park, and returning the native plants to their right habitat. So I got lots of fresh air. But I guess I'm back babeeee!  :>) And I surely have more time now than I did when I was teaching. 

I hope flutey folk will take this opportunity to ask flutey-questions, and to think about checking out Roger Mather's "The Art of Playing the Flute" (see right sidebar for more info.) I'd love to discuss the book, and even to go further with some of the ideas about embouchure formation and ease of octave changes etc.

So let me know your thoughts.

I can be reached by email at jen (at) jennifercluff (dot) com if you have a question that is not already answered on the blog or my main website (sitemaps and indexes abound), or you can use the comment button below. The blog comments are moderated, so yours may appear a few hours later, but with an answer!

I'd also love to start a chat about new flute sheetmusic of gorgeous repertoire that folk are enjoying. I feel strongly that the flute needs lots more lyrical/beautiful/gorgeous repertoire, and that we don't have enough.

So lots of thoughts as I begin to come back from my flute hiatus.

Happy June to everyone coming out of lockdown! It looks like we'll have a beautiful summer here on the coast; nice and cool!

Looking forward to getting back into the swing of things.

Jen