by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Feb 6, 2020 | FluteTips, Performing, Repertoire, Teachers
What do you say when you’ve just ended a performance and someone comes up to you and says: “Oh, great job!” And inside you’re thinking: “Ah, I wasn’t very good. I messed up here. I messed up there. I didn’t do this right. It’s not the...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Nov 14, 2019 | Breathing, Flute Convention, FluteTips, Performing, Practice, Technique
Taking a quick quiet breath is not as easy as it seems. Sure, we all know how to take fast breaths when we exercise. But when you’re playing through a fast passage, and you need to breathe while in tempo, you’ve got to learn how to do it quickly AND quietly. Here’s a...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Oct 10, 2019 | Embouchure, FluteTips, Performing, Tone
There’s a lot of discussion out in the world today in the flute world about the sound that you should have and the style of which you should play Baroque music. I am not the world’s best expert at stylistic performance. Although I think I’ve got it...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jun 19, 2018 | FluteTips, Performing, Practice, Recital
Sometimes when you’ve been practicing a lot or even when you’re in a performance you’ll notice that something isn’t quite right and you realize that a bubble has formed sealing they key and the pad together. When a bubble forms, it closes a...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Apr 17, 2018 | Daily Routine, Etudes, Performing, Practice
Have you ever walked off the stage asking yourself “what just happened?” Did you ever finish a performance with no idea how a passage went? I have! This is the result of a lack of concentration. Have you ever realized during a performance that you can tell...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Mar 20, 2018 | Collaborations, Performing, Recital
Do you bemoan the fact that you can’t perform enough because you’re not able to find a guitarist or cellist to perform with? Or how about a harpist? Or even another flutist? That was my life for a time when we moved to a small area of rural New York State....
