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 | 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....
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Jan 9, 2018 | Goals, Recital, Repertoire
We all set personal goals in the new year, right? But do you have flute goals? What are your flute goals for 2018? What are you dreaming about doing, performing, achieving? My Flute Goals: Fill in my performance schedule. You have to work at scheduling gigs. They...
by Dr. Angela McBrearty | Nov 28, 2017 | Recital, Repertoire
It’s that time of year (well past really) where I put together a new recital program and in these parts that’s nigh unto Christmas, right? I mean who doesn’t get totally excited when new music arrives in the mail. It’s Christmas ! ! ! ! ! ! ...
