by Erin Nichols | Feb 18, 2020 | Bios, Teachers
If you live anywhere near the Bloomington area and are interested in you or your student receiving the very highest caliber of private and group study, you need to check out the IU Jacobs School of Music Flute Academy. The Flute Academy is a flute study course for...
by Erin Nichols | Feb 11, 2020 | Instruments, Uncategorized, Video
This week’s blog is one from the archives…I think I have a few new followers since this video was originally posted in November 2014. I also look a tad more well-rested… This video is a quick overview of the purpose of the C# trill key, a feature...
by Erin Nichols | Feb 4, 2020 | Performers, Uncategorized
Last Friday, I posted a wonderful video from 1987 of Jean-Pierre Rampal playing Mozart’s Flute Concerto No. 1 in G Major with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra (see it here). It made me realize that while I have covered many important composers of flute music, that I have...
by Erin Nichols | Jan 28, 2020 | Instruments, Products, Shop information
Last week, I spent some time going over the unfortunate fact that there are a lot of bad instruments out there–specifically piccolos, although you could really substitute any instrument. For example, you can purchase a $30 violin from Ebay, which comes without...
by Erin Nichols | Jan 21, 2020 | Instruments
I did something I knew I would regret the other day: I went to Amazon and searched “piccolo.” No brand name, no price specifications. As I expected, a plethora of inexpensive instruments in an array of colors and finishes greeted me, promising great sound...
