Private lessons: the big questions

You have probably at some point heard your student’s teacher, a Paige’s Music or IFS sales rep, or even your student mention taking private lessons. There are many factors to consider when deciding upon private lessons and a private lessons teacher. The goal of this...

2015 in review

The last week in 2015…already?? This year has certainly been a whirlwind for all of us here at Paige’s Music and the Indy Flute Shop. Let’s take a look back at all the exciting events this year… January Paige’s Music exhibited at the IMEA...

This is your brain on music

If you follow our parent company, Paige’s Music, on any social media network, you know that we have been sending out daily truths about the importance of music education in children’s lives. Most of us have heard the studies about how music makes you a...

Vibrato

Of all the stylistic options available to us as flute players, few are as popular–and as mysterious and hard to describe–as vibrato. Vibrato is a wonderful technique for flutists to use, especially since flute is known, as I have mentioned before, as the...

Orchestral excerpts

Here at the Indy Flute Shop, I have the distinct pleasure of working with flute players of virtually all skill levels–from beginners to college hopefuls to true professionals. One subject that I think is beneficial for players of all backgrounds is becoming...

Summer Time Maintenance

Hello, all! It’s great to be back from the Big Easy. Thanks to Jeremy, our Retail Sales director, for his wonderful musings on summer time playing last week. I wanted to elaborate on that subject some and give some tips on summertime repair and maintenance—especially...