Links
Teaching Resources...
- The Woodwind Fingering Guide
- The Virtual Flute (has fingerings for multiphonics and alternate fingers, etc.)
- Free online metronome
- Free online metronome (has accents for different meters)
- Free online metronome (has ability to find desired tempo by tapping)
- Music Theory Tools (including intervals, ear training, chords, etc.)
- PracticeSpot: (Ideas and resources for great music lessons)
- Practice Sight Reading
- The Music Translator
- Your Accompanist for singers (check out Resources)
- Anna Pyne Online Flute Lessons
For Flute Pedagogy...
- Larry Krantz Flute Pages (lots to check out here!)
- Flute Talk Magazine
- The Flute Network
- The Flute Portal
- The Flute Source
- Flute.com
- Peter Loyd Flute Techniques
- Jennifer Cluff’s website (lots of good resources and articles)
For the Piccolo...
- Nicola Mazzanti (includes articles, tips, and recordings)
- The Piccoloist
- Piccolo HQ (includes repertoire, pedagogy, etc.)
For Body Awareness and Performance Anxiety...
- Body Mapping
- Hypnotherapy
- Hypnotherapy Downloads (try the Performance Anxiety one)
- Don Greene: Performance Mastery Training
- Jeff Nelsen: Fearless Auditions (some good articles- click on Fearless)
For Music...
- Beethoven & Company
- Flute World
- Carolyn Nussbaum Music Company
- The Orchestra Musician’s CD-ROM Library
Flute Associations...
- National Flute Association
- FSU Flute Association
- Florida Flute Association
- South Carolina Flute Society
- Atlanta Flute Club
- American Flute Guild: Find a Flute Organization near you
For Music and Flute History...
- Classical Archive
- Classical.net
- Flutists’ Family Tree
- Flutists’ Family Tree: In Search of the American Flute School (This is an easy to use dissertation)
- Flute History
For Auditions...
For Finding University Jobs...
- Higher Education (Click on Faculty, then Click on Fine and Applied Arts)
- The Piccoloist
- The College Music Society (you have to register)
- National Flute Association (you need to be a member, then click on Resources)
- Business Manual for Musicians (not for finding a job exactly, but might help to get one!)
For Audition Advice, Inspiration, and Articles...
- Jeanne Baxtresser Audition Advice
- Doug Yeo: Advice from a Trombonist’s perspective
- Gene Pokorny: Advice from a Tuba player’s perspective
- From Larry Krantz’s website
- John Wion: Historical Principal Flutists
- Article: “Auditions: Breaking into the Club” by Nancy Uscher
- Article: “Advice for Aspiring Orchestral Flutists” by Jessica Halpin
- Article: “The Orchestra Audition” by William J. Lucas
- Dissertation: “The Orchestral Flute Audition: An Examination of Preparation Methods and Techniques” by Elizabeth Y. Buck
Websites of colleagues and teachers...
- Eva Amsler (at FSU)
- Christopher Krueger (at UMass, Amherst)
- Karen Large (in Tallahassee, Florida)
- Jessica Dunnavant (in Wisconsin)
- Ellen Johnson (in Austin, Texas)
- Sara Bresette (in Melbourne, Florida)
- Angela McCuiston (in Panama City, Florida)
- Angela Massey (in Augusta, Georgia)
- Jessica Sherer (in Tallahassee, Florida)
- Justin Bahrami (in Spokane, Washington)