I've been leaping from one performance style to another a lot lately. Shifting soundspace and changing instruments. From whistles to flute to alto to picc. From Classical to Folk to Improvisation to accompanying. And the space inside my head has becoming a wild maze of overlapping and entangled sounds. Words get crowded out but the music swirls about joyfully ..read more

Flutes use breath to create music. Which means for the last year and a half, I have not gotten to play live for folks (unless I was over 20ft up on an outdoor balcony). I missed people waiting till a tune ends to talk with me. I missed the kids who stand right in front of the flute/whistle to hear it better. I missed the people, young and old, who sit down next to me and close their eyes to float with the music. And then, I did get to play with a group of vaccinated musicians on an outdoor stage. We were all slightly delirious with musical joy and anyone depending on us for rides had to wait q ..read more

 Taking a short break from everything so I can focus on teaching my music history class this Fall. I will be back with more flute-ness ..read more

A moody triple tune ..read more

  My mother says I should name this "Between the Storms ..read more

Two tunes on the Double Ocarina ..read more

Some lively improvisation on the Triple Flute ..read more

Some wind noise but the flying hair and the triple flute are still fun ..read more

Sunset and Improvisation on the Double Ocarina ..read more

A Low Whistle improv ..read more