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Tune In May 2006
Announcement of new website and MyFlutorials
Flute Thoughts Blog April 7.
2007
Master Class
University Communications & Publications Office, Campbell
University, March 2007
Cape Fear Wind Symphony Performs John
Philip Sousa
Houston Public Radio
February 2007
The Front Row
Thailand News and Press Releases June, 2003
AMA Studio Presents a Flute Recital
Houston Public Radio February 2007
The Front Row
RAFA
February 2002
Tune-In Newsletter
Inspirations CD release and old website announcements:
RAFA
September 2001
Tune-In Newsletter
Announcement of Breathing Workshop at upcoming Flute Fair--p. 5--
and article about Flute Camp I directed--p. 6.
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From January 2008 “The Flute Network
Recommends…”
http://www.flutenet.com/jan08rec.htm
Catherine’s Musings, news and
views and on-line resources for flutists hosted by Catherine Le
Grand. See her
weblog online and her on-line teaching site,:
MyFlutorials.
North Carolina flutist LeGrand has developed her homepage and blog
as a “platform for sharing information, ideas, and resources on
breathing, music performance and pedagogy, creativity, the flute and
flute-playing.” She posts messages regularly and is constantly
adding useful features; the site is well-indexed and it is worth the
time to read back to the beginnings of this venture. In recent
weeks, she has been putting up videos of a series of interviews she
did in the last year with the remarkable pedagogue and freelance
flutist Keith Underwood, whose stimulating and exploratory ideas and
approaches to making the flutist’s embouchure and breathing more
efficient and controlled are gaining more and more followers. (His
demonstrations of “tongue controlled” embouchure and the use of
“buzzing” as a means of gaining control of the air speed, pressure
and direction have caused a lot of discussion on the Internet chat
groups, but for those who practice these concepts diligently they
are brilliant illustrations of a thoughtful and exploratory way of
making the flute more responsive, more resonant, and less
stressful.)
Catherine has a humorous approach to teaching the flute; and she is
not afraid to try unusual techniques and illustrations to get her
points across. She is very serious, however, about sharing her
insights and showing flutists at a distance how to improve their
playing. Since 2002 she has been gradually developing a method of
on-line instruction via her terrifically helpful and interesting
website, with articles, video tutorials, phone consultations, and
even lessons via teleconferencing. You can see the main features at
the LeGrand Studio homepage; then explore the library of free
materials, audio and video files, and, if interested in probing
deeper, you can
subscribe to her service for either three month or annual
subscriptions. She even has a free introductory one-week trial offer
for NFA members. While you are at her site, take time to look at her
fine gallery of beautiful photographs interspersed with
inspirational quotations to ponder.”
--Jerry Pritchard |
