In my latest tutorial video, I explain how to finger every note on the flute. Including on screen fingering charts, this comprehensive flute fingering tutorial explores fingerings from the entire standard range of the flute.
Check out my flute fingering posters below (ships free in the US), or get a bonus printable Fingering Chart PDF with my book, Eight Essential Exercises.
“Whole Step, Half Step” is my newest flute warm-up exercise. Use this practice routine to warm up your tone and improve your finger dexterity.
Flute fingering tutorial including how to read a fingering chart and fingerings for every flute note in the standard range.
Here I play Ernesto Kohler’s gorgeous flute etude, “By the Seaside,” Opus 66, No. 21.
I made a flute cover of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” using the Tomplay app.
Check out my new video: Telemann’s Fantasie No. 10 in F# Minor for solo flute!
My new Trial Music for Flute is now available as a free download in three levels of difficulty (Easy, Intermediate, Advanced).
My newest arrangment for flute choir is of Reicha’s Quintet, Op. 88 No. 1. This charming 4-movement piece works well as a flute quintet or expanded into a full flute choir.
"Danse de la chèvre" (Dance of the Goat) was written for solo flute by Arthur Honegger in 1921 as incidental dance music for "La mauvaise pensée" by Sacha Derek.
In this video, I revisit one of my favorite solo flute pieces, Debussy’s “Syrinx.” Written in 1913 as incidental music for the play "Psyché" by Gabriel Mourey, Debussy's "Syrinx" (alternatively titled "La flûte de Pan") evokes the ancient Greek story of Pan and Syrinx.
Here I perform Valerie Coleman’s “Danza de la Mariposa,” a vibrant and beautiful piece for solo flute that evokes musical styles of South America, including Peruvian Yaravi and Argentinean tango.
For this holiday season, I wanted to create a simple and festive arrangment of popular Christmas carols for flute quartet (4 C flutes). “Four Flutes A-Caroling” includes 12 holiday carol arrangments that are easy to play and easy to put together, and should be accessible to many levels of player, including high school students and adult amateurs.
For my friends in Hawai’i, here are performance examples and a few tips for this year’s Hawai’i Youth Symphony flute auditions.
"Morceau de concours," by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) is a piece for flute solo and piano.
Here’s my latest YouTube flute choir project…Night on Bald Mountain!