Category: Flute Music
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Happy February!! In the spirit of the month, I wanted to take a moment to highlight some resources for flute music by Black composers and performers that I’ve come across over the past several years. I’m always in full support of anything that amplifies voices from outside the narrow canon of Western classical music that’s…
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A brief intro to women’s music salons in early 19th century Paris If you’ve taken a look at Virtuosa Flute Solos, you may have noticed that there’s a big hole when it comes to flute music by women composers from the Classical era. Even when I widened my search to include violin solos, I still…
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I’ll be honest – I’ve been having trouble feeling motivated to practice lately. We’re going into year three of the pandemic, and the arts industry has been one of the worst hit in the economy. The constant roller coaster of increasing and decreasing cases makes concert planning even more complex, and while I’m thankful for…
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Meet three women composers who wrote flute sonatas in 18th century Prussia – Wilhelmine von Bayreuth, Anna Amalia von Preußen, and Anna Bon di Venezia. I kicked off the new year by learning Princess Anna Amalia von Preußen’s ‘Sonata in F Major,’ and surprised myself with just how excited I was to start working on…