Learning and Loving Music through Flute Playing

Sue Garton, Teacher


Young Artists Competition

For the first time ever, three FluteKeys students were selected to participate in the 2008 Gail & Harry Adams Young Artists Competition, sponsored by the Danville Symphony Orchestra. Judges returned positive comment sheets for all three (pictured left to right): Tiege Rice, Emily Otnes, and Penelope Rosenstock-Murav.

Holiday Activities 2007

This year the Allegro Choir played for residents at Canterbury Ridge in Urbana and Windsor of Savoy in Savoy. Also, choir members (left to right in picture) Sue Garton, Cori Webber, Tiege Rice, Tatum Stewart,and Emily Otnes generated goodwill and funds for the Salvation Army by playing at the Wal-Mart on North Prospect in Champaign.


Congratulations IMEA Participants

Congratulations to the following FluteKeys students. Through an exclusive audition these students were selected for participation in the IMEA Distict 3 honor bands:

High School

  • Sarah Ehlman, St. Thomas More
  • Palmer Gunderson, Central High School
  • Tiege Rice, Champaign Centennial
  • Penelope Rosenstock-Murav, Central High School

Middle School

  • Amanda Manaster*, Edison Middle School
  • Emily Otnes, Urbana Middle School
  • *Special contratulations to Amanda -- she was first chair!


National Flute Conventions

trevorandsue As an active member of the National Flute Association (www.nfaonline.org) I attend their national conventions each August. This year I was in Albuquerque. Here I am with Trevor Wye, author of several method books for flute that I use and recommend.

Last year I attended the national 2006 convention in Pittsburgh and performed in the NFA flute choir. While there I heard wonderful flute ensembles and tried out some big flutes like the huge contrabass flute in the picture at right. As you can see, it is way taller than I am!

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What do area band directors want?

What do band directors in the Champaign vicinity like to see in their flute students? Click here to find out what many area directors find most important in their flute students.

  

Got Braces?

The prospect of getting braces may sound scary, but how will having them really affect your playing? To read what several FluteKeys students have to say about their experiences, click here.


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