This is a short excerpt from Moshe Knoll's Klezmer Fantasia for Flute and Piano: Journey to a Wedding in Sadigura. I love his music and want to perform this piece in its entirety at some point, but I wanted to offer a snapshot of a work I find melodically satisfying and technically challenging.

This is a short excerpt from Moshe Knoll's Klezmer Fantasia for Flute and Piano: Journey to a Wedding in Sadigura. I love his music and want to perform this piece in its entirety at some point, but I wanted to offer a snapshot of a work I find melodically satisfying and technically challenging. I especially love the irregular and changing meter in this part.

This is a short excerpt from Moshe Knoll's Klezmer Fantasia for Flute and Piano: Journey to a Wedding in Sadigura. I love his music and want to perform this piece in its entirety at some point, but I wanted to offer a snapshot of a work I find melodically satisfying and technically challenging.

This is Gary Schocker's Short Story No. 6, which is scored for solo flute, but it is so much fun to play on piccolo. I love his music, and I especially like the changing and irregular meter in this piece. In 2010, I was the guest artist for 11 tracks on a recording, Unimagined Bridges: Fountain of Consciousness. I played the principal flute part for Gary Schocker's Fountains and Bucolics, and the recording aired on WRTI HD2's Now is the Time.

Chapter 3 of my book is entitled, “Carpenter and Stone Mason.” Jesus and his earthly father, Joseph, were highly skilled at working with both stone and wood. I not only discuss his carpentry skills but also his ability to build relationships amongst people, according to his principles as the Supreme Builder. As in other chapters, I provide fine art or pop art examples of how creators mirror the highest ideals of the Supreme Creator. I feature Mozart and his music in chapter 3 and thoroughly discuss the libretto and select arias from The Magic Flute - his final opera, which was premiered two months before Mozart died. I analyzed Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja (Now tell me, did you ever see?) and wished to release a companion CD of flute music after my book was published, but the CD was financially prohibitive at the time. I had found an arrangement of the above aria for 2 flutes, which I absolutely adored. Because I love playing piccolo, I thought I could modify this arrangement for solo piccolo. This excerpt is short and sweet!

This is the solo from the Bach/Gounod Ave Maria, which I discuss extensively in my book, Mirror of the Soul: A Flutist's Reflections, chapter 5.

During the coronavirus shutdown, I began a Native American Flute Share on my social media pages to demonstrate some of the beautiful instruments I own. It was received very enthusiastically, so I am posting the videos here. I love playing Amazing Grace on this cherry wood flute crafted by Butch Hall.

This is Puccini's "O Mio Babbino Caro" from Gianni Schicchi - my favorite opera aria.

This is J.S. Bach's Prelude No. 1 from the Well-Tempered Clavier, which I thoroughly discuss in chapter 5 of Mirror of the Soul: A Flutist's Reflections.