Archive for the ‘Flute’ Category
Once More, With Feeling
Posted by: jdunnavant on: November 4, 2012
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One of my very best flute students came to her lesson with tears in her eyes a few weeks ago. They’d had their monthly chair placement test in her school band that day, and horror of horrors, she fell from first chair to third. She was sure that her flute-playing life was over. Who would [...]
Never Give Up!
Posted by: jdunnavant on: August 2, 2012
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Yesterday, I spent the afternoon in a marching band flute sectional with a bunch of my favorite high school students. They are perky, peppy and hard working, and they smell like sparkles and sunshine, even when they’ve been out in the unbelievable late summer heat. In other words, they’re flute players. They’ve been at it [...]
In the Sweet Summertime: The Power of “What if?”
Posted by: jdunnavant on: May 27, 2012
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I love summer. What teacher doesn’t? Like pretty much everyone else I know, I race toward the spring semester finish line, wheezing and burned out, hoping that I will find some renewal over the break and come back in the fall ready to start it all over again. And as usual, that renewal comes more [...]
The Pool of Inspiration
Posted by: jdunnavant on: April 21, 2012
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I had to fill out my faculty activies sheet recently, and when I proofread it before submitting it, I realized that I have performed at least twenty-one times since August 2011. For someone who’s not a regular member of an orchestra, that’s a lot. It also doesn’t count all the singing I do in my [...]
The Perils of Perfectionism, or Why it’s Okay to be First Loser
Posted by: jdunnavant on: March 13, 2012
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I am a recovering perfectionist. When I was younger–a teenager, and later a college student–I was sunk deep in my perfectionist disorder. At 17, I remember winning second chair at a regional band festival, and calling my mother in tears. Second chair? That’s first loser! Mom listened for about five minutes and then hung up on [...]
What is Practice, Anyway?
Posted by: jdunnavant on: February 7, 2012
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I saw one of my favorite students today. She’s 15, and she is REALLY good at it. I think of her as my “little black raincloud,” because she has a comeback for every compliment. We start every lesson in pretty much the same way. She comes in, sits down, gets her flute out, and tells [...]
Why We All Should Sing
Posted by: jdunnavant on: January 11, 2012
I am not a trained singer. I sing all the time, in the church choir, in the car, in the shower, sometimes in embarassingly public places like the grocery store…and I sing a lot when I’m teaching. I feel the need to add the disclaimer that I am NOT a trained singer because there’s so [...]
2011 in Review
Posted by: tyonce on: January 3, 2012
It’s been a busy, full year. Usually, I assess what I’ve done (and haven’t managed to get done) at the end of the academic year; as a college professor, my concept of a “year” goes from August to May. However, it probably isn’t a bad idea to perform a mid-year check-up. While it’s easy to [...]
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Paula Brusky - Bassoonist, injury prevention expert, professor, founding director of BCMCC. |
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Alexis Del Palazzo - Flutist, contemporary music enthusiast, musician wellness expert. |
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Jessica Dunnavant - Flutist, professor, early music enthusiast. |
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Diane Haslam - Singer, professor, writer. |
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Stephanie Henke - Oboist, DMA student. |
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Alexandra Monchick - Professor, musicologist, flutist. |
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Bart Walters - Jazz and classical saxophonist, popular music expert, former Army musician. |
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Tammy Evans Yonce - Flutist, professor, chamber and orchestral musician, contemporary music fan. |