Adding Confidence to your Flute Playing
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About Adding Confidence to your Flute Playing
The Flute Confidence series looks at specific repertoire, selected to enhance techniques such as breathing and sonority. This course, ‘Singing Flute’ will look at using your voice in your flute playing. Course tutor Elizabeth will share her expert knowledge in performing with added confidence.
What is the course about?
Led by expert tutor, Elizabeth Walker, you will enjoy exploring sonority, colours, expression, and techniques for developing your confidence. This course, ‘Singing Flute’ will put specific focus on using your voice in your playing.
Your course tutor, Elizabeth, will lead you in the exploration of a range of pieces that are both characterful and accessible.
What will you learn?
This course will take a focus on using your voice in your flute playing, but basic flute techniques, breathing exercises, tonal colours, intonation, ensemble playing and performance tips will also be included.
Play with confidence, musical style, and enhanced sonority.
How will the course be taught?
This course will include a large or small flute ensemble every day, along with daily performances. Course attendees will also benefit from working alongside accompanist, Richard Shaw.
Course attendees should prepare one movement or more of the set repertoire, in addition to any other of their own choice repertoire pieces.
Who is the course for?
Musicians with a recommended minimum Grade 6 on modern flute.
Will music be provided and do you need to prepare or bring anything?
Participants will need to be familiar with at least one piece from the repertoire list before commencing the course.
The set repertoire for this course is as follows:
Strauss songs arranged by Elizabeth Walker.
Schubert Songs arranged by Böhm
Baroque Arias from ‘Vocalise’, arranged Walker
The ensemble pieces will include, ‘Thou Didst Blow’ by Handel, arr, Walker, and ‘The Banks of Green Willow’ arr. Orriss.
Participants are requested to download or own a copy of the music.
Course Tutors
"It was really magical. So inspiring and it really has helped with my confidence, breathing and sonority."