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Hi, yes that's me on my homepage and in the videos. Thanks so much for your comment. I need all the support I can get in these last two days of voting! Please help spread the word if possible! I play on a Burkart piccolo :) Please vote for me today by going to http://goo.gl/bUlpz and then please giv...

Hi fluteland! I have made the finals and there are 2 voting days left. I need your support! Please vote for me here - http://goo.gl/bUlpz And give me a thumbs up here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDTn6VxmBsQ Also, I plan on putting up more piccolo videos in the near future. I am a mom, full-time t...

I am very excited to finally be able to tell you that my first album entitled, "Mosaic" will be released on Monday, September 1st. The album features newly composed music for the piccolo which will be available through retailers and through my website, www.piccoloist.com. Included on the album are t...

The site is back up and running!

I will let you know when it goes back up, and yes, we are going with a different host.

I'm the owner of Piccoloist.com What happened is that someone hacked into the site, and setup a fake paypal spoofing page. At this time they won't grant me access to move the site to another host, and they are completely slow in researching to see who actually did the damage. I am still working on i...

Also, if you are wearing makeup like foundation, cover up or powder, you will see a mark.

As for articulation...you can break up your scales with different articulations...for example: 1) play the entire scale slurred 2) then tongued 3) then double-tounged 4) triplets on each note for triple tonguing 5) slur 2 tongue 2 single tongued 6) slur 2 tongue 2 double tongued you get the idea...j...

Try as many as you can! Your best bet since convention is over, is to contact a dealer like Jeff Weissman, Flute Specialists, or Flute Center of New York (among others as well) and have a bunch sent to you on trial. Have a teacher or other musician listen to you play on each one side by side. You ca...

Hey there!
Lots of scales of course, and definitely thirds. Slow practice is key because one can tend to run all over the place in this flashy piece. Don't attempt Galway tempos. Start off slow and increase your tempo as you become more comfortable.
Have fun!