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I have an orchestral audition in a week and a half for the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra. it's going to be really tough this year because there's only one spot opening up and the music is hard hard. One of the excerpts I have to play is Rimsky-Korsakov's Scherazade. I have to play it for both flu...

I had to deal with a very similar situation last year. I had to tell my private teacher, that I am VERY close to, that I wanted to take lessons from another teacher. It was very hard because she had taught me from the very beginning and I was sort of like a daughter to her. But sometimes you just ne...

Hey, I know there are a lot of threads on what to play for auditions/concerts ets., but I just had to make another. I have an audition that is very important to me personally coming up next week, and I've only had about a week and half to prepare for it. I didn't want to do anything risky and pull o...

Hmmm, I like so many! Here are some of my favs:

Concertino, by Cecile Chaminade
Sonatina by Eldin Burton
Carmen Fantasy, by Francois Borne
Fantaisie by Georges Hue

Those are my all-time favorites! for now...

North Georgia. I love it.

I have a solid silver Muramatsu GX and I love it to death!! I highly recommend it. My next step in flute purchase is to get a gold muramatsu. :D Haha, yea right. But even the silver Muramatsu has a gorgeous, rich, dark tone. It depends on your preference though. I tend to play rather dark so this fl...

I'm also curious about this. What are the price ranges of some of these instruments? I have a Yamaha that I paid around $400 for mainly as an obligatory move. I have a Muramatsu flute that I absolutely adore and I couldn't afford a really nice piccolo. Mine is just a student model which was ok becau...

I know this is an old thread, but who's going to Nashville this week? My flute choir will be giving a brief concert there, and I'm really excited! I hope some of you will be able to come because it's always so rewarding!