Bret Pimentel, woodwinds

Tag: Trevor Wye

Trevor Wye’s “Flexibility I” flute exercise

Feb 27, 2016

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in Woodwind playing and pedagogy

for Flute

One of my favorite flute warmups is “Flexibility–I (after Sousseman)” from Trevor Wye’s Tone book. This exercise is value-packed and meticulously thought out, and leads inevitably to some fundamental truths about flute playing.
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Report: National Flute Association Convention 2011

Aug 14, 2011

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in Announcements and news

for Flute, World woodwinds

This year was my first time attending the National Flute Association‘s annual convention, held this year in Charlotte, North Carolina. I’ve been to conferences of all the other major woodwind organizations in the US (IDRS, ICA, NASA), and here are some things that I think the NFA did exceptionally well: Organization and planning. From what …
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