We are just putting the final touches to a new joining form for Flutewise (excellent design by Andy) but we are struggling with a sentence – which do you prefer:
I just wanted to tell you quickly about the concert on Friday. it was held in the concert hall of the RSAMD in Glasgow to celebrate the retirement of David Nicholson, professor of flute at RSAMd and principal flute of Scottish chamber orchestra. this was a great night. There were some fantastic people taking part. All students or colleagues of David’s. Apart from myself, there was Wissam Boustany, Jerry Randalls, Eddie Maguire (the Whistlebinkies), Kathleen Stevenson (BBC Symphony), John Grant (RSNO), Sheena Gordon (SCO), Scottish Flute Trio and so many more. I was blown away by some of the playing actually. I think its fair to say that David is propbably the most successful flute teacher the UK if not the world has ever produced. I was a delight to study with him for 4 years. For those of you who do not know david, come to abbotsholme because he is teaching and playing for us there in August and it should be amazing!!!!!!
Who do you find to be your greatest influence on the flute and why? Do you have a favourite player? lets get loads of comments on this one!!!!!
love,
Stephen.
I thought you might like to know my meetings in London went really well and I’m very excited about this event for next year, although there is still lots of planning work to do before I announce it.
Where is everyone? No comments. Maybe everyone is too busy doing exams.
Hi Guys. I just wanted to quickly tell you about the concert we gave at the Slovenian convention. It was so much fun and congratulations to all who played because it has been a while since I have heard you all play together and the improvement was amazing. You sounded incredible!!! I was also so immpressed with how professional you all acted on stage too – you made me feel very proud and honoured to be standing up there with you.
For those of you not there -we were in fact the big finale of the whole convention. We performed on the Sunday evening in “The Glass Hall” to a pretty packed audience. We had a huge programme which included all sorts. Sandy was our brilliant principal conductor and I know we are all very grateful to his fantastic energy, musicianship and guidance. We were also very lucky to have Ian Clarke conduct us in “Walk Like This” (his own piece) which went down a storm!
For me, the highlight was when we were joined by some Slovenian flute players to perform Gypsy Airs (conducted by Gareth), Celtic Exploration (from memory no less – composed by our very own Maestro Sandy) and Brian Borus March. I think that this gathering defiantely proved that music is as strong a communication as any language because these players tended not to speak English!!!!
What an amazing night!!!!!!
Love,
Stephen.