We are just about ready to send this magazine off to the printers (I hope!) but we need a bit of help.
Lots of people have commented how much they like the pull-out music section. Did you notice the paper was coloured? Did you find this useful? It was pale yellow. What colour do you think we should use for this magazine? We’d really appreciate yor help – quickly! Thanks. Read More
I know everyone loves Wendy’s amazing covers. She is so talented. Wendy has produced every cover since the first one – over 20 years! She also does incredible sculptures.
I’ve just had an email from her with great news:
just to let you know that my picture “Thinking of Zimbabwe” has been accepted for exhibition at the Mall Galleries in London. The exhibition is called Art Liberating Lives, in aid of Sue Ryder Care, and runs from 11th to 18th of december. (entry free but donations asked for) If you are unable to get to the exhibition, pieces can be viewed on line on the Sue Ryder Care, Art Liberating lives website. I’m very excited to be selected – looking forward to the preview night (tickets for that also available for £20 – had to buy one for John!) Fame at last and must finish my website!!!
Love
Wendy x
Sorry I haven’t posted for quite some days. Two reasons – I’ve been busy with the magazine and no one has left any comments. Comments really spur me on. Maybe someone could leave one today.
The magazine is well on it’s way. I’ve been up to my eyes pulling an article together about tuners and metronomes today. My desk is full of the things. It’s really interesting having 6 or 7 metronomes beating together! You’ll have to wait for the magazine to find out which we liked the most. I have become very attached to one tuner, it’s really good.
Alongside the magazine, I’m trying to get my head around the big Barbican event. I know it will be great fun, I just need to get all the planning done.
I’ve had a couple of trips up to Just Flutes in Croydon over the last week. My flute was playing up – although I did at one stage think it was just my lack of regular practice. I was relieved to learn it wasn’t and my flute needed a couple of new pads and some adjustments. Ian McLauchlan is brilliant! It was good to see Jonathan Myall there as well and discuss some inovations for the flute learning world.
Last Sunday we had a great rehearsal for the Christmas concert Fluetwise is taking part in. The people who turned up were fantastic – but I’d be much happier if I had more players. Can YOU help out and play. You’ll find the rehearsal details on the events page. Let me know if you can come. Please!
I get sent loads of things for potential review in the magazine. I thought this was great for the first 6 months of Flutewise, but 20 years down the track, it is no longer exciting when the postman delivers yet another music book or CD, they just add to my ever-growing pile.
I feel a great burden of responsibility for everything that does arrive as I know that behind every product some one or some people have worked exceptionally hard and really believe in the value of what they have produced. Sadly there aren’t enough hours in the day and space in the magazine to cover everything properly and many products are quite mediocre.
I hate books with badly set out page turns and CDs which don’t have track listings when I open then in iTunes.
Today I listened to a new arrival in awe. I enjoyed it so much I listened to it twice – and put it on pause when I went to make coffee and had a trip to the loo. It is really refreshing.
The CD is ‘Michael Nyman Yammamoto Perpetuo for solo flute transcribed and performed by Andy Findon’. It’s beautiful, you should get a copy. Even though it has no iTunes CD listings I still like it!
Andy Findon’s website is worth checking out.
I’ve just had this email, I thought it might be of interest to some of you:
I am writing to let you know about the latest news from rarescale.
1. Concerts in London this autumn
Following our very successful 5th anniversary concert in Shoreditch in September, we have four further performances in the next month:Friday 14th November 2008, 1.15pm at St Bride’s Church (www.stbrides.com), Fleet St.
Following their successful performance at the British Flute Society’s International Convention this summer, nationally based ensemble rarescale Flute Academy returns to London to perform arrangements for flutes by Beethoven, Lotti and Handel.
Admission FreeSat 29 November 2008, 7.30pm at Antenna Studios, Bowyers Yard, Haynes Lane, Crystal Palace
Music for alto and bass flute, guitar and electronics, including the world premiere of Stolen Branch by Graham Lynch, Apparition and Release and Rain Drive by rarescale’s composer in residence, Michael Oliva, and The Trystyng by London-based film composer Michael Csanyi-Wills.
Tickets £5 at the doorMonday 8th December 2008, 6.15pm. All Saint’s Arts Centre, 122 Oakleigh Road North
Carla Rees and Sarah Watts perform works for alto flute and bass clarinet, including the world premiere of a new work by Tim Benjamin, and works by Kenneth Hesketh, Michael Csanyi-Wills, Daniel Kessner and David Bennett Thomas.
Tickets £5 at the doorSat 13th December 2008, 7.30pm at St Leonards Church, Shoreditch
rarescale performs new works for low-voiced wind trio (alto flute, bass clarinet and cor anglais) with electronics, including premieres of works by Rob Ratcliffe, Rob Fokkens, Michael Csanyi-Wills and Ed Joliffe.2. rarescale on Raasay
Bookings are now being taken for rarescale’s masterclass course for alto and bass flute, bass clarinet and electronic composition on the Scottish island of Raasay in April 2009. Full details at www.rarescale.org.uk3. rarescale records
rarescale has launched its own record label with two discs containing the music of Michael Oliva, Daniel Kessner, Karen Gourlay, David Burnand and Vasco Hexel. A further disc by David Bennett Thomas is due for release later this month. The discs are available through rarescale directly, and on itunes and Amazon. Full details at www.rarescale.org.ukThank you for your continued support of rarescale and we look forward to welcoming you at one of our events soon.
Carla Rees, Artistic Director, rarescale
Charity Number 1112917