I had a trip out to a flute day yesterday, a flute day organised by someone else so it was a great treat. It was at Thornden School in Chandler’s Ford, Hampshire and it was superbly organised by local flute teacher, Anita Hall.

Anita had planned the day for her own pupils and they were all there to support her, over 50 of them, very impressive!

The guest artist of the day was Ian Clarke and everyone enjoyed his extremely friendly manner, his teaching, and his superb playing.

It was good to see Nigel James there from All Flutes Plus together with a local music shop. We are so very lucky in the flute world to have the support of the wonderful specialist flute shops that always seem to be supporting flute events everywhere.
I enjoyed hearing all the young flute players rehearsing for their evening concert and it was good to hear from some of the ones I chatted with that their favourite piece was “Walk Like This” by Ian Clarke, as I commissioned this for Flutewise.

It was a great event. I hope all of those players realise how lucky they are to have such a talented and enthusiastic flute teacher.