Bibliography for the presentation at the Irish World Academy, Limerick Primary Sources: Corette, Michel. Méthode pour apprendre aisément à jouer de la flûte traversière. Paris, 1735. Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel. Versuch über die wahre Art das Clavier zu spielen, Berlin, 1753. English translation by Edward … Continue readingBibliography for IWA Presentation
When you are deciding which traverso to buy, you should first consider what music you are most interested in playing with it. For an all-around Baroque flute for music composed before about 1750, including music by composers like Telemann, Bach, and Handel, I recommend trying copies of an original, pre-1750 German, English, Belgian, or Dutch instrument. … Continue readingAdvice for Traverso Beginners
Exceptional Music for an Unusual Combination Il Sussurro (Amanda Markwick, traverso, and Gerard van Vuuren, clavichord) recently performed a new work by composer Rob Manthey. Written in the fall of 2010 specifically for this ensemble, “music go peach for at rush to” mixes the sounds … Continue readingInterview with composer Rob Manthey
Kendra Borgen is a recording engineer based in Den Haag, the Netherlands. Originally from Alaska, she studied classical saxophone (and some jazz) at the University of Oregon (USA). During her studies, she also worked as a student assistant Sound Engineer, which is when she became … Continue readingInterview with recording engineer Kendra Borgen
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 If a picture is worth 1000 words, then here are 6000 about today’s class: ______ ___ ____
I interrupt the chronological flow of my flute-building project in order to show you some tools of the trade. I was going to just pull flashy, high-resolution images off the web until my husband pointed out that I’d be violating copyrights, so here are photos … Continue readingTools of the Trade
February 23 and March 2, 2009 (I have combined these two lessons into one post because I was doing basically the same thing in each class.) Now that the flute is complete with cork and holes, I have now started the finer adjustments. This part … Continue readingOn making an instrument *7
February 18, 2009 My flute has holes! And, as a friend said, “Wow, look, it has bling!” Rewind a couple of hours: Today was a very fun class for me. Drilling the holes on the milling machine was actually very easy, and it is somehow … Continue readingOn making an instrument *6
February 10, 2009 Oh, I have been cold and running late all day! It started out fine when I left home, but by the time I got to the Hague to teach, the weather was awful, with terrible wind blowing the rain everywhere! No … Continue readingOn making an instrument *5
February 3, 2009 My third class has been much like my first. Since we are making my instrument in 2 parts just to be safe (in case the headjoint is great but i mess up the finger holes), I had to turn more wood today … Continue readingOn making an instrument *4