Pink Panther Beatbox Flute

Viviana plays Pink PantherI learned to started beatboxing with my flute after hearing Greg Pattillo‘s version of Badinerie in the Italian Flute Festival, Falaut.  He gave me some pointers on our ride to the airport the following morning.  A few months later, Annie Wu contacted me as she was learning Greg’s Three Beats as it was the NFA High School Competition required piece.  I had to really dive in to learning beatbox which then became a passion and love.  More recently, a student of mine asked me to teach him how to play Pink Panther but in beatbox style…. sooooooo, again, I had to figure it out!  I premiered my version at Flutes by the Sea earlier this year and finally, here is the video!

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10 Holiday Flute Gift Ideas for the Flutist in Your Life

 

Viviana Guzman proud owner of a Fluterscooter Bag

1.  Gift the sensational Fluterscooter Flute Bag!

 

2.  Gift a Skype Lesson or Business of Music Internet Coaching via PayPal from the following:  a) Viviana Guzman twitter@FluteQueen, b) Lisa Schroeder twitter@SchroederFlute, c) Alexis Del Palazzo twitter@sensibleflutist

Bettine Clemen-Ware

 

3.  Gift a flute repair session, always necessary!  a) Anne Pollack in NYC.  Her website is Your Fluteworks  b) Lori Lee in San Francisco c) Joan Sparks’ Flute Pro Shop in Willmington, DE

 

4.  Gift Flute Holiday Music:  a) Bettine Clemen-Ware’s  Angel’s Noel  b) Fluterscooter’s Holiday Treasures

 

Greg Pattillo's 3 Beats for Beatbox Flute

5.  Gift original music by our favorite flutists:  a) Gary Schocker I found a Sheet Music Plus page with several of his charming works here  b) Greg Pattillo released his 3 Beats for Beatbox flutes this year and can be ordered here.  

 

Gary Schocker will be performing at the SF Flute Festival 2012

6.  Add to the flute collection by gifting exotic ethnic flutes:  a) For a Native American Indian Flute, the best quality for a good price, I think are Odel Borg’s High Spirits Flutes,  b) For Bansuri Flutes check out the  Joshua Geisler Bansuri Flute  c) Purchase a Penny whistle at your local music store usually for under $20.

 

Christina Jennings will be performing at the SF Flute Festival 2012

7.  For the budding toddler flutist, gift Barbara Siesel’s Green Golly and Her Golden Flute CD.  Charming, original, and perfect stories for your little ones set to the beautiful flute playing of Barbara Siesel.  Listen to sound samples and order from CD Baby here.  My 4 year old niece loves this recording!

 

8.  Books written by flutists:  a) Book of poetry, Love Soliloquies by Viviana Guzman  b)  Practice Books by Trevor Wye  c) Scale Studies by Meerenai Shim

Paula Robison

 

9.  Gift Favorite Flute Recordings:  a) Paula Robison (her album, “The Holy Land” is my personal favorite) Preview it here.  b) Check out the Italian Artful Mastery of Mario Caroli’s discography here  c) Take a listen to Christina Jennings’ beautiful records on Amazon here d) For Gary Schocker’s Amazon discography click here.  e) Order my own Viviana Guzman Classical, Latin, Flamenco, Meditation and Tango CD’s from Amazon here.  FYI, Mario Caroli, Gary Schocker, Christina Jennings and I will be performing at the San Francisco Flute Festival on June 16 & 17, 2012!  

 

Viviana Guzman will be performing at the SF Flute Festival 2012

10.  A Golden Gift Opportunity:  24K Altus Handmade Flute.  As price of gold continues to rise, investing in a golden flute would seem to be a wonderful investment.  The 24K Altus Flute is a gem with soaring sounds from the warm high register and lush low register.  A golden opportunity indeed!  Visit  AltusFlutes.com  

Trevor Wye is an Altus Artist

 

 

Mario Caroli will be performing at the SF Flute Festival 2012

National Flute Convention

Convention Center in Charlotte

Have you ever woken up in the morning, exhausted?  I knew I had slept enough, yet this morning my feet were still pulsating and my head was slightly throbbing after the sensational weekend at the National Flute Association Convention in Charlotte, NC.   I flew out to perform on Thursday and since I was continuing on to Edinburgh on Monday, I decided to make the best use of my time Thursday through Sunday, by creating a delightful but demanding new project for myself.  I set out to interview the convention’s top flutists!  Initially I didn’t think it would be such a demanding project to embark on, but when you add on rehearsing, performing, catching up with old friends, attending concerts, and looking for the perfect head joint, it turned in to quite an exhaustive venture of 16 hour days and very little sleep.  The end result is that I feel thrilled with all the material I gathered for my new website www.flutechats.com (going live in September) and was especially happy to visit and connect and hear my beautiful fellow flute friends of which a small list would include Rhonda Larson, Paula Robison, Christina Jennings, Greg Pattillo, Jim Walker, Carol Wincenc, Robert Dick, Trevor Wye, etc.  I wanted to take this opportunity to mention a wonderful new resource to find flutists called www.supportflutists.com created by Terri Sanchez.  Off to Edinburgh, Scotland now!  Weeeeeeee!!!!