When Daniel Deitch was growing up in Los Angeles in the 1960s, music was his nourishment. His parents were ex-beatniks who played music constantly - everything from Beethoven quartets to John Coltrane ...

It’s nice not to be brilliant, sometimes—or at least it is if you’re a flutist. The transverse flute—that familiar skinny, cylindrical object—has evolved over several centuries to become something ...

IF you are a flautist you will probably be more than familiar with the work, or at least the teachings, of this prolific composer of the 18th Century. Quantz's Essay on Playing the Flute written in ...

Every week, Classic FM presenter and music expert David Mellor reviews the best new releases and re-issues from the world of classical music. This week, David picks out Tchaikovsky, Grieg and Baroque ...

While growing up in Berkeley in the 1950s and early 1960s, Kathleen Kraft played flute in the Berkeley High Orchestra but never really ?bonded? with her pure silver, modern instrument. Instead, she ...

Everybody loves the flute. Along with the drum, it's among the oldest of musical instruments, going back 35,000 to 40,000 years. In those days, they made flutes from bear bones, mammoth tusks and ...

PORT TOWNSEND — The Salish Sea Early Music Festival will begin Sunday with Treble Viol, Baroque Guitar & Flute. Seven concerts of period instrument chamber music are scheduled through June 10. All ...