A flute in my refrigerator
Subtitle: celebrating a life in music
By: Helen Spielman
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780615799872
Subjects: Performance anxiety; Anecdotes; Social aspects; Flute players; Psychological aspects; Musicians; Music; Instruction and study; Performance; Practicing (Music)
Other titles: Celebrating a life in music
Notes: "This book is a collection of articles published in slightly different forms between 1992 and 2010"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (page 207).
Table of contents: title: Students and teachers. A bright light graduates ; Marisa's goody box ; A musical miracle ; Munchies, Mendelssohn, and a masterclass ; Slow is great ; Snow and ice cream ; Learning to say no ; Meeting Jimmy ; Opening their eyes : a student flute trip to London ; The trill seekers ; Music ; Piano reverie ; My teacher ; Fare thee well, Janette; title: Pathways : finding your place in music. Finding your niche ; The music road less traveled : alternative careers for flutists ; Polishing the jewels : reflections of an amateur flutist ; Street musicians ; Happiness is more important : the story of Katherine Kemler; title: From the heart. Intimacy in music making ; A magical musical partnership ; Bars behind bars ; My 50th birthday concert ; Feeding myself with music ; Tongue depressed ; Gifts of music ; Feeding Grandma J; title: A little light music. A new what? ; Moments from a flute teacher's journal ; On the menu tonight ; A musical name game; title: Notes on the internet. Skid marks on the internet ; From: Helen Spielman, To: flute@listserv.syr.edu ; Hugs, Jimmy; title: Performers and performing. To be good enough or not to be : that is the question ; My first concert ; A professional amateur : Jeanne Baxtresser ; Playing with James Galway for Flutewise ; Helen's flute flop ; Inspiration found:  Master class  with Wissam Boustany ; It's not about the flute : Mark Thomas revealed ; Göran Marcusson : dropping into a dream ; Tim Carey a.k.a. The Tim Philharmonic ; The balance is heaven : at Abbey Road Studios with Sir James Galway ; And the surprises keep coming.