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About the Suzuki Method

About the Suzuki Method By the Suzuki Association of the Americas The Suzuki Twinkler is a copyrighted publication of the Suzuki Association of the Americas, Inc. © 1998. Every Child Can Learn More than fifty years ago, Japanese violinist Shinichi Suzuki realized the implications of the fact that children the world over learn to speak their native language with [...]

Solo & Ensemble Festival Coaching

MSBOA Solo & Ensemble Festival Coaching Instruction & Preparation for Solos & Ensembles in Metro Detroit. If you need Solo & Ensemble preparation and coaching assistance, Donna Olkowski has over 40 years’ experience as an Adjudicator for the Michigan School Band and Orchestra Association (MSBOA) Solo & Ensemble festivals. Flute Studio students who are taking flute [...]

The difference between flutist, flautist, and flute player?

Flutists and flautists and flute players. Oh my! What is the difference between flutist, flautist, and flute player? A "musician who plays the flute" can be referred to as a flute player, flautist, flutist, fluter, or flutenist. What's correct, what's preferred, what should be used? Each term has it's own etymological origins, geographical distinctions, as well as a garnered personal preference for use. Let's start [...]

Larry Teal Biography

Larry Teal Biography About Laurence Lyon Teal, Sr. Laurence Lyon "Larry" Teal is considered by many to be the father of American orchestral saxophone. Teal began playing in jazz bands as a saxophonist as a mean to support career studies (in dentistry, then journalism, and then accounting). He performed with the Michigan Union band known as [...]

Nelson M. Hauenstein Biography

Nelson M. Hauenstein Biography About Nelson Hauenstein  Nelson M. Hauenstein received a bachelor of music degree in 1942 from the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, where he was a student of Joseph Mariano. He also studied with eminent flutist William Kincaid and received a master of music degree from the University of Michigan in 1947. Hauenstein joined [...]

Jean-Pierre Rampal Biography

Jean-Pierre Rampal Biography About Jean-Pierre Rampal Jean-Pierre Louis Rampal was a celebrated French flautist who became the first of modern times to establish the solo flute on the international concert circuit, paving the way for the next generations of flautist-superstars such as James Galway. Rampal's father, Joseph Rampal, was the first flutist of the Marseilles Symphony [...]

Marcel Moyse Biography

Marcel Moyse Biography About Marcel Moyse Legendary French flutist and teacher, Marcel Moyse had a profound influence on flute and woodwind playing in the 20th Century. During his European career (1910–1949), he was widely sought after as an orchestral and solo player and as a recording artist. He also held positions at the Paris and [...]

Clement Barone Biography

Clement Barone Biography About Clement "Clem" Barone Orchestral musician and teacher Clement J. Barone Jr. played piccolo in the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and the Houston Symphony Orchestra for over forty years. A native of Philadelphia, learned music from his flutist-father Clemente Barone. Subsequent teachers included Joseph La Monaca, Frank Versaci, Fernando Morrone, and the eminent William Kincaid, who recommended [...]

Glennis Stout Biography

Glennis Stout Biography About Glennis Stout Glennis Mertz Stout is a renowned flutist, historian, adjudicator, and teacher. After high school, Glennis started at the University of Wichita in music education. She is an Eastman School of music graduate with a Bachelor of music performance in flute. She has performed with New Orleans Symphony, Kansas City [...]