Pan Journal November 2024
Including: a history of British flute playing in players’ letters; women composers’ music with Vilma Campitelli; beginner’s guide to interpreting 17th-18th century music on the modern flute; Albane Tamagna’s transformative project Flutidity; Sami Seif on his Miniatures from Phoenicia and legacies of ancient Middle Eastern music; a new perspective on Wibb’s approach to sound; overcoming physical injury using a flute brace; a year with Sinfonia Smith Square; plus news, events, reviews and more!
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Pan Journal July 2024
Including: returning to playing after a half-century; the life and work of flute titan Johann Joachim Quantz; lessons from a piccolo recording adventure; being a conservatoire student in the 21st century; a tribute to fluting legend Christopher Hyde-Smith; the benefits of social learning environments for musicians; unearthing a history of British flute playing via players’ letters (pt 1); applying the bel canto use of vibrato to the flute; plus news, events, reviews and much more!
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Pan Journal March 2024
Including: a run-down of the 2024 Competitions; newly discovered works by Marin Marais, c 1710; optimising your practice routine with the Spider Log method; memories of player, publisher and bon viveur Simon Hunt; former RSNO flautist Helen Brew reflects on her career and next steps; Johann Wilhem Wilms and his flute compositions; supports for playing with an injury; Composer Katrina Penman on musical connection; Trevor Wye on the last years of Albert Cooper; a summer with Eldred Spell; and more!
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Pan Journal November 2023
A bumper features issue, including: composer Kaija Saariaho, Wessel Flutes (Re)Launch, a guide to Poulenc’s Sonata for Flute and Piano Pt 2, Eva Kingma’s new double contrabass flute, meeting flute-playing astronaut Ellen Ochoa, teaching tips for beginner flute, Wibb through his flutes, returning to a playing career in later life, Albert Cooper’s biography Part 5, Avril Coleridge-Taylor’s work for flute and piano; and more!
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Pan Journal - July 2023
Pat Morris: A Piccolo Life, A Beginners’ Guide to choosing and (re)learning repertoire, the benefits of improv for ensembles, interpreting Poulenc’s Sonata for Flute and Piano, the bel canto singing tradition, flutemaker Albert Cooper, writing a method book - plus news, reviews, events listings, Competitions 2023 rundown and more!
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Pan Journal - March 2023
How the pandemic improved my playing; celebrating female composers; can a flute player write interesting chamber music?; a personal experience of overcoming physical injury; beginner’s guide to comparing the baroque and modern flute; Trevor Wye’s biography of master flutemaker Albert Cooper part 3, After the War - and more
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Pan Journal - November 2022
Mastering your breathing, exploring extended techniques, a closer look at Piazzolla’s Histoire du Tango, an introduction to Franz Anton Hoffmeister, part 2 of Trevor Wye’s biography of flutemaker Albert Cooper, Publisher spotlight on Edition Cossack, an interview with composer Halit Turgay - and more
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Pan Journal - July 2022
A special celebration of Wibb’s life by members of the global flute community. Also in this issue, a beginner’s guide to meditative music-making, Conrad Asman on his new work for piccolo, discovering the eFlute Festival, the effect of the pandemic on freelance players, the performance history of Prokofiev’s Sonata for Flute and Piano in D Major Opus 94, Publisher Spotlight on Edition Svitzer - and more
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Pan Journal - March 2022
An interview with Emily Beynon, remembering Franz Doppler on his 200th birthday, investigating the flute in Donizetti’s Lucia, recollections of Alain Marion, ideas for livening up your practising, the first instalment of a biography of legendary flutemaker Albert Cooper, OHMI Trust on playing the flute with disabilities, behind the scenes commissioning new music, and more!
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Pan Journal - November 2021
British flute choir arrangements, body mapping with a focus on arms and jaw, livestreaming as a musician, F S Kelly and his Serenade, the art of transcription-making, Competition entrants’ stories, Competitions 2022 information, recollections of Jean-Pierre Rampal, returning to summer school and more!
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Pan Journal - July 2021
Collaborating via the internet, British flute repertoire, teaching methods for pain-free playing, teaching tiny players, Competitions entrants share their stories, an appreciation of flutemaker Roger Harris, Dutilleux Sonatine, rediscovering Dutch music banned by Nazis - and more
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Pan Journal - March 2021
Lowell Liebermann at 60, a beginners’ guide to circular breathing, face masks for flute-players, Atarah' Ben-Tovim’s teaching repertoire, wise words from Moyse, an introduction to body mapping, a reflection on the life of Hallfriđur Ólafsdóttir, and more
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Pan Journal - November 2020
A bumper feature issue: a teacher’s lockdown diary, contemporary repertoire for piccolo, promoting female composers, tips for teaching adult learners, Diploma exams and beyond - and much more
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Pan Journal - July 2020
Players’ lives in lockdown, overcoming performance anxiety, the magnificent life of Atarah Ben-Tovim, catching up with Talking Flutes and more
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Pan Journal - March 2020
The March 2020 journal launches the new BFS logo and the winners if the 2020 BFS competition
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Pan Journal - November 2019
The November 2019 journal celebrates legendary flautist James Galway on his 80th birthday
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Pan Journal - July 2019
The July 2019 journal celebrates Ileana Ruhemann at 30 years as principle flute of the BBC Concert Orchestra
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Pan Journal - March 2019
How to set up a flute choir, strategies for players with dyslexia, the work of Michael Kallstrom, and more
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Pan Journal - November 2018
Improving tone practice, body mapping and more
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Pan Journal - July 2018
Future Flute Fest 2018, Roland Sutherland for the Premier Flautist Series, Q&A with Stefan, Rognar Hoskuldsson and more
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