Mollin Balisi's Flute studio

12/01/2024

Happy December everyone! ❄️ 🎄

11/01/2024

What do you do when you have 30minutes before your next student… Record ‘Agatha All Along’ of course!

07/14/2024

A couple of my students have been asking, “How do you know if you have outgrown your instrument and when is the time to upgrade?”

In my opinion, it is up to the player and their skill level to determine if their instrument is no longer keeping up with their demands. For example, switching tone colours might be easier on a solid silver flute vs. a silver plated one, given that the player is experienced and could tell the difference between the two.

To anyone who is thinking about upgrading or buying a new instrument, I suggest asking for another set of ears(preferably a fellow musician friend/colleague), your teacher, or you can always check with the music store to see if they have an expert flute player in their sales team to help you out.

Flutes that I used for this demo;

•Yamaha 222 (Silver plated throughout)
•Yamaha 381 (Solid silver headjoint, silver plated body and keys)
•Powell body/Burkart headjoint (Solid silver throughout)

Excerpt: Fantaisie pastorale hongroise, Op.26 by Franz Doppler

Let me know in the comments if you can tell the difference!

07/03/2024

My flute just turned 10 so here’s the first solo(just flute) piece that I learned for memory back in 2012…

Syrinx by Claude Debussy

01/01/2024

Happy 2024!

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