About four years ago, I was playing for a few University of Connecticut functions, in venues like The Aqua Turf Club, in Plantsville, CT. This used to be a yearly gig for me. They would also book places like the Marriott, in Hartford, CT. Playing for these banquets was kind of tricky. Finding a good volume that would not be too loud, while maintaining that “live” feel was a challenge. Also, maintaining that “background music” volume meant that at times I was struggling to hear myself. This would at times become rather frustrating and a temptation to not accept any other receptions. My other challenge was finding appropriate music for the banquets. After playing strictly religious music for many years, mostly in Churches, I really didn’t have a proper collection of backing arrangements.
At first, I played most of the inspirational music that I had readily available, and it was well received; however, it somehow felt like the music was out of place. So slowly I started to make the arrangements that would become the Quicksand CD. The song that I’m posting below, The Mirror, is a bit of an accidental song. It was initially meant as backing music for a vocal track, but necessity called for it to be a flute solo. As usual I’m playing all of the instruments on this track, as I do on all of the tracks I record.
If you would like to play-along to this song you can click this link to open the solo sheet music> The Mirror.pdf …BTW. This stuff works great with saxophone too!
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One of the first styles of music that any aspiring flutist should encounter and study is Baroque music. The Baroque music period takes place approximately from 1600 to 1750 A. D. In this period you will hear from favorite composers like Antonio Vivaldi, Georg Philipp Telemann, George Friderick Handel and Johann Sebastian Bach. Playing music from this period helps to establish good phrasing skills. The music will also expose you to the use of ornamentation and improvisation.