The NFA convention in Anaheim will feature some of the top and most exciting jazz flutists, including Nicole Mitchell, Nancy Stagnitta, Ali Ryerson, Robert Dick, Greg Pattillo and Project Trio, Suzanne Teng and Mystic Journey and the Matt Eakle Blue Band. [Continue]

From the Times: Wilford ‘Bill’ L. Holcombe Jr. EWING – Wilford “Bill” L. Holcombe Jr., 85, died peacefully at home on Sunday, April 25, surrounded by his loving wife of 60 years and his children. Next to his bed was the piano he used to compose music. Born in Trenton, Bill was a lifelong area [Continue]

This is a sad story. Original article here. A Vallejo man was arraigned in Martinez on Wednesday on charges that he murdered a man in his home in Bay Point, stole property, including a custom-made gold-plated flute, and then set the man’s house on fire, prosecutor Harold Jewett said Wednesday. Alejandro Rivera, a 23-year-old male [Continue]

This was posted on the Galway Flute Chat list: “Southern California flutists were delighted to be treated to a Masterclass by Sir James this last November in Malibu. For a variety of reasons, masterclasses by high-profile flutists are a relative rarity in the Los Angeles area, especially considering how large the flute community is in [Continue]

Hi all,          just thought I’d let you know that as of today my site has moved to a new provider with web address: http://www.john-devitt.com  The Harold McNair transcriptions and MIDI files are still available as free downloads, with the last addition being a transcription of his “The Cottage”. Hope you find these [Continue]

71 year old Tenor Luciano Pavarotti lost his battle with cancer today. Of all the opera singers, he was my favorite. In the three Tenors concerts, he out shined the other two. Yahoo News has a link as well. [Continue]

I fixed a little problem with the downloads. They should work now. [Continue]

WordPress has a feature similar to what slashdot had, submitting items on the site. On slashdot, one would have to submit a story, and then have it approved, and then maybe it would reach the front page. On wordpress, it is a user who can contribute to the blog/site. This has now been enabled for [Continue]

After years of running Slashcode (which powers slashdot.org), I decided to switch to something a little more modern. The slash stuff, when I installed it back in 1999, was cutting edge. Now, it seems rather dated. And it really does not do what I want it to do, and it runs on PERL.So, I tried [Continue]

From the Rutland Herald, “Louis Moyse, one of the 20th century’s foremost flutists and a co-founder of Marlboro Music Festival, died Monday at Central Vermont Medical Center at age 94.” Louis Moyse was the son of Marcel Moyse, and a flute master in his own right. It is amazing that he had conducted his own arrangement [Continue]