Flute Specialists Blog

  • How the DSO flute section was able to #keepthemusicplaying (and more!) during the pandemic

    This past year has been like no other and flexibility, creativity, and patience have been more important than ever. Through all the challenges and many concert cancellations that the COVID-19 pandemic forced upon all of us, various musical projects have helped us stay inspired. Many of these projects were through the Detroit Symphony Orchestra and…
  • Spring Giveaway!

    Enter our spring giveaway! Fill out this survey for a chance to win $100 to Flute Specialists, Inc. Giveaway closes May 31st at 11:59 EST. Winner will be drawn at random. Must be following us on either Facebook or Instagram to win. Good luck!
  • #FluteMarchMadness *Update- End of Week 2

    Check us out on Facebook and Instagram to cast your votes for week 3! March Madness, but make it flute! That’s right, it’s time for #FluteMarchMadness. We have ranked the flute excerpts from the “Orchestral Excerpts for Flute” and it’s time to fill out your bracket for your favorite excerpts. Download yours here, fill it…
  • Salty Composers and How to Avoid Them by Nicole Chamberlain

    Working with a living composer may not be something everyone got to experience in school, and if so - it may have been with a student composer who was still learning and stumbling along the way just like everyone else going through the learning process. So let’s start fresh shall we? I’ve been fortunate that I…
  • #FluteMarchMadness *Update- End of Week 1

    March Madness, but make it flute! That’s right, it’s time for #FluteMarchMadness. We have ranked the flute excerpts from the “Orchestral Excerpts for Flute” and it’s time to fill out your bracket for your favorite excerpts.
  • Spring is on the Horizon

    After days and weeks where it felt like the snow would never end, not able to remember the last time the temperature was above 0-degrees Fahrenheit, the sun finally poked out from behind the clouds. The snow and ice began to melt and for the first time in months I took a walk outside while…