Improvisation is so difficult and I am quite sure I cannot pull it off, but I'm willing to try something new.
The studio is located in building C on the grounds of the Alliance Francaise school complex. My teacher will be Mr. Vong, a French guy who can play the piano, guitar and flute. He specializes in Jazz, but knew all the major classical flute techniques/schools too. ^_^
Should be fun. I will start next Friday.
The studio (apologies for the dark picture):
Hi Sel,
ReplyDeleteI used to do quite a bit of improv with one of my students, although it wasn't jazzy. It was more the music of our souls as they communicated with each other without words. I no longer teach her and miss her dearly, but perhaps we can try the same experiment via skype sometime?
Ah! My real name!! (laughing) It's French for "salt"... ^_^
ReplyDeleteHm. I like the idea of using Skype for an "improv session". Why not? But I gotta warn you...I've been playing an AWFUL lot of French compositions... my improvs will probably like Saint Saens or something... (laughing)
I had a pot luck party on Skype once... was really fun. ^_^ Name your time and date. I'm there!
Jazz flute--awesome! When I was younger, I often listened to Bolling: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio. Do you know of some other jazz flute recordings?
ReplyDeleteHi Mary H,
ReplyDeleteI am an amateur when it comes to jazz, actually. Jazz flute is completely new to me, so I'm afraid I cannot recommend any recordings. Sorry.
I have lost my motivation to play classical music recently. I lost my "muse" you could say. You know what I'm talking about. ^_-