Category: Flute

Flute, Utah Valley Symphony

Holiday Sparkle with the Utah Valley Symphony

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Join us for an enchanting evening of holiday favorites and festive cheer. Enjoy joyful classics including Sleigh Ride, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, O Tannenbaum, Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella, Hansel and Gretel Prelude, We Three Kings, and more beloved Christmas melodies to fill your heart with joy.

As we welcome the New Year, delight in lively performances of The Typewriter and Lumbye’s Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop, along with Strauss’ Thunder and Lightning and Pizzicato Polka. And experience the cinematic Mangani Concert Piece for two clarinets, featuring UVS artists Michael Sausedo and Catelyn Gentry as well as Strauss’ exuberant Radetzky March!

Bring family and friends for an unforgettable evening of music, warmth, and holiday joy.

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Flute, Performing, Utah Valley Symphony

Utah Valley Symphony Performs Mahler

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One night only!! Thursday, October 23rd, 2025, 7:30 p.m. at the Noorda Center for the Performing Arts on UVU campus. Click here for tickets.

Experience an unforgettable evening of music with the Utah Valley Symphony as we present a program of passion, power, and beauty. Under the baton of our new Artistic Director and Conductor, Dr. Cheung Chau, the orchestra will bring to life Mahler’s Symphony No. 1, a sweeping masterpiece filled with energy, lyricism, and brilliance. This landmark symphony, often called “Titan,” takes audiences on a journey from pastoral landscapes to triumphant finales.

Adding to the evening’s artistry, acclaimed cellist, Walter Haman, will perform Saint-Saëns’ Cello Concerto No. 1, a dazzling and expressive work beloved for its elegance and fiery virtuosity. Don’t miss this chance to experience two monumental works performed with passion and precision by Utah Valley’s own symphony orchestra. Join us for a night that promises to inspire, uplift, and celebrate the richness of live symphonic music in our community.

Festivals, Flute, Thoughts

End of Semester Thoughts

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As this flute semester is drawing to a close, I’m pausing to reflect on my students’ development. I’m really pleased with how they have grown with tone, vibrato, dynamics, and rhythms, to name a few. Beyond their flute abilities, and perhaps even more important, is how they have grown in their confidence, their patience, and their dedication.

We finished our flute festivals a couple of weeks ago and all of my students received Superior ratings (again)!! Woohoo!! Way to go everyone!! However, for me, the recognition of their hard work by receiving Superior ratings is not the end goal. I believe that what is more important is what they’ve learned and how they’ve grown this past semester. Festival is a way to help push flute students to polish songs and really focus on improving certain aspects of their playing. In fact, I had one student who ended up being sick and wasn’t able to participate in festival, but I rejoice in the progress she made in preparation for the event, even though she wasn’t able to participate.

And so in music, as well as in life, we should periodically pause to reflect on the progress we’ve made since the new year and pause to reflect on what steps we can now take to continue our improvement and progression. Choose one thing you can do to strengthen your skills as a flute player. And choose one thing you can do improve yourself as a person.