Tears and traffic jams greet Obama's victory Nov 5, 2008
In Cleveland, supporters gathered at a house party and held champagne flutes above their heads for a toast. "To the first African-American president in the history of the United States!" they shouted. (International Herald Tribune)
How to Shop for Musicians Nov 3, 2008
There are also, believe it or not, fine wooden nose flutes which can be purchased for around $50 ... If the special someone is a collector with a flare for the exotic, it s hard to go wrong with a set of shakers, scrapers, and flutes from the far corners of the earth ... Ocarina -- Ocarinas are vessel flutes. (Suite101.com)
Cultural Milestone Nov 1, 2008
Cambodian musicians in the performance use electric guitars, electronic drums, keyboards and traditional instruments such as buffalo horns, bamboo flutes, gongs and the chapei, a long-necked lute with two nylon strings. After seven years of work, Sophy said he expected a celebration - both onstage and in the country. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
• Twin Falls craftsman turns wood to flutes Nov 1, 2008
Twin Falls craftsman turns wood to flutes By ARIEL HANSEN TWIN FALLS, Idaho - Mike Wamego made his first flute when he was 5 years old ... He spends what amounts to a full-time work week here, surrounded by flutes in every stage of construction ... Wamego first tried making the flutes according to specifications from books, but they just didn't come out sounding like he remembered _ until he found a set of specs online. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Cambodia's first rock opera opens next month Oct 29, 2008
Cambodian musicians in the performance use electric guitars, electronic drums, keyboards and traditional instruments like buffalo horns, bamboo flutes, gongs and the chapei, a long-neck lute with two nylon strings. After seven years of work, Him Sophy said he expected a celebration _ both on stage and in the country. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
Boz Scaggs hit the books to take a jazz turn Oct 28, 2008
Scaggs sings these old songs with natural grace and feeling, phrasing through floating webs of sound woven with bass flutes, harp, marimba, saxophone, piano, percussion, bass clarinet and string quartet. He will serve up some of that repertoire - which ranges from standards such as "Skylark" to the bluesy "Save Your Love for Me" and the lilting Jobim bossa nova "Dindi" - at the Napa Valley Opera House on Tuesday night, the first stop on a national tour. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Culture: Star wars Oct 28, 2008
Italian crooner Patrizio Buanne went beyond the call of duty on Oaks day, fetching flutes of champagne for any woman who looked his way, kissing wrists and telling besotted fillies how "bellissimo" they were. The year before, Desperate Housewives star Eva Longoria and her infamous love bite created the column inches Myer was after when it forked out a rumoured $200,000 for her services on Derby day. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Introduction to the Native American... Oct 27, 2008
Introduction to the Native American Flute: John Stillwell Gives a Description and History of Indian Love Flutes ... John Stillwell Gives a Description and History of Indian Love Flutes ... The Native American style flutes John fashions are classified as two-chambered duct flutes. (Suite101.com)
Varying Styles of Native American F... Oct 27, 2008
Varying Styles of Native American Flutes: Plains or Woodlands Style Flutes, with 5 or 6 Holes ... Varying Styles of Native American Flutes ... Varying Styles of Native American Flutes. (Suite101.com)
Stylin’ for a good cause Oct 27, 2008
When the ballroom doors opened, the guests filtered in and enjoyed chocolate cake and flutes of champagne before the evening s emcee, OSU Women s Basketball Coach LaVonda Wagner, worked up the crowd in preparation for the fashion show. I ve been waiting all year to find a party where I could wear these shoes, she told the audience with a laugh, holding out a purple and pink clad foot. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
A musical menu: Winona Symphony Orchestra serving up first concert of season Oct 21, 2008
In Tom Thumb, flutes and violins are the birds that d eaten crusts of bread Tom had used to mark his path back home. It s pictorial in some senses, Vance said. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Classic 16th century scottish music Oct 17, 2008
The group features a lute (a plucked instrument), cittern, (described by Ballard as "a renaissance banjo"), wooden flutes, recorders and viola da gamba (a stringed instrument of different sizes). The Juneau performance will also feature a guest soprano who will sing the program in the Scottish dialect of the time. (Juneau Empire)
Harvestfest hits in York Oct 15, 2008
Live entertainment including drums and flutes, storytelling, a hoop dancer, and a variety of Native American vendors. Sponsored by The Little Bull. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Online Personal Shoppers Oct 14, 2008
99) C: Sephora Fragrance Sampler and $50 Gift Card ($50) D: "Where Golf is Great" coffee table book of golf courses in Scotland and Ireland ($48) E: Riedel Champagne flutes, set of four ($49. 95). (SmartMoney)
Flute quartet at Nassau Oct 12, 2008
Its name was inspired by "Aure volanti," an aria from an early opera by Francesca Caccini, which involves multiple flutes. The Italian word volanti means "flying.". (NJ.com -- Times)
Looking out, looking in : Potomac students hear Native lessons of respect for others, individuality Oct 11, 2008
The TallTrees played traditional Native American flutes and drums for the assembly of students, and spoke to them about the importance of respect for others and following your own dreams. You believe in yourself long enough and strong enough and don't let anyone take you off your own path, and you can be what you want to be, said Robert TallTree, a member of the Saginaw Chippewa Tribe of Mount Pleasant, Mich. (Missoulian, MT)
Carving out his peace Oct 10, 2008
He spends what amounts to a full-time work week here, surrounded by flutes in every stage of construction. Wamego first tried making the flutes according to specifications from books, but they just didn't come out sounding like he remembered - until he found a set of specs online ... Now Wamego makes about 100 flutes a year - "I just finished No. 88 today," he said on Sept. 19 - in all the keys of the pentatonic scale. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Chilean artist finds healing in film, music Oct 5, 2008
He left Chile with a charango (a small stringed instrument), some bamboo flutes and a drum, arriving in Vancouver with help from a Canadian church group. He worked as a dishwasher, janitor and longshoremen, playing music on the side. (San Francisco Chronicle)
FALLBROOK: Music classes hugely popular, in need of instruments Oct 4, 2008
"Any band instrument ---- flutes, clarinets, trombones, trumpets, saxophones, that sort of thing," said Jonesrebandt. "We'll take donations from anybody. If we could get 50 instruments or so, we'd be in good shape.". (North County Times)
Tovey fashions a stylish fall season Oct 3, 2008
Prokofiev's orchestration is a marvel of special effects, with virtuosic solos for every section of the orchestra and multiple textures as arresting as any fashion runway's: flutes in chiffon, violins in shot silk. And the grand, thundering brass dissonances are as loud, in the glitz and resonance of Vancouver's old Orpheum Theatre, as a rock concert. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Weekend calendar Oct 3, 2008
Et cetera MIDDLETOWN - On Saturday, Friends of Hammonasset will hold the Flutes, Feathers and Fine Arts program. Mattabeseck Audubon will participate by leading a bird walk at 8 a.m. at the Meigs Point Bath House. (Middletown Press, CT)
Acts & Openings Oct 3, 2008
Later in the day festivities at Kapaa Beach Park will get underway with vendors selling Native American crafted jewelry, drums, flutes and other handmade items as well as hot fry bread. There will be an intercultural indigenous drum gathering from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Pow wow hours are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Peachtown Festival back at Wells College Sep 22, 2008
Alongside vendors selling traditional crafts such as jewelry and flutes, were food vendors, with items such as buffalo burgers and venison sausage. Also featured were numerous demonstrations of cultural practices, such as social dancing by Sherri Waterman Hopper, flute playing by Hill and a bow demonstration by Mike Tarbell. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Maroon march: Floats, bands and more rally Griz fans at annual UM parade Sep 21, 2008
Keen eyes darted in and out of a sea of French horns, trombones, giant white tubas, and a string of delicate flutes. Miles, you're going to be on this line, she said, directing a trumpet player three rows back, and leaning forward to hear the faint reply amid the gallery. (Missoulian, MT)
Assyrian Chaldean Festival moves to valley, draws crowd Sep 21, 2008
CERES -- With the sound of drums and flutes and the smell of roasting beef kabobs floating through the breeze, hundreds gathered to celebrate Assyrian and Chaldean culture Saturday. It is the first time in recent memory that the Assyrian Chaldean Festival has been held in the Northern San Joaquin Valley. (Modesto Bee, CA)
Gamelan Beckons Sep 20, 2008
Gamelan, the spiritual music of Indonesia that incorporates metallophones, bells, gongs, flutes and string instruments, helps transport "Opera Jawa" into an otherworldly realm. The violence in Nugroho's film is unmistakable. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Bach to Books and the Allen Philharmonic Orchestra present Chaski Sep 15, 2008
Playing as many as twelve different flutes, she recorded on the SpyKids 2, Kill Bill: Vol. 2, and The Children's War film soundtracks. Shana Norton (left) graduated with highest honors earning a Bachelor of Music Education from Abilene Christian University and attended the Eastman School of Music. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
Ad watch: Obama's ''Still'' Sep 14, 2008
"IMAGES: This spot opens with the year 1982. Folksy music plays as a slideshow features a disco ball, a shot of John McCain wearing oversized, outdated glasses, a woman smiling into an old-school cellphone, a record player, an ancient desktop computer, and a Rubik's Cube. Shifting its focus to McCain, the ad features shots of a newer laptop and opened e-mail as it recounts McCain's purported Web woes. The information lambasting McCain's view on the economy is accompanied by footage of the... (Boston Globe)
PISD accepting instrument donations Sep 14, 2008
All standard band and orchestra instruments are welcome, but there is a high need for flutes, clarinets, saxophones, violins, and violas. We ve seen a rise in requests for instruments, said Kathy Kuddes of the PISD Fine Arts Department. (McKinney Courier-Gazette, TX)
* [EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT] Sep 12, 2008
This performance will be followed by Queen of Flutes X Sharon Bezaly Flute Recital (ZXEW). Bezalys program includes Dopplers Hungarian Fantasy, Bachs Sarabande, BWV 1013, Bollings Jazz Suite and Messiaens Le Merle Noir. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
I am Kitty hear me purr Sep 11, 2008
Indeed, a visit to the Shinjuku store earlier this year turned up such adult Kitty items as lingerie, champagne flutes, license plate frames, steering wheel covers and negative ion air purifiers. On top of that, Japanese post offices are now selling Hello Kitty stamps. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Verve Jazz Club offers more than jazz Sep 11, 2008
This is the sort of mixtape that someone like freak folk star Devendra Banhart would have on his iPod, with names like Roy Ayers, Pierre Henry, Volker Kriegel, Dorothy Ashby vibing it (with loads of sitar, kalimba, flutes and trippy organ sounds) in this pot of jazz-gone-bizzare. Other noteworthy titles, meant for the more conventional Diana Krall-listening masses, are Latin Jazz, Jazz Samba, Smooth Running, Bossa Nova Singers, and Smoky Jazz, all titles with immense crowd-pleasing potential and... (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Scenic drive: Flagstaff to Cameron on U.S. 180. Sep 11, 2008
Along with paintings and sculptures, the post sells baskets, pottery, rugs, jewelry and beadwork, as well as flutes, dream catchers and toys. There also are a restaurant and hotel. (AZCentral -- Travel)
There's more to a high school football game than football Sep 11, 2008
BILL JOHNSON/StaffFlouting their flutes, the Raider band marches to its own drummers at halftime of the Orange Park-Ridgeview football game. BILL JOHNSON/StaffPanther cheerleaders ride high prior to Ridgeview's game with Orange Park. (Florida Times-Union)
Making music Sep 9, 2008
"Just like the drum machine, there's a regular keyboard and then there's the 'key machine' with about 80 different sounds, everything from acid house to 8-bit Commodore 64 sounds to sitars and rock organs, pianos and flutes. Pretty much everything we need. "It allows you to do lots of stuff, there's tons of sounds, but the really cool thing is that if someone is playing with the drum machine they can also play with one of the other machines like the key machine and they will be in perfect... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Mexican folkloric dance classes will be offered by end of September Sep 9, 2008
The indigenous dances are choreographed mostly with percussion music such as flutes and violins. The second is folkloric dance and the choreography can be changed. (Yuma Daily Sun, AZ)
Natrona County fifth-graders pick up instruments Sep 8, 2008
The students put down mouthpieces from clarinets, flutes, saxophones and trumpets, and smiled at the sudden burst of noise they had just made. "Every sound we make is based on the mouthpiece," said band teacher Toby Clouser. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
Into the world of Aboriginal australia Sep 5, 2008
He founded One Heart Creations, a nonprofit organization, to raise funds and awareness about FASD, and was recently awarded a First Nations Composer's Initiative Grant that has allowed him to purchase new flutes and recording time for his flute students. "It's allowing us to get Native children into the studio," Fawcett said. (Juneau Empire)
Korean Parents for Sale Sep 2, 2008
Re-enter Newman's carny, to an ber-kitsch arrangement of gongs, flutes, and strings. "Look at the numbers, that's all I ask. Who's at the head of every class?" he sings. (Slate)
Preseason tuneup: Griz marching band prepares musically, physically to take field Sep 1, 2008
Tubas bellow, saxes shriek and flutes scream as their masters swing them back and forth to the beat ... "In another corner, flutes learn their particular "party noise," an ironically harsh, guttural grunt their section will emit at certain times to get the crowd going.As band camp gets under way, the learning curve for achieving harmony seems at times insurmountable. Elusive notes flutter just out of the brass range, and clumsy marching leads to collisions and sloppy transitions. Many can be... (Missoulian, MT)
Africans Harness Enthusiasm For Obama Sep 1, 2008
Each paid more than $2,000 to munch on grilled snails, sip from flutes of Veuve Cliquot and Moet on and join in a lively, if poorly executed, series of the "fist bumps" popularized by Obama and his wife, Michelle. Interest in the U.S. presidential race is blooming around the world's poorest continent as Obama emerges as the Democratic candidate, stunning many here who never believed that a son of Africa had a real shot at leading the United States. (CBS News -- World)
ENCINITAS: Leucadia Artwalk comes to town again this year Aug 30, 2008
A man known as "Cigar Box" Bob, who makes banjoes from cigar boxes, and others who handcraft bamboo flutes and walking sticks will also be on hand. "Leucadia is known for its laid-back, eclectic beach-town ambiance and diverse art culture, and this event showcases both," said Paula Kirpalani of the Leucadia Highway 101 Mainstreet Association, the organization that has put on the event for the last four years. (North County Times)
* [ CLASSICAL DVD REVIEWS ] Aug 27, 2008
Recorders instead of flutes do give a pleasantly woody sound, but you feel the recording engineers had to work hard to catch their altogether quieter tone. The antique string instruments were clearly even harder to deal with, and at times you can barely hear them at all. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Annual Battle of the Bands set Aug 27, 2008
File photo of Forest Hill flutes standing in formation during the 2007 Southeastern Regional Battle of the Bands at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson. JSU Marching Band video. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Terrence Howard, with a different message Aug 26, 2008
The 11 tracks tend more toward a blend of orchestral jazz and upscale R&B, with lush textures of flutes, horns, strings, female backing vocals and keyboards accompanying Howard, who plays delicate acoustic guitar. Today in Culture. (International Herald Tribune)
* RediscoveringTaiwans musical treasures Aug 25, 2008
He drew from a range of instruments including synthesizers, drums, flutes, and guitars to create the backing tracks. The results were featured at the end of each episode as a music video, with footage recapping Lien and Hsiehs time with the featured musician. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Howard's going it alone Aug 23, 2008
His backup band gives a light-rock, jazzy feel to message songs like "Love Makes You Beautiful" and the anti-materialist "Plenty." The arrangements, which Howard did himself, make room for flutes, trumpets, saxophones and violas. Howard had written four of the songs - about childhood courtship ("Mr. Johnson's Lawn") and grown-up romance ("No. 1 Fan," "She Was Mine," "Spanish Romance") - before stepping into the studio to coproduce the sessions with bass player Miles Mosley. (Athens Banner-Herald)
Troppo, flutist, Adams coming to Heyde Center Aug 22, 2008
Peter Phippen will perform on world flutes at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 30 at the Heyde Center for the Arts. It will be a family concert featuring the folklore and history of flutes from around the world and through time ... Phippen has spent the past 20 years playing, collecting, and researching flutes from around the world. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Marching in time and in tune Aug 21, 2008
They carried their assorted instruments in tow, including tubas, flutes, trombones, drums, and clarinets. Welcome to Danvers High School Band Camp, where the musicians resemble athletes, and the training is intense. (Danvers Herald, MA)
All quiet on the protest front Aug 14, 2008
Yesterday the old men had come to play their wooden flutes, old women to practise tai chi and young mothers to park their prams and chat away the morning - much as they have always done. Had they seen any protesters. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Moab music festival Aug. 28-Sept. 13 Aug 11, 2008
For the final weekend, audiences can cruise to a wilderness grotto by jet boat to hear Beethoven and Ravel; hike to a violin-and-cello concert on a trail; and hear fiddling, flutes and pipes at the Sorrel River Ranch Resort & Spa. For tickets or more information, go to or call 435-259-7003. (Yahoo News)
Sapto Raharjo: In harmony with gamelan Aug 9, 2008
In 1975, he produced another arrangement called the "Jatilan Negro", followed, in 1978, by "Yogya Harmony 78", which orchestrates several instruments, including an electronic synthesizer, acoustic guitars, drums, violins, flutes and vocals. In addition to writing essays and books, Sapto has since created countless gamelan arrangements. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
* [REEL NEWS] Aug 8, 2008
" Race has been shown in India, the US, Britain, Australia and Malaysia, and its sound track has been released in those countries. Deep in the Bamboo Grove is part of Wang's CD The Sun and Moon in My Heart (), a collection of 12 Chinese-language songs released in December 2004. The song mixes a Tibetan woman's singing with hip-hop and Chinese drums and flutes. Meanwhile, Batman has proven unstoppable, taking out all his rivals, but this time at the box office. The Dark Knight, the... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Saxophone mechanic has gig down to an art Aug 3, 2008
I worked for many years building flutes for the Wm. S. Haynes flute factory in Boston. (Boston Globe)
HAINES hosts wet and rainy state fair Aug 1, 2008
Fiddles, guitars, accordions, washboards, flutes and stand-up basses were played throughout the weekend by long-haired, short-haired, bearded, dreaded, clean-cut and haggard individuals all having a good time and sharing their musical expertise. After the evening performances, the party inevitably moved to the Pioneer Bar with Andy "Badd Dog" Koch and Juneau musicians Regan O'Toole, Hal Vaughn and Rich Eaton playing on Friday and Saturday and LoveLifeMusic playing on Sunday. (Juneau Empire)
'Gambuh,' the classical dance drama of Bali Jul 31, 2008
Gambuh requires a large cast of dancer-actors and musicians and is distinctive and difficult to perform for various reasons, including its Kawi (an ancient form of the Javanese language) text, which few people understand today, and the unusual meter-long, end-blown bamboo flutes of its orchestra, which take years to master. In gambuh, the dance-drama is accompanied by a small gamelan group consisting of about 17 musicians. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Cameroonian ballet meets Argentine tango Jul 29, 2008
Another highlight will be the performance of traditional Andean music, a colorful fusion of South American flutes, Andean string instruments and diverse percussion styles. Last but not least, Cuban music has its principal roots in Spain and West Africa, but over time has absorbed musical influences from many different countries. (Xinhuanet, China)
Nurturing young women Jul 28, 2008
Finally in 1964, with the few hundred ringgit we collected, we bought drums, cymbals, flutes and the band uniform. The girls flair for raising funds continues to this day. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
So that's how they made that album Jul 22, 2008
While his notes on how the Stones aped Robert Wilkins on "Prodigal Son" and the influence of the Velvet Underground on "Stray Cat Blues" are succinct, Clayson devotes several pages to the use of flutes in rock and the artiness the Stones left behind with "Beggars.". He roams not only through other Stones albums (connecting the musical "Hair" to "Satanic Majesties"), but also managers, girlfriends, drug busts, goings-on in other bands, and the whole '60s rock zeitgeist. (Boston Globe)
Clare Smyth's menu: Restaurant Gordon Ramsay Jul 19, 2008
Pour into chilled champagne flutes and serve with madeleines on the side. Clare Smyth is head chef at Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, 68 Royal Hospital Road, London SW3 (020-7352 4441, ). (Guardian Unlimited)
Honors for BPS educators Jul 16, 2008
There, this one-man band teaches guitar, recorder, and a band class that involves trumpets, flutes, and percussion instruments. Grammer uses music as the shared language that binds his diverse school community together. (West Roxbury Transcript, MA)
The relative sounds of Broken Walls Jul 13, 2008
First Nations flutes, Native drums and all the sound of a full three-piece band swelter through their sets, garnishing a lot of attention in world music lovers across the globe. While two of Broken Walls members, lead singer Jonathan Maracle and bassist Kris Delorenzi, enjoy year-round residency in Ontario, Canada, Bill Pagaran, Broken Walls drummer, lives in Palmer. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Music Went With Cave Art In Prehistoric Caves Jul 5, 2008
In many sites, flutes made of bone are to be found nearby. See also. (Science Daily)
How cavemen mixed artistry and music Jul 4, 2008
He noted that bone whistles and flutes have been found inside many of the caves. What archaeologists didn't know was whether the paintings and music were connected. (MSNBC -- Environment)
Cave men loved to sing Jul 3, 2008
The cave paintings were part of a ritual system - like early religious beliefs - practiced by Paleolithic humans that likely also included , Reznikoff said, noting that bone whistles and flutes have been found inside many of the caves. What archeologists didn't know is whether the paintings and music were connected. (Yahoo News)
