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JANUARY Adult learners series
Join us for our sessions on Thursday 22nd & Thursday 29th January 2026, 7.00pm CET, as we learn with Lady Jeanne Galway.
We are all soloists within our playing. We all are the interpreters of the wonderful composers who wrote us such beautiful music. We are all here to shine and use our gifts. We are musicians deep within.
In our January sessions we shall look at bringing our playing to another level. That of the soloist: full of purpose, direction, confidence and clarity.
We might have an idea of how we want our piece to sound, how to finger scales, how to move our embouchure, maybe how we want that cadenza to sound or the Partita of JS Bach or Debussy’s Syrinx.
We speak of knowing where the next note is as we develop our ears, the placement of our tongue as we work our double tonguing and the breathing mechanism to sustain our sound and long phrases. But what of the moment when we are playing on our own whether in a cadenza, a short solo in your orchestral or ensemble or adding a solo piece to our performance?
Let's delve together with a few of our favourite pieces that I hope will add confidence and ideas to your playing and take your playing on and off the stage to another level.
DECEMBER Adult learner series
Join us for two online sessions, 11 & 17th December at 7pm (CET), as we learn with Lady Jeanne Galway.
Session One - Exploring seasonal works of the Baroque era
11th December 7pm (CET).
When I think of December, the beginning of the Winter season and a celebratory time for all; my mind always goes to the time before the holidays and the music that fills my spirit. As has been the tradition within the Western world for many years, composers have filled the concert halls, churches and our homes with beautiful choral & instrumental works for a variety of ensembles and soloists.
Galway Tone exercise
Moyse: De La Sonorité
Taffanel & Gaubert - Scales in various articulations including single and double and tonguing .
Session Two - Stamitz G Major Concerto Movt 3 (Rondo. Allegro)
17th December 7pm (CET)
Have you ever explored the Stamitz G Major Concerto? Movt 3 (Rondo. Allegro) is a wonderful piece of music, also adaptable to playing on its own with piano accompaniment. This particular work encapsulates all the techniques we love to display in playing a fun virtuosic performance - single and double tonguing, scales, legato lines and of course brings joy to both the listener and ourselves.
So let's end the year with joy in our playing together
NOVEMBER Adult learners series
Join us for our session on Tuesday 25th November 2025, 7.00pm CET, as we learn with Lady Jeanne Galway.
Continuing our celebration of John Rutter and Interpretation of his “ Suite Antique”.
Due to the excitement and length of working on this wonderful masterpiece we shall be continuing our work together this session.
We shall begin with Movement 5 - Chauson and continue to Movement 6 – Rondeau as well as review the other movements for those of you who might not have been able to join us live.
Lyrical lines with flexibility of embouchure, dynamics and smoothness of touch on our flutes are in order for this particular movement.
As always we shall bring in exercises to help you with preparing for this larger piece (see Moyse Grande Liaisons Ex .5), Moyse Sonoritè and Galway Tone exercises (avaiable to download) together.
Movt. 6 - The final movement of this Masterpiece incorporates good rhythm, single tonuging, the use of much flexibility with Arpeggios and even trills! As in all our repertoire, our practice sessions prepare us for the ease in which we wish to play.
OCTOBER Adult learner series
Join us for two online sessions, 16th & 30th October at 7pm (CET), as we learn with Lady Jeanne Galway.
Session One - Harmonics, embouchure and colours
16th October 7pm (CET).
Developing our Colour Palette within our flute playing is a fascinating experience. In this Adult Learners session we shall begin working together on developing colours through the use of dynamics, embouchure movement and most importantly your concept of the colours you want to use within your studies and repertoire
Session Two - Suite Antique
30th October 7pm (CET)
Celebrating the British composer Sir John Rutter with the study of his beautiful piece Suite Antique for flute and piano or Strings. Each month we shall be introducing you to a new composers or piece of repertoire to help you develop oyur musical library of repertoire This month we shall celebrate Sir John Rutter as he celebrates his 80th Birthday.
SEPTEMBER Adult learners series
Join us for our first July session on Thursday, 25th September 2025, 7.00pm CET, as we learn with Lady Jeanne Galway.
In our first Autumn session we have chosen the theme… ‘The Art of enjoying Practicing’.
Where do I begin?
How do I decide what is most important to prepare?
How do I create a good routine?
How do I do this and have time to play the music I love within the busyness of my day…. without stress and with enjoyment?
These questions are heard so often amongst players of all ages and levels.
we shall divide our practice session together in the following sections: Tone, Finger & Tongue Technique, Etude study, Repertoire & Exercises
