The Instrumentalist

Articles October November 2022

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Directory:
2022 Directory of Music Schools
Our annual guide to music schools at colleges and universities.
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Interview:
An Interview with Melissa Gustafson-Hinds
The O’Fallon Township High School Wind Ensemble is preparing to take the stage at The Midwest Clinic this December. Located near Scott Air Force Base in the Southwest corner of Illinois, this city of 30,000 sits far from the high-powered suburban programs that often receive elite invitations, but Gustafson-Hinds has been building to this moment since she first arrived at the school 15 years ago.
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Instrumentalist Classic:
In Memoriam, Ramsey Lewis (1935-2022)
The Instrumentalist is honored to reprint “Turning the Corner From Classics to Jazz, An Interview with Ramsey Lewis” by Elyse Mach, originally published in 1998, as a tribute to his remarkable artistic contributions.
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The Teacher's Studio:
A Flute Masterclass for All Ages
“Ask students to blow several notes. With your hand, feel where each flutist’s air stream is coming out. Place a pinwheel at that spot and instruct the flutist to blow to make the pinwheel spin. This exercise teaches that the air stream has to be strong enough to spin the pinwheel that the air stream is always moving through the lips.”
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Personal Perspective:
Hearing Every Voice
“You are the trusted adult, shaping the future through your students. A teacher’s influence can last a lifetime – and this is even more so in a music classroom. You will teach them for anywhere from 2 to 12 years. Within that time, they will always learn more from what you do than what you say.”
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Life of Reely:
Marches and Me
“My relationship with marches is complicated. There are marches I like to listen to but don’t want to play or conduct. There are marches I love to play but not conduct. There are marches I like to conduct but not play.”
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