Texas All - State Flute Etudes 2023 ~ Creative Flutist Practice Ideas
Hi! It is that time of year again for our beginnings into learning & teaching the Texas all State Etudes ! I so appreciate how we all...
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Creative Flutist
- Feb 19
- 5 min
12 Reasons for Mindful Musically Expressive Practice
Part 1 ~ Reasons 1-4 Why does deliberate, detailed, deep, mindful and musical practice at first seem like a “slow” way to practice?...
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Creative Flutist
- Jul 20, 2022
- 4 min
TEXAS ALL STATE FLUTE ETUDE~ Prepare & Practice Tips 2022
It is that time of year when the Texas Etudes have been announced and we all begin the process of teaching, practicing and learning these...
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Creative Flutist
- Nov 27, 2021
- 2 min
Patience & Practice
Patience: is a word we do not hear often enough these days... And, I don't mean the foot tapping, waiting, impatient kind of patience 🤣...
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Creative Flutist
- Oct 25, 2021
- 2 min
Excellence & Remembering Why...
Greetings Dear Ones, I sent this to my students and parent today and am sharing it in case any of you are struggling with practice, with...
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Creative Flutist
- Sep 17, 2021
- 1 min
Sound Journaling
I love waking up, playing my flute as a journal of sound.. seeing what key to wader about in sound and just let those vibrations flow out...
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Creative Flutist
- Sep 9, 2021
- 1 min
~ Sounding Our Vibration ~
3 poems... by me...~Jen Sounding Our Vibration What if The only thing I am asked in the end is… Were you truly Jennifer Shawn Keeney?...
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Creative Flutist
- Sep 2, 2021
- 2 min
Creative Flutist Fridays #4 ~ Jen's Journals
Creative Flutist Fridays Creative Ideas, Inspiration & Information #4 September 2021 Within the Circle, there is an infinite Community of...
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Creative Flutist
- Sep 2, 2021
- 1 min
Creative Flutist Fridays #3~ Resilience
Creative Flutist Fridays Creative Ideas, Inspiration & Information #3 August 27th, 2021 Mental Resilience Thinking about Resilience,...
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Creative Flutist
- Sep 2, 2021
- 1 min
Creative Flutist Fridays ~ #2 AUDITIONS
Creative Flutist Fridays Creative Ideas, Inspiration & Information #2 August 20th, 2021 GREETINGS It is audition season for back to...
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Creative Flutist
- Sep 2, 2021
- 2 min
Creative Flutist Fridays ~ Premier Edition
Creative Flutist Fridays Creative Ideas, Inspiration & Information #1 August 13th, 2021 Summer Creative Flutist Classes ~ Hope Rising ~...
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Creative Flutist
- Aug 26, 2021
- 5 min
Mental Resilience
Thinking about Resilience, mental resiliency, as we start the new school year and all that we have been through in the past year... What...
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Creative Flutist
- Jul 18, 2021
- 6 min
TX All State Flute Etudes 2021- Practice Ideas
TEXAS ALL-STATE ETUDES 2021 link to my All State Flute Page. Karg-Elert, A Major, Op. 107 #10 and is No. 16 in the M.K. Clardy Etude...
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Creative Flutist
- Apr 23, 2021
- 5 min
Creating an Effective Embouchure
Your lips are vibrating membranes...~ Marcel Moyse Embouchure: Is the formation of your lips through which the river of air moves. Your...
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Creative Flutist
- Mar 7, 2021
- 4 min
Routine ~ Changing it up ~ How it Helps ~ Especially Now!
I am especially finding that during these times having a routine helps me. When things are new and always changing a lot, so extreme,...
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Creative Flutist
- Feb 6, 2021
- 2 min
Fear vs. Freedom ~ Your Choice!
To fear or not to fear that is the question… Your Choice! Try Flipping the Fear into a better feeling , feeling… You can acknowledge the...
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Creative Flutist
- Feb 2, 2021
- 4 min
Practice is a Playground & 12 Play Stations
I was walking by a playground a few years ago... back in the day when their were children playing in the school play grounds... I noticed...
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Creative Flutist
- Jan 29, 2021
- 6 min
"Comfortably Edgy" ~ Finding The Learning Zone in Your Practice~
Comfortably Edgy, I think about this a lot... a quote from one of my yoga teachers, Keith Katchick . Finding this fluid, expansive, and...
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Creative Flutist
- Dec 29, 2020
- 2 min
2020 to 2021 Reflect & Renew
I am thinking about the New Year, 2021… and how it is like starting anything new and can be a meaningful time for reflection and renewal....
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Creative Flutist
- Dec 17, 2020
- 4 min
How Much "Should" You Practice? Practice & Learning!
.. And the 4 kinds of practice and 4 kinds of learning. I get asked a lot how much should my daughter/son practice? OR by students, How...
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