First flute soloWhat was your first flute solo?
Your very first solo is always special. Whether it was a simple piece from a collection or an easy arrangement of a well-known orchestral melody, it stays with you forever. My first solo was an arrangement of the "Dance of the Reed Pipes" from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker ballet. I just loved it! Even now when I hear that piece played, I think of playing it back in the seventh grade. Another early flute solo for me was the first movement of the Mozart D Major Flute Concerto. I listened to a recording of it I brought home from school over and over. I was (and still am) absolutely in love with that piece! Following that, I played a piece called "The Swiss Shepherd" and I love it to this day.
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Mozart Andante in C
Panis Angelicus When I was in high school, the music director from my church asked me to play a solo and my band director pointed us to a Sacred Solo book which included ... sweaty slip My first solo ever was a Bach piece. I was playing it for a solo and ensemble contest and my band teacher picked it. It was hard, and I was really nervous ... Brighton Beach I was in 6th grade and had already been playing the flute for about four years. Our school district put me in with the older kids and we went into competition ... Spirit Dance From "Orpheus" My first flute solo was Spirit Dance From "Orpheus." I played it in the 7th grade. It was really hard! I did get a "I" rating on it at solo contest, though....
Papageno's song, The Magic Flute, Mozart
Easy to play, bouncy, I liked it. Although, as an adult I'm more fond of things like Bach's partita in A-Minor for solo flute.
Serenade
Question: I played it for solo & ensemble competition and made a superior rating! Spirit Dance from Orpheus I'm in the 6th grade and I just got done with my solo contest this morning. I play the flute, and Spirit Dance is so hard to master. It took 3 months just ... test test Mozart in C Major & Orchestra When I was in the sixth grade, my father told me to study this piece. I surprised my father and worked very hard on it. I'm very happy that I played ...
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