In a landmark moment for this podcast, I am DELIGHTED to welcome the world's most published living flute composer, and legit flute superstar, the one and only; Gary Schocker.

Gary and I chatted online over the course of an hour about everything from his early musical on Superman and Lois Lane's child, to the role études play for a flutist; via Alexander Technique, New York in the 70s and his chosen karaoke song.

I even got an impromptu performance of a Beatles tune on the harpsichord from Gary, all while I sat with a can of G&T and drank the moment in.

(We also address THAT Florida flute scandal)

Check out the chapters below for all the different topics and to skip to your favourite bit. I hope you all enjoy listening to this as much as I did making it, because I had an absolute blast.

Smooches x

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro and some housekeeping

03:18 - Interview with Gary Schocker

04:25 - The Florida Flute "scandal"

06:50 - Easton, PA

09:04 - Childhood composing and music notation

13:44 - Superman Musicals

16:58 - Composing pieces in a day!?

19:35 - Compositional Process

21:48 - Armpits

26:39 - Perfect Pitch

30:13 - Alexander Technique

39:06 - Metronomes and Tuners in practice

41:36 - Is the flute rep limited?

42:22 - Debussy faune solo

45:45 - Gary's favourite flutists

48:26 - 70s New York

50:08 - Guilty Pleasures and Karaoke songs

53:58 - THAT Beatles/Harpsichord cover

57:10 - Quick Fire Questions

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