"Life is what you make it.  It's never ever too late to start but it's so important that you never compare yourself to other musicians.  You're unique...always remember that!"  

In this 'Talking Flutes Extra' podcast, Jean-Paul speaks with principal flute player of the Tianjin Symphony Orchestra Elisabet Franch about her life, starting the flute later in life and missing the beautiful Spanish sparkling Cava wine!

'Talking Flutes' and 'Talking Flutes Extra' are podcast productions for the Trevor James flute company.  For more information visit  www.trevorjamesflutes.com 

Have you noticed we are practicing and performing, that we sometimes find our mind wandering beyond what what we are doing at that very moment?

With a very different start to this podcast using specially composed music by Emmy winning musician José Valentino,  Professor of Flute at the Royal Academy of Music in London and Jean-Paul Wright - Managing Director of the Trevor James flute company this week talk about their passion for mindfulness and the importance of mental health awareness for the musician.  

'Talking Flutes' and 'Talking Flutes Extra' are podcast productions by the Trevor James Flute Company.  For more information visit www.trevorjamesflutes.com 

"He's the best person in the world at what he does" - NY Times.  He has over 100 million YouTube views, he's been the principal flute player of the Guangzhou Symphony orchestra in China, street musician in San Francisco and worked in a grocery store in NY.  Now Greg Pattillo is wooing audiences around the world with his flute not only as a soloist, but also with the highly acclaimed Project Trio with Peter Seymour on bass and Eric Stephenson on Cello.

In this podcast Greg teaches Jean-Paul to Beatbox and speaks about his latest project to notate his beatboxing exercises for the benefit of flutists everywhere.

'Talking Flutes Extra' is a podcast production by the Trevor James flute company.  For more information visit www.trevorjamesflutes.com 

Work out, lacking musical motivation and need a break?

In this weeks 'Talking Flutes' podcast, Professor of Flute at the Royal Academy of Music in London Clare Southworth talks with Jean-Paul Wright - Managing Director of the Trevor James Flute Company about how to feel o.k about taking a break from your flute and practice regime and how to strategise any rest days or weeks to maximise the benefit to you.

'Talking Flutes' is a podcast production by Trevor James flutes.  For more information visit www.trevorjamesflutes.com

"Yes I do keep my flute by the side of my bed!"   The F** Word 2.0 as EMMY Award winning and multiple Latin-Grammy nominee Dr José Valentino is woken up at 4 am by Jean-Paul with an unplanned Skype call. 

When he has finally realises that he was on air, whilst still in bed José speaks about the process of finding your own musical niche and how to drive your music forward with positivity, enjoyment and fun. 

'Talking Flutes' and 'Talking Flutes Extra' are podcast productions by the Trevor James flute company.  For more information visit www.trevorjamesflutes.com 

How to choose, survive and make the most out of your summer flute course!

In this podcast, Clare Southworth, Professor of Flute at the Royal Academy of Music in London speaks about the benefits and joys of attending a flute course.  She also covers the importance of doing your research before choosing which one you'll be going on. 

"The joys of playing and learning in your summer holidays is immense...if you can learn to play without fear of comparison and just be yourself, then you'll get so much out of attending a flute course.  My advice is to simply go for it!!"

Next week on 'Talking Flutes Extra', Jean-Paul wakes up Emmy Winning and multiple Grammy nominated musician José Valentino at 4 am with a Skype call!!!!

'Talking Flutes' and 'Talking Flutes Extra' are podcast productions by the Trevor James flute company.  For more information visit www.trevorjamesflutes.com 

How to circular breathe, what it's like to be nominated and attend the Grammy Awards in Las Vegas, using nervousness as a fuel for your performance, and having to Google your own name to find your social media accounts!

In this weeks 'Talking Flutes Extra' and following requests from some of our listeners to get him back on, Jean-Paul dials in to New York to speak to the fabulously talented musician Giovanni Perez...who does the whole interview laying in bed!

For more information on Giovanni then visit www.giovanniperezflute.com

'Talking Flutes' and 'Talking Flutes Extra' is a podcast production by the Trevor James Flute Company.  For more information visit www.trevorjamesflutes.com 

Tonal, articulation, sequence and other flute tutor books!

In this week's 'Talking Flutes' pod, Clare answers some of the questions which have been sent in including 'What are the best tutor books and which ones should I buy" and "who are your favourite historical and modern day flute players?"

For more information about Professor of Flute at the Royal Academy of Music in London Clare Southworth and her tutor books and recordings then visit www.claresouthworth.com 

'Talking Flutes' and 'Talking Flutes Extra' are podcast productions by the Trevor James flute company.  For more information visit www.trevorjamesflutes.com 

"You can annihilate every note on the page however your Granny will always think it’s the best she’s ever heard!"

This week in 'Talking Flutes Extra' Jean-Paul speaks with proud Scotsman Stephen Clark who seems to be constantly circumnavigating the globe with his flute.  During the chat in specialist London Flute Shop All Flutes Plus and then later over lunch, Stephen talks about the "Competitive paranoia in the music business', the need to always record your lessons to give you a reference point, his new found love for the Instagram flute community and much, much more!

For more information on Stephen then www.stephenclarkflute.com 

'Talking Flutes' and 'Talking Flutes Extra' are podcast productions by the Trevor James Flute Company.

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Clare returns with her 'Talking Flutes' podcast next week where she is answering some of the many questions that you've sent in.

Two movements, the 'Rondeau' and the 'Aria' from the beautiful and haunting flute piece Suite Antique by John Rutter is this week looked at by Clare Southworth in her 'Talking Flutes' podcast

Composed in 1979, this concertante work by John Rutter  is written for harpsichord, flute and string orchestra. Rutter composed the piece, in six movements, for a concert at which Bach's fifth Brandenburg concerto was to be performed, and so decided to write the piece for the same ensemble.  The Suite is made up of six movements ranging from `a Bach-like Aria' to a 'Richard Rodgers-style Waltz'. Rutter's own style comes forth most strongly in the final Rondeau with its characteristically forward-driving rhythms and beautiful melodic lines. Evoking an 'antique' spirit, each movement is based on a Baroque or Classical style.

'Talking Flutes' is a podcast production by the Trevor James Flute Company.  For more information visit www.trevorjamesflutes.com