Baroque Flute Boot Camp XIV: Message from the Director

Dear Baroque Flute Enthusiasts,

For the 2012 Baroque Flute Boot Camp I will be on hiatus. Many of you know that since September 2008 I have been pursuing a PhD in Musicology at the University of Oregon. It has been intellectually stimulating and very enjoyable. One requirement for the PhD is writing a dissertation. Another aspect of the PhD program in music history/musicology is the opportunity to teach undergraduate lecture classes. The dissertation and teaching not one but two summer sessions this year will keep me from participating in the Fourteenth Annual Baroque Flute Boot Camp (14 years? Really? Wow!). 

This is only a one year hiatus. I expect to be back at the helm in 2013. But the boot camp will only miss my personality this year. My collaborator, friend, and colleague, Janet See will be there, as usual, and after a two-year apprenticeship, our friend and colleague Kathie Stewart, Baroque flute teacher at the Oberlin Conservatory, will be the other boot camp instructor. 

The participants will continue to be pushed out of their respective comfort zones to acquire new skills and knowledge of Baroque flute and Baroque performance practices. My patented Forehead Slap of Despair (FSD) may be missed, but other than that, the Boot Camp Experience will be the same. You can expect lots of flute playing, technical exercises, improvisation theory and practice, camaraderie, encouragement, and the feeling that your brain has been filled to capacity each day.

I will, obviously, be sad to not be a physical part of the BFBC XIV, but feel confident that Ms. See and Ms. Stewart will conduct business as usual. If anything, the environment may be more intense, challenging, and stimulating than in years past, because that is how we roll at the BFBC. 

See you physically in 2013. See you virtually all the time. 

kp

14th Annual Baroque Flute Boot Camp, July 29-August 4, 2012

Alert the media! 


BFBC XIV: July 29-August 4, 2012, in Seattle, at Seattle Pacific University. 


The website will be updated soon. 


For you past participants, we will be using the same workbook as last year. 


Watch this space for details and updates. 


More information to follow. Soon! 


Thank you. 


-- The Management

PPOTW: 16.xii.2011

In the absence of specific pieces, and to mark the end of my two-week hiatus from serious practice, I remind myself (and you as well) about these two things: 


The Twenty-Minute Workout


And . . . 


Smoke and Mirrors


Ready . . . go!

PPOTW (Practice Pieces of the Week): November 17, 2011

OK, so I'm a few weeks behind on these, and the cross posting. Let's keep the whining down and the posture up. 

• Telemann, TWV 40.6, and 40.7 (Fantasias 5 & 6)
• Quantz, Capricci 2 (Presto) and 42 (Courante)
• Hotteterre, Preludes in c-minor
• J-D Braun, Sonata (1740; found in the pieces sans basse collection)

Practice Pieces of the Week (PPW) for September and October

Apologies for the delay in posting these. I forget that not everyone is using Facebook.

I'll be more diligent about the cross-posting.


Hotteterre Preludes in A-major (3 & 4); in Bb-Major (1 & 2).
Quantz Capriccen: Number 6 (Fantasia Presto); Number 31 (in Bb).

Hotteterre, g-minor preludes 3 & 4; Braun, Menuetto (p.10; this will get your lips in shape) & Capriccio (p. 12); Couperin, Concerts royaux, Quatrieme concert, Prelude (Gravement), Courante Francoise, and Sarabande tres tendrement (yeah, I like E-major).

The work continues (or, "if it were easy, anyone could do it")

Thanks again, everyone, for yet another fantastic week of Baroque Flute Boot Camp, Angst Factory, and Catharsis Clinic. I had a great time and love to see the changes in playing from year to year from individuals and from the group.

On the Facebook BFBC group I announced that I would be posting items for practice, in the manner of the "Quantz of the Week.." It could be just about anything, from the Bach of the Week, the Braun of the Week, the Blavet of the Month, or just about anything else, including, but not limited to, the Anderson Etude of the Week.

I just uploaded some files to the PB Works site. If you don't have them already, now is the time to get them. I'll be closing down the site for the winter and spring, as I always do, which means I'll remove your email from the site. I'll let you know when that will happen, probably not before Thanksgiving, so you can have enough time to finish any downloading you have been considering. I'll put a notice here, on the FB page, and on the wiki itself.

To start our Weekly Workout, I propose the following:

Hotteterre, Preludes 1-3 on page 6 of L'art de preluder (the facsimile, in French Violin Clef);
J D Braun, Rondeau, Giga, and Menuetto on pages 6-7 of the pieces sans basse (found on the wiki).

Those feeling particularly courageous should take the Rondeau in both keys (e-minor, g-minor; just switch to the French Violin Clef to get the g-minor/bassoon version).

More as it happens.

Baroque Flute Boot Camp XIII: What to bring

There are a few "Newbies" this year, so here is a list of things to bring to the workshop.

• Music stand
• Flutes (if you have more than one flute, bring it/them; there is usually a contingent of 392 Hz flutes; penny whistles and trad flutes are welcome too, especially on Wednesday night)
• Workbook
• Solo music
• Other music, outside of the assigned, because impromptu duets and trios can happen at any time, even if it seems as if there is NO spare time, there always is. 
• 3-ring binder with at least 3 tabs
• Small post-it notes
• Pencils, highlighter (optional)
• Something on which to take notes during masterclass
• Light jacket
• Flute maintenance kit (beeswax, electrical tape, silk thread, super glue, small piece of neoprene, etc.)
• And most important: the HAWAIIAN SHIRT for Thursday. 

See you all soon.