Flute 360 | Episode 102: “An Interview with Sarah Ouakrat” (31:43) In today’s episode, Heidi talks with Sarah Ouakrat who is one of the guest artists at the upcoming Tampere Flute Fest held in Finland on April 25-26, 2020. Sarah discusses her orchestral career and offers advice to flutists who’d like to pursue this musical [...]
Episode 101
Flute 360 | Episode 101: “An Interview with Alexis Roman” (34:38) In today’s episode, Heidi talks with Alexis Roman who is a guest artist at the Tampere Flute Festival, which is held April 25-26, 2020 in Finland! Alexis talks about the various roles that a guest artist holds, such as performer, adjudicator, and clinician. Listen [...]
Episode 100
Flute 360 | Episode 100: “Building Your C.V. Through International Experiences with Moi!” (18:36) In today’s episode, Heidi shares her European music experiences from September 2019 – January 2020. Heidi was able to perform, teach, and present throughout Greece, Romania, and Bulgaria to various institutions. During this time, Heidi learned a lot of lessons that [...]
Episode 99
Flute 360 | Episode 99: “Building Your C.V. Through International Experiences with Demarre McGill” (35:43) In today’s episode, Heidi talks with Demarre McGill about how we as flutists can build our C.V. through international experiences. Demarre humbly shares his international career and the lessons he’s learned along the way. Topics vary from job announcements, finding [...]
Episode 98
Flute 360 | Episode 98: “Building Your C.V. Through International Experiences with Dr. Nevart Galileas” (34:00) In today’s episode, Heidi talks with Dr. Nevart Galileas about adding international experiences to build your résumé or curriculum vitae. Dr. Galileas gives her advice regarding this area and shares the benefits of traveling abroad to enhance your musical [...]
Episode 97
Flute 360 | Episode 97: “Let’s Talk Monkey Brain with Nicholas Pallesen!” (1:09:03) In today’s episode, Heidi talks with Nicholas Pallesen who is a transformative coach, speaker, and mental performance specialist. He has been helping people for over a decade, and has given presentations and held residencies nationally and internationally. Nicholas talks about various topics [...]
Episode 96
Flute 360 | Episode 96: “Understanding Self-Control with Dr. Jessica Alquist” (42:38) In today’s episode, Heidi talks with Dr. Jessica Alquist about self-control. Jessica not only is a psychology professor at Texas Tech University, but she is also a flutist! Listen to today’s episode to benefit from the information, and apply it to your practice [...]
Episode 95
Flute 360 | Episode 95: “Understanding the Flow State with Chris Neal, Part 2” (37:51) Today’s dialogue is a continuation of last week’s episode (E94) with Chris Neal (LPC). Chris talks about ways in which we can achieve the state of flow in the practice room, on stage, and more importantly within our daily lives! [...]
Episode 94
Flute 360 | Episode 94: “Understanding the Flow State with Chris Neal, Part 1” (36:09) In today’s episode, Heidi talks with Chris Neal (LPC) about how we as musicians can experience the flow state within our performances! Chris dives into his research and shares his findings with us. Episode 94’s discussion continues into Episode 95, [...]
Episode 93
Flute 360 | Episode 93: “Mind-Body Integration Techniques to Help Relieve Performance Anxiety, Part 2” (42:36) In today’s episode, Heidi talks with Chris Neal (LPC) about mind-body integration approaches to lessen the symptoms of performance anxiety. There are many techniques that fall under the mind and body integration category, according to The National Center of [...]