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April Clayton - Flute Tube
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 14 ก.พ. 2013
Welcome to my channel! I began Flute Tube during COVID shutdowns, publishing weekly videos for flutists. I plan to continue posting videos on Fridays into the future. If you see that I've missed a video post, don't give up on Flute Tube - COME BACK!!! I will post again soon!
Also, don't be shy about reaching out. Leave a comment or question, find me on social media or through email!
About me:
Concert flutist and Professor April Clayton has performed in major venues around the world. She has been Guest Artist at top music schools including Juilliard, the Ecole Normale and Schola Cantorum in Paris, and many others. Her students have won some of the most prestigious flute competitions, and now perform professionally and teach at major music schools. She was the youngest student to have been admitted to the doctoral program at Juilliard, beginning doctoral studies there at age 21.
"Her tone is stunning... She also plays with dazzling technical proficiency." --American Record Guide
Also, don't be shy about reaching out. Leave a comment or question, find me on social media or through email!
About me:
Concert flutist and Professor April Clayton has performed in major venues around the world. She has been Guest Artist at top music schools including Juilliard, the Ecole Normale and Schola Cantorum in Paris, and many others. Her students have won some of the most prestigious flute competitions, and now perform professionally and teach at major music schools. She was the youngest student to have been admitted to the doctoral program at Juilliard, beginning doctoral studies there at age 21.
"Her tone is stunning... She also plays with dazzling technical proficiency." --American Record Guide
Live radio show: Flute Music of Miguel del Aguila - Northwest Focus Live on Classical KING FM 98.1
I'm very pleased to post this live radio broadcast with generous permission from Classical KING FM 98.1 in Seattle. You'll hear Miguel del Aguila, composer and pianist, performing with myself (flute). Dave Beck is our radio show host.
The broadcast occurred November 22, 2024, live in the Speight Jenkins Studio at the Seattle Opera Center. We enjoyed having a studio audience at full capacity for the space. Word is that roughly 15,000 tuned in to listen during the course of the broadcast.
One note: I was introduced during the broadcast with slightly outdated info that had been handed to our host, as Professor of Flute at Brigham Young University. That was true until 2022, but it's no longer my position. I quit in order to have more time to do projects just like this one! I never felt I had a great opening to correct that tangential info quickly... live, on air.... and hadn't known I'd be introduced that way. But I don't want to be an imposter; Christina Castellanos is now the full-time flute professor at BYU. :)
Miguel del Aguila's music is well worth exploring! Find more of it here:
www.youtube.com/@MigueldelAguila
Miguel's website:
migueldelaguila.com/
0:00 Introduction
4:46 Piano Rolls
18:17 Silence
31:15 Torrential Raindance
44:03 Malambo
Join our "Flute Tube In Practice" Facebook group here--
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For more information about me, in case you want to know, here's my website:
www.aprilclayton.com/
The broadcast occurred November 22, 2024, live in the Speight Jenkins Studio at the Seattle Opera Center. We enjoyed having a studio audience at full capacity for the space. Word is that roughly 15,000 tuned in to listen during the course of the broadcast.
One note: I was introduced during the broadcast with slightly outdated info that had been handed to our host, as Professor of Flute at Brigham Young University. That was true until 2022, but it's no longer my position. I quit in order to have more time to do projects just like this one! I never felt I had a great opening to correct that tangential info quickly... live, on air.... and hadn't known I'd be introduced that way. But I don't want to be an imposter; Christina Castellanos is now the full-time flute professor at BYU. :)
Miguel del Aguila's music is well worth exploring! Find more of it here:
www.youtube.com/@MigueldelAguila
Miguel's website:
migueldelaguila.com/
0:00 Introduction
4:46 Piano Rolls
18:17 Silence
31:15 Torrential Raindance
44:03 Malambo
Join our "Flute Tube In Practice" Facebook group here--
groups/705758100402714
For more information about me, in case you want to know, here's my website:
www.aprilclayton.com/
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Devienne Duo Concertante Op. 5 no. 1, mvt 2: Rondo. Allegretto | April Clayton, Jeanne Mallow
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April Clayton, Flute @AprilClaytonflute Jeanne Mallow, Viola @JeanneMallow Live recording from each of us. (But recorded with about 2200 miles of distance between us, and then put together.) More flute and viola duos to come on our TH-cam channels - stay tuned!
Devienne Duo Concertante Op. 5 no. 1, mvt 1: Allegro Molto | April Clayton, Jeanne Mallow
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April Clayton, Flute @AprilClaytonflute Jeanne Mallow, Viola @JeanneMallow Live, unedited recording. More flute and viola duos to come on our TH-cam channels - stay tuned!
Happy Birthday, NADIA BOULANGER! - Flute Tube, Episode 97
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In today's special Monday edition of Flute Tube, I tell three stories about Nadia Boulanger that I learned directly from some of her students. As I mention in the video, the music you hear is a famous Nocturne by Nadia's sister, Lili. It was originally written for violin and piano. It works extremely well on the flute. The piano part is missing in my casual birthday recording for today, of cour...
Make Music HARDER To Make It EASIER?! Music Practice Hack - Flute Tube, Episode 96
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The more, different ways musicians use to learn and memorize our music, the better. We all learn using slightly different methods. We rely, to different extents, on muscle memory, aural feedback, visual memory, and other means, depending on our aptitudes and backgrounds. BUT!!! Your brain should ALWAYS lead the way!! Just remember the horse analogy! During live lessons, I most often give the ad...
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Today we discuss how to take the very first steps into the realm of arpeggio practice. If you've never practiced arpeggios - or if you're looking for a new way to introduce arpeggios to your students - this video should give you some ideas. 0:00 Incorporate Arpeggios into Your Practice 0:37 Introducing Mammma Scales 3:20 Simple Triad Practice Links to the videos I mention in this episode: th-ca...
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i love looking up alternate fingerings and finding you!!!
I am an adult re-learner. I needed this video.
Thank you for recording the whole book! I went through this with my student systematically and referenced your videos every week. Thank you!
But it is not only for the balance, also for the intonation I guess 😉
Actually, with these fingerings it doesn't change the pitch. Debost liked to add fingers purely for balance. In other contexts, though, sure - you could add fingers to help with pitch. People often do this with C-sharps. 🙂 Happy Fluting!
That is soon cute! He listens better than some people😂
You are awesome! Tricks for high flute note trills, please! Like A to B flat, or B to C sharp or A flat to B, etc!! Thank you soooo much! Thinking of Wreckers Overture, by Ethyl Smith.
A Linear Chromatic Flute by Jim schmidt simplifies that thing with simplified fingerings
18❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Fantastic sharing friend
Excellent job done April keep it up 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤
Thank you!
@AprilClaytonflute veiw your all shots and like too
What do you recommend for books on trill techniques on the flute? please can i learn from you
very relaxing and wonderful show, congrats 👏❤
Thanks, for listening, Livia!
great job omg !
Wonderful ❤❤❤❤
great performance in duo april. thanks for sharing and merry christmas❤❤❤
What a wonderfully focused performance, April. Expressive, gentle, smooth, kind, and lively and moving. Thank you for your always wonderful performance. And I look forward to hearing many more exciting performances from now on. Have a great musical weekend and a great success. Satoru
I'm always impressed by his very interesting performances, April. Original, rhythmic, gorgeous, gentle, kind, seamless, and captivating. I look forward to more interesting videos from you. It's big. Have an artsy weekend and great success. Satoru
I've been playing my flute for months and suddenly the only 2 notes I can play are B and C. There must be a screw or spring out of place. Can you direct me on repairing it. Thank you.
The triplet hack for the 32nd notes before 14 is genius!! Instantly fixed my issue. Proves it's definitely mental! :)
Wow beautiful collaboration ❤🎉🎉🎉
So beautiful !!
Thanks for listening! It is very appealing music 🙂
Fantastic suggestion - going to try it next time I practice
B FLAT GOLD! 😃
I can't wait to try this one!
SO ENLIGHTENING!
WOW, just had so many epiphanies - mind blown! 😄
I am finally catching this very first episode! A great start to a great channel!
this is brill! I like twist tongues too!
simply stunning musical culture!
simply amazing , I admire your teaching talent!
what a cute and beautiful tutorial, sounds very melodic!
extremely difficult tutorial! you are btill!
very interesting and well explained , congrats on your expertize!
Awesome 🎉🎉🎉
Thanks 🙂
These viola flute vids rock ! Caught your last one too 🎸 Keep it going!
Thanks! 🎸😎
This was the ad I needed! Bought a flute from a pawn shop last year, and have yet to kiss on it 💋
Beautifully played! Bravo to both of you!!!!
It's great to hear from another oustanding violist! Thanks for listening 🙂🎻🎶
love this fantastic flute & violin duet, bravo April & Jeanne ,,,,,,,,,,greetings Renee
Thank you!
Thank you!
Very beautiful performance! Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! 🙂
Virtuoso flutist demonstrating to us how it's done.❤❤❤ Fantastic duet!!👏👏👏👍
Thank you, and I have plenty to learn from you as well, of course! 🙂🎻❤
simply amazing skills, and great performance
Thank you so much 😀
Wow, this is so beautiful! Is it wrong that I feel like I just discovered a new Mozart piece for flute??
Thank you! And not at all - it is that same style and time period as Mozart, and he wasn't the ONLY one alive then who could write appealing music!
@@AprilClaytonflute So interesting in that I as well feel that the very opening of the movement could be Mozart!
Yes, I agree, sounds very similar!
Lovely 👏. Your timbre in the higher notes is like a chinchilla wrapped in soft warm towels in the middle of a luxury spa, cozily getting pampered. In comparison, mine is like a prickly wet cold rat angrily plotting a cunning plan.
Hahaha, what a funny comment! It's so creative it makes me think your flute playing must have much to recommend it! Also, I should add your comment to reviews on my website - would probably be the best one there.😆
😂😂 and I get to hear this cuddly chinchilla sound all the time, she’s my teacher.
Aren't we both lucky to know about my chinchilla sound? 😂😂
Sounds (and looks) great. Funny watching modern cityscape in the background while listening to elegant music from the 18th century.
Thanks! And it is an interesting juxtaposition - too bad we can't go to Devienne's time and place to try it there 🙂
Lol this popped up for me randomly, but I used to play flute for 5 years during middle and highschool and I still have my flute and I'm 33 now. I wish i could still play like i used to. I had a few bad seizures in 2018 and since then my memory is so bad now. My flute needs to be tweaked and tuned and cleaned thoroughly though since it's sat for 15 years now lol Anyways....lol
It's a sign! You should play your flute again!!! 😄😍🎵
😏😏My sinusitis problems , teach, will have none of it, but I will press on. Oh, that was a nice excerpt at the end. What is the piece called?
Teacher, are they calling it circular breathing/air???🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Amazing lesson 👏👏👏
Thank you! 😃
I have had a lot of vocal/ singing sessions. Some of these techniques were even used in those sessions. Perhaps taking singing classes and as well as aerobics, which I need to get back into, could possibly help us aspiring flutists.🤔🤔🤔🤔. 👍😎. Aerobics and talking/counting takes a lot of disciplining of air expenditure.😁😁😁😁😁
Thanks for covering notes higher than the standard notes. How much should the embouchure be covering the lip plate/ embouchure hole, teach? 🤔🤔. I have hit C4----F4, but with no consistency. C4 was much more consistent out of all. The others would toggle all over the place on the tuner. I have been trying to diagnose it during my target practices.
Thanks for the comment! I can say, I certainly remember HOURS spent working on getting that high, high F out when I was first learning the Ibert flute concerto. I was DETERMINED to go up to that highest F at the end of the 3rd movement - just like I'd heard Galway do! In general, people tend to cover the embouchure hole more than they should way up there. Placement should be very similar to the notes right below (the high B-flat, B, C). The air speed is what's most crucial, and to get the speed you need a very small aperture open between your lips. Also, the air needs to zoom STRAIGHT across the embouchure hole in your flute as much as possible - not be angled down into it much at all - more simply STRAIGHT across, like a little laser! Good luck and happy flute practice!
@@AprilClaytonflute Thanks a million,teacher!!! You are awesome!!!👍😎 Armed with this, I can say that part of my problem is that I am making my aperture too small ( The occasional and unfortunate face/lip farting takes place.) and also not a consistent and solid even flow of air support, since it is wavering or not stable between pitches on the tuner. Gotta also check my air direction as well. Sometimes, I try moving up and down the air stream while playing and seeing where I can fish out the pitch as I am carefully watching the tuner so that way I then can try to keep it stable if I catch.
Good luck! I should probably make a disclaimer about my advice, like I've seen other youtubers do in other subjects: "I do not know your flute situation, and this is not flute advice" etc :D but it sounds most likely that this is indeed about a steady airstream and fast air. If so, you could go back and watch my video on "Building Better Breath Support" - Episode 5. If I were asked to boil Flute Tube down to the one most crucial episode, I would say that one is it.
@@AprilClaytonflute Thanks, teach. I will check out that class video 😁😁😁😁😁!!!
Great, I hope it's useful!
Great demonstration! Happy Halloween!
Thanks, same to you!