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Second Annual Woodwind Extravaganza – March 1, 2025

Posted by By Dr. Stephanie Hoeckley February 1, 2025Posted inUncategorizedNo Comments
Register Here! We are thrilled to share our upcoming A-State Woodwind Extravaganza on Saturday, March 1, 2025! Woodwind players from all over are invited to join us in Jonesboro for…
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Welcome to the adventures of the Arkansas State University Flute Studio! 🐺
🍎 Dr. Stephanie Hoeckley @StephanieHoeckley
🎵 Dept. of Music @AStateMusic
Our next featured vendor at the Woodwind Extravaga Our next featured vendor at the Woodwind Extravaganza is Key Leaves! 🍃 KEY LEAVES® is a Seattle-based family business specializing in wind instrument care products that leave keys open to dry. Like all woodwind players, founder Rulon Brown ran into the problem of sticky key pads that cause playing malfunction and costly repair. So he created Key Leaves natural-care products to eliminate sticky keys and help musicians sound their best. Dr. Hoeckley has been using their Spit Sponge recently to help remove water from her piccolo keys! It's especially helpful in cold venues where moisture condenses. Stop by the Vendor Hall on March 1 to check out Key Leaves' innovative products! @keyleaves
Another fabulous vendor at our upcoming Woodwind E Another fabulous vendor at our upcoming Woodwind Extravaganza is MACSAX! This Austin-based company offers a variety of mouthpieces. You can learn about them below! The SOCO is our most straight-ahead piece. It is perfect for a small jazz combo or cocktail band settings. The Queso is our middle-of-the-ground universal mouthpiece. If you play a bit of everything, the Queso provides that flexibility to blend in with a big band sax section or stand out in the crowd during a rock gig. The Jalapeño is our brightest mouthpiece that is perfect for Funk, Rock 'n Roll, Salsa, or any gig that requires you to stand out and soar above the band. Come check them out on March 1 in the Fowler Center! 📣 Just a few days are left to register: Sign up before February 26 with the link in our bio! 📣
Woodwind plushies are BACK! We have even more ins Woodwind plushies are BACK! We have even more instruments this year, including flutes, oboes, clarinets, bass clarinets, saxophones, and bassoons! A variety of animals and fruit plushies are available with your favorite woodwind instrument. Stop by the Flute Club's table in the Vendor Hall on March 1! When you purchase a plushie, you're helping A-State Flute students travel to Atlanta to perform at the National Flute Convention! . . . #FluteFun #AStateFluteStudio #WoodwindDay #Plushie #NationalFluteConvention
In addition to workshops, woodwind choir, and perf In addition to workshops, woodwind choir, and performances, our Woodwind Extravaganza has some terrific vendors where you can shop til you drop on March 1! Today we are excited to feature Edmund Nielsen Woodwinds, your go-to store for all your double reed instrument needs! As one of the most highly regarded double reed stores, they are proud to offer bassoon and oboe reeds, as well as a wide range of other essential woodwind accessories. Stay tuned this week for more vendors, and don't forget to register ✨ before February 26 ✨ with the link in our bio!
Congratulations to the Wind Ensemble flutes (plus Congratulations to the Wind Ensemble flutes (plus Dr. Hoeckley) on a wonderful showcase performance last week! The Force was with our flutists as they performed select movements of Star Wars for the many Arkansas students auditioning for All-State Honor Bands. Mastering music by John Williams in just a few weeks isn’t easy (especially with woodwind flourishes faster than the Millennium Falcon), but your dedication and artistry made it seem effortless! The next two Tuesdays will be a celebration of band: Join us this Tuesday at 7:30 pm for Symphonic Winds and Concert Band, and then catch the Wind Ensemble next Tuesday, 2/25! . . . #AStateBands #AStateFluteStudio #DiscoverAState
Happy Valentine’s Day from the A-State Flute Stu Happy Valentine’s Day from the A-State Flute Studio! This week, we recorded our favorite moments from our current pieces and worked to love how WE played them. Then we listened to the videos and exchanged comments, valentines, and encouragement with each other! It was a lovely end to a full week! A good question to ask that we discovered is, “What comments would you write about your playing if you wrote yourself a valentine?” Tomorrow we welcome incoming flutists to campus for their scholarship auditions. Can’t wait to hear them play! 🎶🥰
The Woodwind Extravaganza schedule is here! Grab y The Woodwind Extravaganza schedule is here! Grab your reeds and join us and our fantastic guest artists for workshops, masterclasses, woodwind ensemble, and more. 🎶 Register today with the link in our bio!
📣 📣 Meet our guest artists for the 2025 Wood 📣 📣 Meet our guest artists for the 2025 Woodwind Extravaganza, flutist Brittany Trotter and multi-woodwind artist Bret Pimentel. 📣 📣 Prize-winning flutist Dr. Brittany Trotter leads a diverse career as an educator, soloist, and collaborator. She is the Assistant Professor in Flute and Woodwind Program Chair at the University of the Pacific’s Conservatory of Music in Stockton, CA. Trotter has been awarded first prize in numerous national and regional competitions including the Music Teachers National Association Young Artist Competition in woodwinds in the states of West Virginia (2017, 2016), Wyoming (2015, 2014), and Mississippi (2009). She has also competed as a semi-finalist in the 2017 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition. Trotter regularly performs, teaches, and serves as a guest lecturer throughout the United States. Recipient of the NFA’s 2020 Graduate Research Competition for her dissertation entitled, Examining Music Hybridity and Cultural Influences in Valerie Coleman’s Wish Sonatine and Fanmi Imen, Trotter continues to actively study the merging of western classical music, diverse culture, and modern popular music. She has presented a lecture recital entitled “Flute & Hip Hop” at several music conferences. Woodwind artist Bret Pimentel (he/him, “Pimentel” rhymes with “show and tell”) is at home with the classical solo repertoire of the saxophone, flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon, as well as chamber and symphonic music, jazz, and rock and pop. In addition to the major modern woodwinds, he is skilled at variety of folk, historical, and world woodwinds, as well as the Akai Electronic Wind Instrument and electronically-enhanced standard woodwinds. Bret is Professor of Music at Delta State University, where he teaches applied oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and saxophone, as well as chamber music, woodwind methods, and jazz courses. In 2014 he received a Humanities Teacher Award from the Mississippi Humanities Council. Bret is the author of Woodwind Basics: Core concepts for playing and teaching flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and saxophone, and a popular blog for woodwind players and educators. @brittanyflute @woodwindninja
We are thrilled to share our upcoming A-State Wood We are thrilled to share our upcoming A-State Woodwind Extravaganza on March 1! Woodwind players from all over are invited to join us in Jonesboro for this exciting day. We can't wait to welcome our featured artists, Brittany Trotter and Bret Pimentel, as well as some terrific woodwind vendors. The day will include playing in the Woodwind Ensemble, learning, shopping, masterclasses, trying new instruments, and experiencing amazing woodwind playing! For the big finale, join us at Fowler Center for the gala concert featuring our guest artists, which is FREE and open to the public. It will be an event to remember! Registration is free for A-State students, $15 for individuals, and $10 for groups of 10+. Sign up today with the link in our bio! #AStateWoodwindExtravaganza #WoodwindsAreExtra #flute #oboe #bassoon #clarinet #saxophone #bassclarinet #masterclasses #vendors #lectures #recitals
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