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http://flute-choir-resources.com/ is the best website I've seen for finding out about flute choirs. I'm in the UK so I wouldnt know which particular flute choir is best for you, sorry. Our local wind band's flute section formed a flute ensemble- we aren't quite a choir, but we have four flutes, picc...

I'm 27. I've been playing the flute since I was 11. I play in a flute ensemble with my friends from wind band, we do weddings, dinners, fairs etc. I've always played in wind bands ever since I started, and I'm a bit of a fanatic about the things :-) My favourite wind band recording is North Texas Sy...

B flat is a notoriously problematic note on a lot of piccolos, not just because there is necessarily a problem with the instrument. My YPC62 responds better to a long Bb rather than using the thumbplate, for example.

You do move somewhat more than other flute players, perhaps- but I've listened to the Harty now, and I can't say it detracts from your performance. Very musical and stylish.

Pahud- now HIS jigging around the stage, THAT'S distracting!!!!

I'm pretty sure that itunes cost less in America than they do here in the UK, and they're only 79 pence here. I imagine that you're not too broke to afford 79p for a recording which the artist invested time, care and effort in to bring to you in the first place

Have you considered buying a decent student-level flute like a Yamaha, and adding a handmade headjoint to it? That's what I did, the yamaha mechanism wears well if kept in order, and the headjoint makes all the difference with tone colour, projection, and flexibility. Just a thought.