CALENDAR of EVENTS
Watch this spot for upcoming calendar events, classes, flute circles.
Flute Club: There is a 4 week interim between 6-Week Flute Classes. Everyone is welcome to meet at the AJP library on those Thursday evenings with other flute enthusiasts--6:00 pm to 7:30 pm. Check at service desk to find out the room being used.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS (updated 2/24/2024)
2024 Flute class: March 14, 21, 28, April 4, 11, 18 from 6 to 7:30 at Apache Junction Library.
April 5 & 6, 2024 Annual SW Voyager NAs Flute Festival - All Day. Larry and Vickie will be going to Tucson for the Festival.
Flute Circle : March 16 from 9 to 10:30 am at the Veteran's Memorial Gazebo weather permitting. At AJ Public Library in case of inclement weather.
6-Week Flute Class: Starts Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. at the Apache Junction Library. All are welcome. We work with beginners, but also present information to assist others on their flute journey. The library has a number of flutes that can be checked out for the duration of the class. Join us and other flute enthusiasts each week to hone your flute playing skills.
Open Mic FLUTE CIRCLE: Third Saturday, 9 to 10:30 am at the Veteran's Memorial Gazebo, weather permitting. We meet at the Apache Junction Library if the weather is bad.
Performances - Larry and Vickie
None scheduled.
FREE WORKSHOPS:
March 9, 10 to 12 noon at Mesa Red Mountain Library. Register on the Mesa Public Library Events Page.
"Music is prayer. It is ceremony. Music is life. It is Sa'ah Naaghahl Blk'eh Hozhoon, the Beauty Way of Life. Music is an endeavor to restore harmony, health, serenity and balance to spirituality, emotions and our cognitive and physical processes. It fosters a compassionate comprehension of self and the world around us. . . "
~James Bilagody
Odell Borg says ". . . a French horn is a type of musical instrument . . ., "Native American flute" refers to a particular type of musical instrument. . ." This statement can be stretched further to say that you don't need to be French to play French music--to perform the French horn. And by extension, you don't need to be Native American to play Native American music on the Native flute. Paying proper respect to a given instrument's history and tradition, then expanding the scope of an instrument and increasing the number of people who play and get to hear them can only be a good thing for the future of said instrument.
World Shakuhachi Discussion
Medit8b 2005
"The Heart-center power, expressed as happiness and love, will guide upward on a path away from frustration, bitter toil and travail. These journeys are directed inward, not outwardly in material mementos of ego and possession. The lesson is relearning that which has been suppressed and forgotten, in ourselves, since our earliest childhood."
~R. Carlos Nakai
“Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.”
~Lao Tzu
Welcome to
When you were born, you cried
and the world rejoiced.
Live your life
so that when you die,
the world cries and you rejoice.
White Elk
“. . . the flute is a heart song. . . like a sweet prayer; it will teach you as well as you teach yourself . . .”
~Mato Wambli
The hauntingly beautiful sounds of the native flute speak to your spirit.
Using your breath, you express yourself, your feelings and emotions through the flute.
The player develops a relationship with the flute that begins by picking out the flute.
Song-Within
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