Greg Milliren - Flutist
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One reason I love to be a professional musician!

5/20/2012

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Last week I visited the Friends School where my buddy Chad teaches 3rd and 4th grade. Chad was doing a unit on sound and acoustics with his kids this year, and asked me to come in to talk to his kids about how the flute works and about being a professional musician.


I've done lots of presentations for kids before, and I usually play The Great Train Race by Ian Clarke, a contemporary flute work that uses extended techniques almost exclusively to create the effect of a choo-choo train racing down the tracks at high speed. Kids (and adults, I might add) really love the piece, which is why I play it at school presentations. It was great fun, and Chad's class was really engaged and excited to learn, which made them easy to talk to.

I almost always receive a thank-you card from the class and the teacher, but rarely have I received as many cards in the mail from the kids as I did this time, like the one from Juliet pictured here. It was like a warm hug to get a giant envelope stuffed with tons of hand-drawn cards, and it reminded me why sharing the gift of music is such a special powerful experience. The pressures of being a professional musician can at times really run you down, despite the many joys of music-making. But thanks to the 3rd and 4th grade classes at the Friends School I'm feeling cheerfully revitalized!

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8/27/2012 01:46:25

As all we know kids are great learner, everyone can enjoy with them because the kids are very beautiful gifts from God to us. They do all the things from their true hearts and this makes them lovable. I also enjoy playing music with kids, they always teach me something every time. It is always a fun to play music with them.

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9/25/2013 06:28:15

kids can help motivate you. you are a good example that children help.

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10/1/2013 22:04:45

Very good and informative article indeed. It helps me a lot to enhance my knowledge.

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10/23/2013 17:45:45

The pressures of being a professional musician can at times really run you down, despite the many joys of music-making.

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12/4/2013 16:01:17

Interesting thoughts.

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