PorterFlute Pod
Amy Porter has been praised by critics for her exceptional musical talent and passion for scholarship. With a versatile and distinguished career, she hosts special guests, tells stories and inspiring tips learned in her life as a classical musician and entrepreneur. Owner of small businesses, founder of 2 non-profits, designer of her own lifestyle brand, Amy Porter leads people in multiple ways. Teaching as a Professor, mentoring as a Coach and her Anatomy of Sound workshop has led her to create innovative thought in others. Porter Productions brings you Amy Porter in PorterFlute Pod.
Episodes
Alan J. Tomasetti is back producing this episode of PorterFlute Pod ! This time he has Amy Porter go LIVE in search of 7 people titled Grande Dames appearing in a round table discussion at the National Flute Association convention in Atlanta. Amy goes a bit astray by interviewing other women along the way that she would call Grande Dames... but in the end she finds four of the listed: Bonita Boyd, Zart Dombourian Eby, Lillian Burka...
From our AOS Wellness channel, the exclusive interview with trombonist Amanda Stewart that Laura Dwyer did last year for our membership. They discuss the ideas women in the orchestral workplace have to think about moving forward in 2025 - Amanda opens up to Laura about her youth as a student, her early days of learning how to stand up and bear witness with compassion. Laura speaks to Amanda about listening, especially to other wome...
This episode features the class of 2025 with interviews from Mia Cotton, Isabella Carucci, Lydia Wu, Joyce Wu and the commencement speech from Blue Flute and Music Education major Ella Hursh.
Join me as I remember being Program Chair for the last Atlanta convention back in 1999. Carolyn Nussbaum is my guest.
This book is the heart and soul of my teaching, performing, and healing journey; all distilled into pages I hope you’ll find inspiring, empowering, and deeply human.
Meet Olivia, Kaitlyn, Nathan, Kaliopi, Alan, Grace and Alexis. These are students who I really connected with in so many ways and I invited to be with me for their degrees at UMICH SMTD. I'm so happy to see their lives unfold. They are distinctive and very much themselves. Go Blue Flutes!
I answer these 10 questions:
How do you deal with adrenaline during performance?
Do you get sweaty hands during a performance and what are some remedies?
What are some remedies for excess spit during performance?
Do you have any pre-performance rituals?
How should I warm up before a performance - Flute warmups, mind and body work?
How do I stop overthinking or hyper-fixating on perfection?
How do you keep up momentum when you...
Alison Young is The Blissful Hiker, former professional flutist "The solo, female, middle-aged, titanium-reinforced, neurological-movement-disorder-manager, cancer-thriver and long-distance-backpacker, Blissful Hiker.
With over 12,000 miles logged as a backpacker on six continents and a background as a world class professional musician and nationally syndicated radio host, Alison Young offers a unique perspective with engaging...
It's my 100th Episode so, in the spirit of moving us forward in our flute pedagogy, I'm asking how best I can serve our flute community. What is the future of elementary classical flute music? What will music students be playing when this generation of students are teaching? PorterFlute Pod producers Isabella Carucci and Ella Hursh are flutists creating the Flute Pedagogy Project and I asked them to be the co-hosts of this ...
Adam Eccleston talks all about his "wild and interesting journey as a musician, educator, radio host and a slew of other wonderful things..." and we share a lot of laughs.
I met Adam at ARIA Summer Academy 15 years ago ? at Mt. Holyoke College and he really had an impression on me. We've managed to keep in touch - I heard him on WQXR Radio in NYC and I just had to have him with me in the pod.
This podcast features interviews with the newly minted Dr. Brandon Lepage whose DMA dissertation Queer Excellence through Musical Activism is one that propels us forward. His recitals surrounded the subjects of Flint, Michigan: Repertoire and Gun Violence: and LGBTQ+ representation in "flexible" instrumentation in chamber music for intermediate players . Also featured is Alexis Phinney, our new Graduate Student Instructor...
Meet Noniko, my UMICH SMTD alum I deem "My Disney Princess" destined for a life in film and music. She's a digital media specialist on the high seas, bringing her music to the expeditions to Antarctica. Listen in and learn about her path from Taiwan to Antarctica after I met her at age 15.
We loved our time as Fellows at Tanglewood! Alison Young (The Blissful Hiker) and Regina Helcher Yost (Charleston Symphony) are my guests in the pod as we remember the inspiring spirit of Leonard Bernstein from our time working with him in 1987. He has left an indelible impression upon our music making - and yes, we'll weigh in on Bradley Cooper and the movie, "Maestro"
How do others make it look so easy in their career and on stage? I delve into some of the reasons that might be behind some of that look of ease. Welcome new producers Isabella Carucci and Ella Hursh into the Pod from the UMICH SMTD Flute Studio. And check out the new video format!
It's 2023 in review. The top 7 Episodes, our stats from Spotify, YouTube and Amazon as well the Meta data. Thanks from the bottom of my heart for your listenership.
Last season I didn’t do a podcast during the holidays so I thought I’d end this season with advice for getting through it all. So I chose the most obvious of titles. – A Musician’s Winter Break. Yin? Or Yang? Yin being restorative and yang being filled with power. Both will be productive, believe me.
Lots of things are up - so I'll update you! Go Blue Flutes, where I'm playing next and some new recordings being released in 2024.
I’m happy to be coming to you with some prescriptions for naturally healing your fear of being in the hot seat during those pre-screening and live auditions for music school. Let me tell you, I don’t like being judged any more than you do so let me tell you how to best be yourself, how to think, who to listen to when it comes to your playing (hint: it’s not you) and what is expected of student’s in an audition for schools, both un...
Written by flutist and teacher Marianne Gedigian, Survival of the Flutist details the journey of a flutist on their path to professional and personal fulfillment. This stunning 80+ page hard cover picture book was masterfully hand lettered and illustrated by artist, flutist and teacher Patti Adams. Produced by Adam Workman, founder and president of Flutistry Boston, Survival of the Flutist is exclusively available at www.flutistry....
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