Thank you for this video! It brought back wonderful memories of my time in Debost’s studio at Oberlin in the mid 2000s. His teaching has had a huge impact on not only my own playing, but most certainly my teaching. The flute classes (on Thursday nights in Kulas recital hall during my time there) were a treasure trove of information. How I wish I had recorded them all!
Thanks for the video, Dr. Clayton! This definitely makes me appreciate what we do in flute class more, especially when it comes to other students commenting on someone else's performance. I wish BYU gave us students more credits so we could do more repetoire.
This helps me worry less when I hear someone else playing a piece I'm learning. Usually I say, "oh, no! They sound so much better than me!" Now I know how to have a better growth mindset about it! Thanks Dr. Clayton!
I feel lucky to be able to get a taste of what being in Debost's studio would have been like. I can definitely up my flute game and learn more from others, even during this quarantine, virtual world.
Hearing the rigorous environment of Oberlin is so inspiring! And I love that much of our BYU studio experiences is influenced by Michel Debost. I absolutely love his flute philosophy.
I am so grateful for flute class. I can see more and more that I'm not only learning new repertoire, learning and refining my pieces, but also learning how to teach. Thank you for creating an Oberlin-esque environment!
Yes! I love hearing from all the other flutists in our class. I love how constructive and loving our studio is too! It helps me to be more motivated throughout the week.
Dear April, thank you so much for this. I too had the honour of studying with Debost at Oberlin and have just started teaching a flute class in Vienna at the Academy of Music. So happy for this review of one of the greatest times in my musical life. All the best! Eric
Good job finding this video! Yes, flute class at Oberlin was a huge commitment, but very, very useful for me as a student. I learned a lot! Maybe one day at UVU... probably never for 3 hours at a time, though..... 😅
April Clayton thanks for the reply! We’re using Molly Barth’s version of the scale game and play 10 of the scales “ping pong style” (I think that’s a Jill Felber term) each lesson. Congrats on your scale mastery! I learned mine later and it was a big game (no pun intended) changer.
Many thanks Prof Clayton for your very insightful video. I'm currently reading "Une simple flûte" and was wondering what it would look like to have the privilege to be taught by M. Debost. Two quick questions: 1/ Have you kept the 30 pieces list you were handed in the summer. This would be a very nice addition to your video. 2/ Do you plan to giver masterclasses/lessons in Paris in the near future?
Thanks for the note! I do feel very lucky to have studied with Debost. I know I have my two lists of required pieces from those two years, but they're currently buried somewhere in storage with my other papers and books from Oberlin. If I manage to dig them up I plan to add them to this video description... but in the meantime, that's why I simply listed several of them. AND I have spent a good amount of happy time in Paris (about 16 months or so, when you total it all up). But with COVID, my plans keep getting delayed and cancelled. I really miss travels in general, and specifically to Europe. I hope to be back next summer, but we'll see what happens with the world... 🤞
@@AprilClaytonflute No hurry for those lists, in the meantime there were a lot of material in the video to work with :-) As you said, let's keep finger crossed with this pandemic. Whatever happens, I would be happy to attend your masterclass, I'm pretty sure my playing would benefit from it (even more if I get selected to be taught in the first place!) Many thanks for the nice videos posted on UA-cam, always nice when masters posts outreach and educational videos for those who can't get back to university.
Thanks! I'm organizing now to be faculty at a music festival in Varna, near the Black Sea, this coming August. They're just starting to work on organization. But I've done classes in the past at several locations in Paris (Ecole Normale de Musique, Scola Cantorum, Cité des Arts, etc). If I get Varna confirmed, I'll start to work harder on arranging other locations, too. And I'll do a channel update regarding where I'm teaching, etc, once I know. It would be really fun to meet in person more of the people like you, whom I've so far only "met" virtually! Best wishes with everything, regardless!
Enjoying this playlist tonight.
Thank you for this video! It brought back wonderful memories of my time in Debost’s studio at Oberlin in the mid 2000s. His teaching has had a huge impact on not only my own playing, but most certainly my teaching. The flute classes (on Thursday nights in Kulas recital hall during my time there) were a treasure trove of information. How I wish I had recorded them all!
Another great video! Thank you.
Thank you for very informative video.
Thanks for the video, Dr. Clayton! This definitely makes me appreciate what we do in flute class more, especially when it comes to other students commenting on someone else's performance. I wish BYU gave us students more credits so we could do more repetoire.
What a great culture for flute study! So interesting!
Love the hot chocolate comment! I love how much work and effort you had to put in to get your degree, your work probably really paid off!
I loved the lessons at Oberlin!! Thanks for doing that!! The best teacher I ever had.
Oberlin was such a great place, and especially the musical experiences! I loved it.
This helps me worry less when I hear someone else playing a piece I'm learning. Usually I say, "oh, no! They sound so much better than me!" Now I know how to have a better growth mindset about it! Thanks Dr. Clayton!
You are getting so good at these videos. Well done!!
I feel lucky to be able to get a taste of what being in Debost's studio would have been like. I can definitely up my flute game and learn more from others, even during this quarantine, virtual world.
Hearing the rigorous environment of Oberlin is so inspiring! And I love that much of our BYU studio experiences is influenced by Michel Debost. I absolutely love his flute philosophy.
I really love the idea of learning the same song together and learning so much from others.
I love the way that we do flute class so much! Receiving feedback and learning how to verbalize concepts is the best.
Flute class is always a weekly highlight! Thank you for bringing Debost's philosophy to Provo :)
I am so grateful for flute class. I can see more and more that I'm not only learning new repertoire, learning and refining my pieces, but also learning how to teach. Thank you for creating an Oberlin-esque environment!
I've wanted to learn more about Debost's class at Oberlin - great episode. Must have been so busy.
Yes! I love hearing from all the other flutists in our class. I love how constructive and loving our studio is too! It helps me to be more motivated throughout the week.
I love your videos! I teach Flute at a small rural college and your videos are very inspiring to help me with my students!
Dear April, thank you so much for this. I too had the honour of studying with Debost at Oberlin and have just started teaching a flute class in Vienna at the Academy of Music. So happy for this review of one of the greatest times in my musical life. All the best! Eric
This is fabulous...thank you for sharing!
Hello my friend 😉
I wish we had flute class at UVU, that sounds amazing. Performance class isn’t long enough 😕
Good job finding this video! Yes, flute class at Oberlin was a huge commitment, but very, very useful for me as a student. I learned a lot! Maybe one day at UVU... probably never for 3 hours at a time, though..... 😅
I'd like to hear about the Scale Game and how it was incorporated into the curriculum and graded.
April Clayton thanks for the reply! We’re using Molly Barth’s version of the scale game and play 10 of the scales “ping pong style” (I think that’s a Jill Felber term) each lesson. Congrats on your scale mastery! I learned mine later and it was a big game (no pun intended) changer.
Many thanks Prof Clayton for your very insightful video. I'm currently reading "Une simple flûte" and was wondering what it would look like to have the privilege to be taught by M. Debost.
Two quick questions:
1/ Have you kept the 30 pieces list you were handed in the summer. This would be a very nice addition to your video.
2/ Do you plan to giver masterclasses/lessons in Paris in the near future?
Thanks for the note! I do feel very lucky to have studied with Debost. I know I have my two lists of required pieces from those two years, but they're currently buried somewhere in storage with my other papers and books from Oberlin. If I manage to dig them up I plan to add them to this video description... but in the meantime, that's why I simply listed several of them.
AND I have spent a good amount of happy time in Paris (about 16 months or so, when you total it all up). But with COVID, my plans keep getting delayed and cancelled. I really miss travels in general, and specifically to Europe. I hope to be back next summer, but we'll see what happens with the world... 🤞
@@AprilClaytonflute No hurry for those lists, in the meantime there were a lot of material in the video to work with :-) As you said, let's keep finger crossed with this pandemic. Whatever happens, I would be happy to attend your masterclass, I'm pretty sure my playing would benefit from it (even more if I get selected to be taught in the first place!)
Many thanks for the nice videos posted on UA-cam, always nice when masters posts outreach and educational videos for those who can't get back to university.
Thanks! I'm organizing now to be faculty at a music festival in Varna, near the Black Sea, this coming August. They're just starting to work on organization. But I've done classes in the past at several locations in Paris (Ecole Normale de Musique, Scola Cantorum, Cité des Arts, etc). If I get Varna confirmed, I'll start to work harder on arranging other locations, too. And I'll do a channel update regarding where I'm teaching, etc, once I know. It would be really fun to meet in person more of the people like you, whom I've so far only "met" virtually! Best wishes with everything, regardless!