In a landmark moment for this podcast, I am DELIGHTED to welcome the world's most published living flute composer, and legit flute superstar, the one and only; Gary Schocker.
Gary and I chatted online over the course of an hour about everything from his early musical on Superman and Lois Lane's child, to the role études play for a flutist; via Alexander Technique, New York in the 70s and his chosen karaoke song.
I even got an impromptu performance of a Beatles tune on the harpsichord from Gary, all while I sat with a can of G&T and drank the moment in.
(We also address THAT Florida flute scandal)
Check out the chapters below for all the different topics and to skip to your favourite bit. I hope you all enjoy listening to this as much as I did making it, because I had an absolute blast.
Smooches x
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro and some housekeeping
03:18 - Interview with Gary Schocker
04:25 - The Florida Flute "scandal"
06:50 - Easton, PA
09:04 - Childhood composing and music notation
13:44 - Superman Musicals
16:58 - Composing pieces in a day!?
19:35 - Compositional Process
21:48 - Armpits
26:39 - Perfect Pitch
30:13 - Alexander Technique
39:06 - Metronomes and Tuners in practice
41:36 - Is the flute rep limited?
42:22 - Debussy faune solo
45:45 - Gary's favourite flutists
48:26 - 70s New York
50:08 - Guilty Pleasures and Karaoke songs
53:58 - THAT Beatles/Harpsichord cover
57:10 - Quick Fire Questions
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