Listening is the most important part! : Annika Gummerus-Putkinen

The Flute Suite

In this episode, I sit down with Annika Gummerus-Putkinen, flutist, composer, writer and teacher at the Pop & Jazz conservatory in Helsinki. We got to have a wonderful converstaion about the similarities and differences between our approaches to introducing our students to improvisation, and the important role improvisation can play in teaching, and in life in general!

Annika is one of the co-authors of the book Free your Playing! A guide to Improvisation

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I mention David Doland in this episode – check out his fantastic work on classical improvisation on his website

I also want to shout out to Sophie Dufeutrelle and thank her for an interesting conversation we had several years ago on the history of music education in France that has helped me to put the role of improvisation in Western art music into context. Some of those ideas come up in this conversation.

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