King of Prussia, PA – Theodore Presser Company announces the release of a powerful learning strategy for flutists, Advanced Flute Studies: The Art of Chunking. Continuing the pedagogical approach of Flute 101, Flute 102, and Flute 103, Advanced Flute Studies: The Art of Chunking (414-41213 - 162pp, spiral-bound - $35.00) presents the first and only method for flutists to master the process of �chunking� as a pedagogical technique. Through exploration of technical studies, etudes, preludes, cadenzas, and solos, the flutist uses basic through advanced chunking techniques to facilitate reading and tone development. Musical �Bon Bons� for articulation, intonation, and tone development are also integrated into the innovative curriculum.

The method includes comprehensive daily warm-ups, exploring the building blocks of music through the study of scales, thirds, arpeggios, and seventh chords. The chunking technique organizes eye/hand coordination and enhances technical development, develops efficient, relaxed breathing through the panting technique, and fosters the development of tone and articulation. The book also contains three unaccompanied solos and appropriate repertoire suggestions from various style periods.

Advanced Flute Studies: The Art of Chunking is available now through Theodore Presser Company, or your favorite music retailer.

Phyllis Avidan Louke, a member of ASCAP, is a flutist and composer/ arranger of music primarily for the flute, including ensemble and solo works. With over 30 works published, her music has been performed extensively both nationally and internationally. She has also contributed articles appearing in Flute Talk and The Instrumentalist magazines. Ms. Louke maintains a large flute studio of private students and is in demand as a flute clinician and adjudicator. Ms. Louke, a certified teacher in elementary and music education, earned a B.A. from the University of California at Santa Barbara, where she studied with Burnett Atkinson.

Patricia George has served on the faculties of the Eastman School of Music, Idaho State University and Brigham Young University - Idaho, and currently is the flute professor at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival and the American Band College. She is the Editor of Flute Talk magazine and writes the monthly column �The Teacher�s Studio.� Ms. George presents her �Flute Spa� participatory masterclasses throughout the United States for universities and flute clubs. She is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music with the B.M., M.M., and Performer�s Certificate in Flute. She studied with Frances Blaidsell, Joseph Mariano, William Kincaid and Julius Baker.

Offering music by today�s greatest composers and teachers, Theodore Presser Company is the oldest continuing music publisher in the United States, dedicated to carrying out the aims and goals its founder established more than a century ago: service, with integrity, to music and musicians, commitment to quality, and a vision for the future. Theodore Presser Company is a full-range music publisher that also distributes the works of more than 70 American and foreign publishers, with a combined sales catalog that features over 60,000 titles.

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