Flutewise Live! 3 May 12 noon

12.00 noon on the Barbican Foyer Jonathan Snowden wowed the audience with his performance of  Suite Antique by Rutter. He was accompanied by Chris Baxter. This was followed by Birmingham Flute Choirs. The combined flute choirs of Birmingham Schools’ Flute Choir and Camphill and South Birmingham Area Flute Choir, directed by Sandy Hay and Julie Schroder. They played Tales from the Vienna Flutes by Hinchcliffe; Miss Livvy’s Expectations by Amos and Air on the G String by Bach (Holcombe). We then had another flute choir - KFC, directed by Sagar Masani. The Kings Flute Choir played Quartet op.88 by Furstenau, Sonata for Flute Choir op. 58 by Downes and The Lone Ar-ranger by Rossini/Buttall. On the lower foyer we had the first performance of the Pied Piper. Outside of the ‘Flute Shopping Centre’ Simon Desorgher had set up his wonderful computer system. [caption id="attachment_869" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Simon Desorgher"][/caption] While this was going on, many people were in the GSMD for various sessions. Mike Mower held an ‘Open Session’ on improvisation and his own music. He had Tim Carey along with him as accompanist and Paul Edmund Davis joined them and played Mike’s “Deviations on the Carnival of Venice”. Ian Clarke held a rehearsal for the premeire of his new piece Zig Zag Zoo. More advanced players attended a very informative talk by Chris Hankin about diplomas and advanced study.