Dear Readers,

This month’s Flute Examiner is one of those self-help issues. If you’re a regular reader, you know that we seem to do this from time to time! Our feature interview this month is Keith’s conversation with Dr. Brittany Trotter, who impresses me with her energy, her creativity and her irrepressible spirit! Kelly has written about using movement to ease long hours spent on Zoom, and Chelsea Tanner has shared an article full of good ideas for overcoming toxic perfectionism. Our New York Women Composers collaboration features Stefania de Kenessy’s Sonata in D, and I have written an essay, more than an article, about a particular silver lining I’ve found over the past year of upheaval.

So, yes…it’s one of those self-help issues. If you find some inspiration from our offerings this month, we’ll consider it work well done!

—Jessica Dunnavant, Editor

	Dr. Brittany Trotter: Popular Pedagogy Keith: Brittany, I want to thank you for allowing me to interview you for The Flute Examiner. It really is a small world.…
	Silver Linings and a Daily Routine Just about a year ago, one week or so before the pandemic hit, I upgraded my flute. I’d been playing a Muramatsu from…
	Changing Things Up to Beat Zoom Fatigue Zoom fatigue is a real thing!  My college students are doing the majority of their classes and lessons via Zoom from their dorm…
	“Sonata in D” for flute and piano by Stefania de Kenessey Stefania de Kenessey’s “Sonata in D” for flute and piano is a tuneful, graceful work in three movements (which may be performed separately).…
	Overcoming Perfectionism I’m exhausted just thinking about it… I can put myself in a perfectionist mindset instantly. I lived there for so long, it feels…