Bookshelves empty, the move is happening soon! Join me for my first livestream in my new office on Friday, Nov 22, 2019 @ 3pm PST! 

We'll be doing a sight reading extravaganza! Get your pdf's ready and send them my way during the stream!

Click on the video above to set a reminder via YouTube! :D

Helpful countdown timer here! See ya in the new place!

Livestream starts at 5:11!

What a throwback!!! I had so much fun comparing the newest edition of the Yamaha beginner model with mine, and I can confidently say that the newest model really has the student flute and their teachers in mind!! Thank you, Yamaha for coming out with such an amazing instrument for beginner students. You guys rock!

This is going to be the last YouTube livestream in this room because SURPRISE! Hubbs and I are homeowners! We're moving into our new home within the next few days. Excited to design the new office and make even better content for you guys! :D

-Joanna

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Yamaha 222 + Curved Headjoint | *link not yet live on FCNY!*

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Just received this package, so you know that that means! LIVE FCNY review coming on Thursday, November 14, 2019 @ 12:30pm PST! Here's a helpful countdown timer in your time zone!

This went wildly better than I imagined! A chill, completely down-to-earth discussion about why music is important to us. There are so many reasons out there that I can't possibly just make a video of my own take on it without have a direct discussion about it with you guys.

Join in the conversation because I want to know: Why is music important to you? :)

​-Joanna

Livestream starts at 5:58!

Guys, I can't begin to tell you how much I LOVED doing this livestream. I CAN'T WAIT until the next one! Life is currently crazy right now, so I probably won't be able to update you guys on when the next livestream will be right now, but fingers crossed... maybe next week? :D

The direct interaction is exhilarating. Almost intoxicating. I love being able to just chat with you guys in such a down to earth way. There was this invisible wall I felt with the way I was making videos recently that I feel is finally gone in the livestream medium. WHEE!

Gonna see if I can make a highlight reel of this stream--still experimenting to see how long that takes and what is realistic for my schedule. :) See you guys at the next stream!

​-Joanna

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Amadeus by Haynes Piccolo | *upload link will be uploaded later!
Trevor James Blaze Piccolo
Sonare by Powell Piccolo

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FCNY Music
Use my discount code "JAF" for 10% off your entire order!

Flute Center of New York
Use my discount code "JAF" for the following perks!
1. Free shipping
2. 10-day trial
3. 18-month warranty (new flutes)
4. Try 3 instruments per trial

Like the Flute Center of New York on Facebook!
Follow the Flute Center of New York on Twitter!
Follow the Flute Center of New York on Instagram!

Flute Center of New York
Contact the Flute Center of New York
About ClubFCNY

**Huge thanks to the Flute Center of New York for sponsoring this video!
**Prices listed in this video as of October 2019, subject to change.
**Full transparency: I do earn a commission on each instrument and sheet music purchased from FCNY using my code "JAF". :) Thank you for the support!

I'm finally pulling the plug.

Or am I plugging it in?

Get ready for the first FCNY review done LIVE!!! Catch me on my channel on Tuesday, Oct 29, 2019 @ 2:15pm PDT. Here's a handy countdown in your time zone for ya! :D

​SEE YOU THEN!!! :D

-Joanna

This is actually my 2nd attempt to film this. The first was so badly focused and lit that I couldn't go through with editing it! Sometimes stuff like that happens, and you have to roll with the punches. Oh well!

I also realize that the microphone looks HUGE in this. Whoops. That's one of the dangers of using a wide angle lens. I've been making a lot of these videos with the wide angle because it's more iconic of video blogs. The portrait lens is great for more sophisticated, formal videos, but these videos are too casual for that format. I speak more genuinely this way too, so wins all around!

Hope you guys are having an awesome weekend so far. See you guys next week!

​-Joanna

So, I was totally supposed to have more time to spend on this video. And then I ended up wresting with our dryer. Yay!

But oh well, I kind of liked how raw this ended up sounding and looking. :)

I had to have a large enough sample size of students before I could make this video. Honestly, I've been flying by the seat of my pants for the past 6 years, just kind of going with my students' different paces and feeling out frequencies and lengths of lessons that I originally wasn't comfortable with. Sometimes you just have to say yes and experience new things. It's been wonderful to be able to explain what I explain in this video to new students because it always makes them feel more comfortable. I found myself explaining it enough times that I knew I had enough experience to make a video about it.

Hope this is encouraging to other teachers and students out there. Have fun at your lessons!

​-Joanna

I hope you guys enjoy watching my ASMR intros as much as I enjoy making them. There's something wonderfully calming and creative about making them, and I feel like it helps calm the viewer down too before I start talking.

I found myself accidentally finding the words to articulate my feelings about making videos about my own instruments during a practice stream recently. This has been a pretty persistent question ever since I started making review videos. Quite honestly, it's probably my most requested video.

I know that this video is pretty much the exact opposite of granting that request. But it's really cathartic for me, and I felt that it fit really well in my channel. So, I hope you guys understand. :)

See you guys in the next one <3

​-Joanna