FAIRFIELD, Iowa (AP) -- Randy Stenzel created his first flute seven years ago. He hopes to someday create one that sounds just right. ``Most flute makers have a sound in their heads,'' Stenzel said.

Musician and bona fide grandmaster James Nyoraku Schlefer will show off his eclectic talent on the shakuhachi — a traditional Japanese wooden flute — in a performance sure to get plenty of one hands ...

Christina Smith has been principal flutist for the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra since 1991 and was guest principal flutist on the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s recent European tour. She will reunite with ...

Surely the most beautiful sound in the forest is that of the wood thrush song. Likened to the ethereal notes of a flute duet, the song's three varying parts always include one signature constant: the ...

Avani Yaltho's podcast, The Things We Buried, begins with the trill of a wooden flute. The haunting sound propels the listener on a trip into the past, set in motion by her first line: "My grandmother ...

Jim Murphy has no problem saying his music is not entertaining. Murphy and his wife, Donna, visit Brian's House in Bay City weekly to play flute music for hospice patients who are in the last days of ...