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Mehrdad Gholami

Mehrdad Gholami is the assistant professor of flute and woodwinds area coordinator at Western Washington University. For more information, please visit MehrdadGholami.com.

5 Articles Published
The Objective Subjectivity: On Teaching Fundamentals of Musicality to Intermediate Flute Players – Part 2

In the first installment of this series, I focused on the overlooked middle stage of…

The Objective Subjectivity: On Teaching Fundamentals of Musicality to Intermediate Flute Players

“Everything you have within you as a musician will tell you how to phrase Bach.”…

Excerpt from the Fourth Movement of Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 4
Revisiting the Pedagogy of Articulation – Part Two

In the fall issue of Flutist Quarterly, I discussed the fundamentals of articulation and its…

Revisiting the Pedagogy of Articulation

In the summer issue of Flutist Quarterly I discussed vibrato, elaborating on two key topics:…

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Re-Visiting the Pedagogy of Vibrato

Over the past decade, I’ve had the privilege to study with many great flute players.…