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Hello and Welcome to the homepage of Mostlywind - Flute Player Extrordinaire

My name is Kaz and I am fanatical about woodwind instruments. (I play Flute, Clarinet, Oboe, Bassoon, and Saxophone.) I think everyone should have a go at playing them. It is never too late to take up an instrument. The only necessary skill is that you want to have a go!

I started playing (many moons ago) on the Descant Recorder. I drove my folks so crazy, playing all the time, that they decided I should acquire my own shed to play in.J Eventually they relented and I was chosen at school to learn to play the flute. (And the rest, as they say, is history!)

When I was only sixteen I was accepted to study at the

Royal Scottish Academy Of Music and Drama.

I studied Flute with John Wiggins and Richard Chester for four years before pursuing a career in teaching with the occasional performing.

Lately I have been doing a lot more performing having linked up as a duo with a great guy called Andy. (He is an ex-marine musician and with his training having been quite different - this leads to very interesting rehearsals.)

I also play with an ensemble called Aeolus. We are a sextet comprising of flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano.

I have a 'daytime' job as a woodwind teacher at a

Local Boarding School.

I love teaching (mostlyJ) and I try to make the lessons as full of fun as possible. (After all music is supposed to be fun!) I try to encourage the students to practice (although they don't always listen!) but the main criteria for having lessons with myself is that they at least try and enjoy themselves. I'm a hard taskmaster and the minute they stop trying or do not enjoy playing anymore, they are encouraged to find something else to do with their leisure time!

Over the past three years I have been training as an examiner with an external exam board. This has been quite interesting and most informative. I haven't always agreed with the external exam formats of some exam boards but the only way to change things is to get in there and do it!