She would be mortified if I mentioned her name. Let's just say I learned a ton about sales and how fortunate I am to be surrounded by friends who believe in what I am trying to accomplish.

She's a flutist who has performed quite a bit of my music and was familiar with the extended techniques. I was incredible lucky to by joined by a dear friend who made a living in the past in sales.

I've always had one conflict or another, but this year I took the plunge and made my way down to Florida. Many students and colleagues have urged me to go and sell my compositions down at the Exhibit Hall at the Florida Flute Convention. So it may come to a surprise to many that I had never been to the Florida Flute Convention, even though many of my students had thanks to being members of Kelly Via's fabulous Metro Atlanta Youth Flute Choir. Its a great job!Īll ready for Florida Flute Convention! #spottedrocketĪ photo posted by Nicole Chamberlain on at 4:48am PST I love travelling, but its even better when I get to visit with friends, make new ones, and make music. Everyone was such great sports, and I had the best time everywh ere I got to visit. I am always flattered when musicians want to do a full concert of my works, and I was glad that I could be out there to be a part of it and witness other people playing my music so well.įinally, I made to Kansas State University where I got to present ' Beatboxing to a Better Bach', 'Glutton for Gimmocks, a Composer's Addiction to Extended Techniques', and 'The Hustle'. Then it was off to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to present 'The Piccolo Music of Nicole Chamberlain' thanks to piccoloists Elizabeth Robinson and Alyssa Borrell. 'Glutton for Gimmicks' explains why I compose the way I do, and what my process is like for implementing into my work. 'Beatboxing to a Better Bach' is the most requested workshop and I have given it serveral times. The students at the University of Wyoming learned how to 'Beatbox to a Better Bach' and why I'm such a 'Glutton for Gimmicks'.

They get so excited to perform and its fun to watch. Composing for young students is always such a challege, and I hope its something I get to do more. I loved working with the students and even made my percussion performance debut. The students of Boulder Country Day School premiered 'E Pluribus, Unum' during their Fine Arts Week.

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