Leighann Daihl ("Dale") Ragusa leads a new group of flutists, Bloomington Flute Choir, and they meet twice monthly to rehearse in a member's home. Two of the members, Ragusa and Frances Shelly, are ...

PACIFICA — When Gail Edwards’ flute students get hung up on the fingering or rhythm of a song, her advice is to “just be free and play it as if you were singing.” The allusion to singing is not ...

THERE are breathy notes in a house in the hills of the Central Valley, a sound that is more moody and rousing even than the stories behind its arrival there. A1,000-year-old meditation technique, the ...