PorterFlute Pod

Mashup: Before the Camera Filmed Porterflute Pod S9 Ep 11

From 2020-2024 I never used any video! Check out this mashup featuring guests from before we offered video.

The Job of an Orchestra Personnel Manager PFP S9 Ep 10

Ever wonder about the job of your personnel manager as an orchestral or gig musician? Shawn Galvin is with me in the Pod to answer our questions about the role and the ma

What's In My Flute Bag at Brevard Music Center? PFPS9 Ep9

Find out what Amy Porter carries in her flute teaching bag at Brevard Music Center. AND buy her new book Anatomy of Sound: An Invitation to Discover the Inner Musician

The Job of an Orchestra Librarian: Meet Katie Knox PFPS9 Ep8

Katie Knox, Principal Librarian of the Sarasota Orchestra, divulges everything you'd like to know about the job, the career and the funny things she discovers written in

The Flute Studio Experience at Brevard Music Center PFP S9 Ep 7

Join the Brevard flute studio for a July 2026 trip in Piscah National Forest to Moore Cove and meet Sebastian Aracena and welcome back to Isabella Carucci, this year's Te

Allison Loggins-Hull Friendcast PFP S9 EP 6

It's our Friendcast episode! Meet Allison Loggins-Hull, a flutist and composer on the cutting edge of creating music for community, based in community and I'm honored to

New Books: The Gilbert Legacy and the Langevin Method PFP S9 Ep5

Amy Porter hosts Amanda Blaikie for the new Method from Robert Langevin, Principal Flute of the NY Philharmonic and Angeleita Floyd, the author of the Gaubert Legacy abou

Remembering Prof. Michel Debost

Join Molly Barth, April Clayton and Alexa Still as they remember their beloved mentor and teacher from Oberlin Conservatory, the late Michel Debost. He was a major French

Playing flute at age 85

Porterflute Pod S.9 Ep 3 Meet my 85-year-old student Barbara Mackey King. She's been an inspiration to me as a teacher.

Blue Flutes Class of 2026 Exit Interviews

Welcome to PFP!  It’s Season 9 Episode 2 We’re at that episode again where we feature our graduating members ofthe flute studio at the UMICH SMTD.   Six incredible pe

Porterflute Pod Features Clarion Insurance

Porterflute Pod Season 9 Ep. 1 features Jack Schoenfeld from Clarion Insurance. Check out the podcast at porterfllute.com Check out Amy Porter at amyporter.com Check ou

PFP S8 Ep. 9 Meet Philippe Barnes: Irish Music on the Boehm-system Flute

Meet the amazing Philippe Barnes! An Altus Flutes artist and Azumi Ambassador, Philippe has a first class honours MA in Irish Traditional Music Performance from Limerick

PFP S8 Ep,8 Responding Out of the Cool with Ali Ryerson

Amy Porter hosts jazz flute great Ali Ryerson and revisits her 2018 Anatomy of Sound show called "Responding Out of the Cool" showcasing a flute players fear of playing j

PFP S8 Ep. 7 Business 101: Mercedes Smith of Blackstrad Concert Attire

Amy Porter interviews Mercedes Smith, Principal Flute of the Utah Symphony and founder of Blackstrad concert attire. After decades of wearing clothes that were clearly no

PFP S8 Ep 6 Go Blue Flutes! Meet the Freshmen

Meet Dakota, Ava, Zoe and Teya, my newest students in the Blue Flutes Studio, Class of 2029 and see the UMICH SMTD Flute Studio. Featuring the Cello Suite in D Major from

S8 Ep. 5 LIVE: In Search of Grande Dames at NFA

Alan J. Tomasetti is back producing this episode of PorterFlute Pod ! This time he has Amy Porter go LIVE in search of 7 people titled Grande Dames appearing in a round t

PFP S8 EP 4 Women supporting women in music: Laura Dwyer interviews trombonist Amanda Stewart

From our AOS Wellness channel, the exclusive interview with trombonist Amanda Stewart that Laura Dwyer did last year for our membership. They discuss the ideas women in t

S8 Ep 3 Go Blue Flutes! Exit Interviews

This episode features the class of 2025 with interviews from Mia Cotton, Isabella Carucci, Lydia Wu, Joyce Wu and the commencement speech from Blue Flute and Music Educat

S8 EP 2 Storytime: 1999 Atlanta NFA Convention Memories

Join me as I remember being Program Chair for the last Atlanta convention back in 1999. Carolyn Nussbaum is my guest.

S8 Ep 1 PorterFlute wrote a book!

This book is the heart and soul of my teaching, performing, and healing journey; all distilled into pages I hope you’ll find inspiring, empowering, and deeply human.