Helen Bledsoe, Flutist, Teacher, Performer, Composer, Writer – Website and Blog for Flutists and Composers

Hello, welcome to my website and BLOG! For the last several decades I have been focusing on contemporary music practices and the poetics of interpretation. My most recent passion has been exploring electronic composition combined with improvisation. Currently,
I am flutist of the Cologne-based Ensemble Musikfabrik, coach for our youth ensemble Studio Musikfabrik and the European Contemporary Music Workshop (Warsaw), and Guest Faculty at the Lucerne Festival Academy.

Event Highlights and Announcements 2022

6 July – Jaume Darbre Fa performs my piece Browbeat for flute and electronics. Arts Santa Monica, Barcelona

Mid-August – Release of This Place, for bass flute and multiple audio/video playback by Ole Hubner and Jakob Boeckh

14 and 15 August – Masterclasses and Workshops Lucerne Festival Academy

12 – 14 September – Coaching at European Workshop for Contemporary Music, Warsaw

17 – 18 November – Video production of Georges Aperghis, The Dong for solo piccolo

26 November – Georges Aperghis, The Dong for solo piccolo. WDR Cologne

Not all concerts are listed, so check out our seasonal calendar from
Ensemble Musikfabrik.

For composers, a handy presentation about composing for flute:
Composing for Flute

For flutists, a handout explaining some basic extended techniques:
Extended Techniques PDF

Diminished scale exercise based on Taffanel Gaubert:
Diminished Scales PDF

Singing and playing exercise based on Reichert:
Reichert Vocalise PDF

Collection of intonation exercises:
Intonation Exercises PDF