t.seguritan.abalos
space and practice
Since the winter I've also been performing regularly as an improviser, three to four times a month at venues around the city, often without
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"Deeply insightful and beautifully written... Every young musician & artist will benefit from reading your profound reflections."
~ ALBERTO ALMARZA, Flutist & Professor at Carnegie Mellon University School of Music
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t.seguritan.abalos
- May 15
- 3 min
searching for, with
Still deconstructing the internalized perfectionism of Western classical training, it was upsetting to begin to internalize similar tension
t.seguritan.abalos
- Apr 1
- 7 min
What's next? on flight & collaborative sound-making
For me being an improviser means cultivating language that can bend, flow, break, & build with the languages others speak through their art.
t.seguritan.abalos
- Feb 21
- 3 min
improvising at the Bonfire Reading Series
What I remember of that night is listening to poetry like music, with an imagination and care I'd never given to a poetry reading before.
t.seguritan.abalos
- Dec 19, 2022
- 3 min
"It's kinda like noise"
Since the fall, I've gotten involved in a creative improvisation scene in Pittsburgh. For the first time since graduating into a...
t.seguritan.abalos
- Oct 21, 2022
- 4 min
Improvisation as play, mourning, solidarity
Almost singlehandedly, improvisation has kept my musical practice alive. A year ago I wrote this article about finding possibility...
t.seguritan.abalos
- Sep 26, 2022
- 4 min
"How long does it take to master flute?"
Below is an email I received yesterday from the student of a workshop I taught 2 years ago. Next is my reply, and a brief reflection it...
t.seguritan.abalos
- Apr 4, 2022
- 3 min
that space between a student & a "real" professional
Some more thoughts on being a musician out-of-school without stable employment in music. Recently someone sent me a message to the effect...
t.seguritan.abalos
- Mar 20, 2022
- 3 min
orchestral excerpts (a.k.a. old enemies)
The first time I studied this solo, I was 14 and felt as if I'd gained admittance to some elite club of "serious flutists." Unknowingly, I'd
t.seguritan.abalos
- Mar 7, 2022
- 2 min
2 practice videos & a thought
Today was one of those days when I made an effort to read the news, but all I could see was
t.seguritan.abalos
- Feb 19, 2022
- 4 min
my 1st gig in over a year
Leading up to my first public performance in over a year, I had to relearn how to deal with performance anxiety & efficient preparation....
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t.seguritan.abalos
- Feb 1, 2022
- 2 min
[notes on practicing]
Since graduating, I've written dozens of posts about flute (almost all of them to the same effect: on letting go of perfectionism to...
t.seguritan.abalos
- Dec 22, 2021
- 5 min
How's flute going? (2021 version)
When you think of a serious, professional musician, you envision someone who constantly performs. For 1.5 years, I've had almost nothing to
t.seguritan.abalos
- Oct 7, 2021
- 5 min
Music-making in search of other spaces
Discouraged by the lack of opportunities to collaborate or perform, I loosed my grip around this belief that had animated my music-making
t.seguritan.abalos
- Aug 23, 2021
- 3 min
On short phrases & short-sightedness
In public & online spaces, you are expected to have a clear direction. So I manufactured one, a direction so compelling I convinced...
t.seguritan.abalos
- Aug 5, 2021
- 4 min
Scattered updates
On rebuilding hope in my flute playing, digesting the heavy news of this pandemic, visiting home, & disordered eating.
t.seguritan.abalos
- Jul 21, 2021
- 4 min
Sketches of a dry spell
Last week, I shared two videos of my practicing. They showcase my playing at… far from its best. My sound wasn’t there, intonation was off,
t.seguritan.abalos
- Jul 16, 2021
- 4 min
Three small acts of bravery
I write about stepping away from social media, improvising, & healing from disordered eating.
t.seguritan.abalos
- Jun 22, 2021
- 3 min
"to deepen human connection" — what does that mean?
At 5:30am this morning, I woke up for opening shift at the bakery counter. Blinking at my phone, I saw a notification that our COVID-19...
t.seguritan.abalos
- Jun 7, 2021
- 3 min
my 1st flute recital & a memorial in fragments
Recordings of my practicing reflect how I am at the very beginning of my career, brimming more with questions than with answers, wishing
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