Bluff • “Start from silence!” third grade teacher Sarah Burak repeats, raising her voice above the din of 10 elementary school students playing traditional Native American wooden flutes. Her class, ...

The Native American flute’s wistful tones evoke images of moonlit nights on the western plains and remind a listener of the musician’s spiritual connection to his world. But to James Pellerite, former ...

Native American flute player Gareth Laffely will make his fourth appearance at the 2019 Musical Echoes Native American Flute Festival. He will perform at 4 p.m. Friday, 4 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.

Odell Borg, manufacturer and player of Native American flutes, gives advice and instruction to students of different stages of proficiency.

Five time Native American Music Awards winner Robert Tree Cody (Maricopa/Dakota) has walked on. Cody was a gifted Native American flute player, singer, and powwow dancer. He was 72. Throughout his ...

An opportunity to learn about Navajo culture and tradition by constructing a Navajo flute. Storyteller Jonah Thompson will tell the Navajo story of creation using his flute and will lead visitors in ...

It takes a soul of stone not to be touched by the haunting melodies of the Native American flute, an instrument that can express both sorrow and beauty with just a few notes. Johnny Kee both makes and ...

SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO — Mission Trails Regional Park was alive with its usual music this weekend: the San Diego River burbling in its shady bed, birds singing, cyclists zipping by, breeze pressing ...

<p>A collection of Dakota WindSong flutes are displayed in Dave Webb's studio. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)</p> <p>Dave Webb plays one of his flutes in his studio at his house on Wednesday. (Aaric ...

In these lessons Odell Borg teaches new players about the Native American flute Topics include fingering tone melody rhythm breath control as well as the features ...