This class will start with the retelling of an old Apache tale about a young flute player whose music sounds like the wind moving through the canyons to a young native girl. Eventually the flute player sets out on a hunting expedition, while away the young lady falls ill and dies. When he returns and hears the news the young man is very sad, and in his grief he eventually disappears only to be heard again when the wind blows through the canyons.
After the story I will demonstrate the Nature American flute, and answer questions about Indigenous people’s music. I will also contrast the difference between the European wooden recorder flute and the First Nations version.