Flutist and teacher based in Montreal. I love performing, teaching, and writing about the flute 🎶
05/25/2026
hmm I wonder if I’ve made it clear enough that I REALLY NEED TO COUNT during these bars of rest 😂
Can anyone guess what piece/movement this is? 😊
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One of my favourite passages of the entire Prokofiev Flute Sonata (with a little flub at the end oops haha) 🥰
One of the times I attended the Orford Music Academy, someone worked on this movement with the flute teacher Julien Beaudiment and he said the image he visualizes during this passage is a smokey bar in an old black and white film (I’m paraphrasing … it’s been ~10 years haha). That description has never left my mind!! So evocative and appropriate.
Also I am so grateful to whoever invented the Bb side key (Boehm??), what a lifesaver!!!
What image/atmosphere do you envision during this passage?
05/14/2026
Getting back to the death whistle with one of my favourite excerpts! 🥰
I haven’t played picc since January … 😬 But my unintentional break is over!! I’m doing long tones, I’m doing scales, I’m doing vocalises, and I’m slowly trying out some classic excerpts. I love Beethoven 9 so much and it’s WILD that the piccolo only comes in towards the end but such is orchestra life. Would be so fun to perform this one day! :)
Have you been practicing your piccolo lately? I feel like I’m asking if you’ve taken your vitamins 😂
05/08/2026
Happy Friday I love playing the flute, did y’all know that? 😊
04/29/2026
Erin and I have now finished recording all three movements of this amazing Bozza duet, Trois mouvements pour flûte et clarinette! It’s really bubbly and fun, with a more tender section in the middle.
Recorded at the Centre SANAAQ with audio engineer Ludovic 🥰
Caitlin Berger Flute 2 likes, 2 comments. "Trois mouvements, III. Allegro giocoso - Bozza"
04/23/2026
Erin and I had a fabulous time recording some duets this morning! 🥰
We went from hyper modern Bozza to hyper romantic Ku**er - quite the contrast haha! Big thanks to Ludovic at the beautiful Centre SANAAQ for engineering the session 😊
04/18/2026
Snagged this photo yesterday when the sun was bright and my flute reflected a pretty shape on the wall! 🥰 It felt like the first true day of spring here in Montreal and it was positively delightful 🩷
04/09/2026
Can there be such a thing as too much Beethoven? 😂 (the answer is no, of course)
It’s been a few years since I started keeping a spreadsheet of all the orchestral music I’ve performed as well as the music I want to learn (it’s a loooooong list). Every so often, I pick a piece and sight-read the music while watching a performance of it (usually by the Frankfurt Radio Symphony 😍). And now I’m embarking on a more specific project of choosing one composer at a time and playing through all their symphonies, starting with one of my absolute favourites 🙂
I’m sticking to using the flute 1 parts for now, but if I have the energy, I may go through all the symphonies a second time and play the flute 2 and/or piccolo parts! A fun and educative way to listen to and learn beautiful music 🥰
What’s your favourite Beethoven symphony?? I think mine is a tie between 3 and 9!
How pretty is this flute 2 part at the end of the second movement of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2?! 🥹🩷
It sounds better harmonized with the flute 1 part of course, but even just on its own it’s so gorgeous to play!!! I’m going to keep working on the clarity of my articulation (very hard in the low register!) and my phrasing, but that will all be easier to contextualize in orchestra itself 🙂
If you play in an orchestra, what repertoire are you working on right now? Any fun flute bits??
First day back to playing after my nose surgery last Friday 😬
I got a septoplasty to help me breathe better through my nose and I took the week off to recover properly! The good news: my sound/tone is lovely! The less good news: the tip of my nose is still extremely sore 🥲 Proving that flute playing is a full face (and full body!) experience lol
03/16/2026
So many of my favourite things in one picture 😍
My flute, Cabbi the cat, my flowery bedspread, a Wicked pillow, a picture of my bestie Jackie and me - I quite like how joyful my room is! 🙂
Happy Monday 🩷