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Joplin Globe Newspaper
Joplin Missouri
January 16, 2009
Maker of American Indian flutes puts on concert for
pupils
By Roger Nomer
rnomer@joplinglobe.com
First over the speaker came the sound of a gentle
brook, then the rumble of distant drums. The twitter
of birds joined the song.
Then Gary Reed lifted a carved, wooden flute to
his lips and played a melody over this background
for a hushed group of students.
“Everything I play is from the heart,” said Reed of
his improvised songs. “I don’t even know how to
read sheet music. It’s what my fingers feel like
doing at the time.”
Reed shared his talent for making and playing
American Indian flutes with a group of third-, fourth-
and fifth-grade students at Eastmorland
Elementary on Friday afternoon. He started crafting
flutes about five years ago, always from recycled
pieces of wood he has found. One flute came from
a hunk of wood his wife found at Pier One, another
from the submerged root of a tree he found while
scuba diving.
Now Reed makes flutes for the noted American
Indian recording artist and flutist John Twohawks.
And he takes time to share his gift with schools and
churches around the area. Reed laid out several of
his polished flutes on a table covered with a buffalo
skin for the students to explore.
“Lots of kids haven’t even touched a buffalo skin,”
he said. “I like to give them an insight into Native
American background,” said Reed.
Billie Jo Hardy, a music teacher at Eastmorland,
brought Reed in for Friday’s presentation. With this
area being so close to Oklahoma and several
children having American Indian backgrounds, she
said it was important for students to see these
instruments in use up close.
“They don’t get to hear this music too often,” said
Hardy. “This helps them connect with the heritage
and learn respect for the Indians.”
These notes blown through the flute are hard to
describe, especially if one hasn’t seen them played
in person. Fifth-grader Makayla Clarke described it
this way:
“It’s like nature,” she said. “It’s something really
calming. I’ve never seen anything like it.”
For Reed, that was a perfect description of his
improvised songs. “That’s what nature is,” he said.
“Human beings are just part of the circle.”
Joplin Missouri
January 16, 2009
Maker of American Indian flutes puts on concert for
pupils
By Roger Nomer
rnomer@joplinglobe.com
First over the speaker came the sound of a gentle
brook, then the rumble of distant drums. The twitter
of birds joined the song.
Then Gary Reed lifted a carved, wooden flute to
his lips and played a melody over this background
for a hushed group of students.
“Everything I play is from the heart,” said Reed of
his improvised songs. “I don’t even know how to
read sheet music. It’s what my fingers feel like
doing at the time.”
Reed shared his talent for making and playing
American Indian flutes with a group of third-, fourth-
and fifth-grade students at Eastmorland
Elementary on Friday afternoon. He started crafting
flutes about five years ago, always from recycled
pieces of wood he has found. One flute came from
a hunk of wood his wife found at Pier One, another
from the submerged root of a tree he found while
scuba diving.
Now Reed makes flutes for the noted American
Indian recording artist and flutist John Twohawks.
And he takes time to share his gift with schools and
churches around the area. Reed laid out several of
his polished flutes on a table covered with a buffalo
skin for the students to explore.
“Lots of kids haven’t even touched a buffalo skin,”
he said. “I like to give them an insight into Native
American background,” said Reed.
Billie Jo Hardy, a music teacher at Eastmorland,
brought Reed in for Friday’s presentation. With this
area being so close to Oklahoma and several
children having American Indian backgrounds, she
said it was important for students to see these
instruments in use up close.
“They don’t get to hear this music too often,” said
Hardy. “This helps them connect with the heritage
and learn respect for the Indians.”
These notes blown through the flute are hard to
describe, especially if one hasn’t seen them played
in person. Fifth-grader Makayla Clarke described it
this way:
“It’s like nature,” she said. “It’s something really
calming. I’ve never seen anything like it.”
For Reed, that was a perfect description of his
improvised songs. “That’s what nature is,” he said.
“Human beings are just part of the circle.”
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