Hello, dear listeners, I'm so grateful for your wonderfully supportive responses! I would like to say that the music comes "to" me, and then "through" me. I can't really accept credit for the ultimate result, but I'm so happy for your wonderful responses and enthusiasms! Pace. Rhonda
Rhonda Larson You are an awe inspiring force that will forever be remembered. I am now ready to play with more passion. Singing is great, but the flute, well, I am sure You understand, words aren't necessary!
i played flute for 8 years and to be honest... i stopped playing because i had to get busy with school and work, not going to lie i miss playing my music and flute and this video brought me back memories of how much i enjoyed wonderful pieces like this.
Lydia Mendoza Hello, I hope you start playing your flute again. It can HELP you with whatever else you do in your life because it is a 'grounding' activity (to play), and you will come to know yourself in a deeper way in the process of playing your flute! Best wishes, Rhonda
This is so hauntingly beautiful, when I listened to this I was literally taken to beautiful fantasy. I've been playing the flute for about 10 years and the difficulty of the techniques used in this piece mind blowing and just wow. This was absolutely incredible. :D
Well, I've been playing for 16 years, and Rhonda's music still makes me trip over my own fingers at times lol. It's totally worth all the hard work to learn it though. =) I incorporated two of her pieces into my recitals in college (I majored in performance on flute) If you love the flute, and you practice you'll get there one day
There are very few things that take my breath away in this world. ....this is one of them. Thanks for sharing this. It is beyond spectacular. It is heavenly.
Rhonda , thank you from the depths of my soul. I found your music just when I was starting to doubt myself. You've restarted my desire to be a flutist.
Hello Rhonda, saw you perform this hymn on the Kitttatinny Ridge at worship in the woods a few years ago , good to see you still out and about ,God Bless !!
I was blown away when I first heard this piece. Awesome!!!! I ordered the music and trying to master it. Hopefully I can sound as good as you Rhonda. Thank you for sharing. Karen Lott, Flutist Savannah
this piece just changed my perception of the flute. awed! Definitely will aspire to playing this one day. You must have faeries and magic floating around you every day!
Hey Rhonda! That was wonderful! I hope one day I can play like that! I've only been playing for four years. That was beautiful! Please come to Iowa! I would love to hear you in person! Abby
I know I've replied before, but after your hauntingly beautiful performance in this upload you are my favorite flutist of all time. You are my inspiration. Because of your wonderful playing I'll pick up my flute again. Thanks so much. Only G-d could have given you the talent you have. Regards.
Rhonda, I play the flute also. I just started in October. That was a very beautiful performance. I hope that one day I will become a great flutist as talented as you! I idolize you.
Love the dual melodies, especially during the arpeggios. And the sing/play technique is awesome. I'm still trying to perfect that with some of the different world flutes I play. Great Job Rhonda.
I play the flute and have been for half a year and I can play a thousand years by Christina Perry.... this is sooooooo much more amazing.... thank you for being an inspiration to flute players!!!!
Wow! that was beyond anything I have ever heard played on a flute! absolutely divine!! thank you for sharing such a gift .... you have just inspired me to try harder on my flute!! xoxo
Hi Rhonda, my name is Alessandro, i'm 20 and i play flute too. There are no words to describe you and your attitude to music. you're too good! Your videos make me happy and they leave me a huge desire to play eternally. Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane and Franco Battiato were the only ones able to do it...before i knew you. Amazing (:
I think Rhonda was sent back in time from a distant planet in the future to teach earthlings how to play the flute! That's the only way this could be... Thanks for posting this!
This is so inspiring! I love to sing and am starting to learn to play the flute. I love how you combined the two together in the beginning. Simply beautiful!
@Jorge Picabea I agree with you, it is busy. But I wonder if you are able to hear the melody line ABOVE the busy harmony line? Thanks for sharing. Rhonda
I bought the score of this wonderful piece from your website almost a year ago and after many months I mastered the complexities to a degree I had to share it myself. Recently I played "Be Still My Soul" for the first time in public using a reverb effect and piano. (We tried a synth but the quality of our instrument was not effective. Using the Grand Piano as an alternative worked fabulously in our case.) As we played, a hush came over our church and the moment was well, angelic. Although I have not completely mastered the speed that you so artistically display, I must say I came pretty close and was so proud of myself and felt I pulled it off. Soon I hope to present this piece as my own RUclips debut and will post it as a response to this video. Thank you Rhonda again for your wonderful music.
is a beautiful video. I am also a musician and a great lover of sound d ela flute in any form and style. Congratulations on the video, definitely magical sound
im in band at m school and i play flute one reson i play flute is because i think its a pretty insterment and i love the sound one more reson i started because of you thank you for creating my life for future planning!
@john alchmist How to do the flute/vocal technique? Five years working on it. I liken it to being a ventriloquist. I will be posting a video soon about how I learned the technique. Thanks for your question. Rhonda
Hi Rhonda, I'm your new fan. SO inspired by your playing. I'm a guitarist but love flute; I only play bamboo flute so far. Anyway, enjoy your playing very much. Please let us know on youtube where you perform so we can come and support.
Hello, dear listeners, I'm so grateful for your wonderfully supportive responses! I would like to say that the music comes "to" me, and then "through" me. I can't really accept credit for the ultimate result, but I'm so happy for your wonderful responses and enthusiasms! Pace. Rhonda
Dear Rhonda --- I'm curious as to what make and model of the flute you play? Thanks, Jim
Whatever it is, I'll get (same). Thanks.
Rhonda, enchanting beauty ....where ever it comes from, but through you!
hi..i am a big big big fan of you.
Rhonda Larson You are an awe inspiring force that will forever be remembered. I am now ready to play with more passion. Singing is great, but the flute, well, I am sure You understand, words aren't necessary!
THIS IS BEYOND AMAZING. WORDS CANNOT DESCRIBE HOW OUTSTANDING YOUR FLUTE PLAYING IS!
i played flute for 8 years and to be honest... i stopped playing because i had to get busy with school and work, not going to lie i miss playing my music and flute and this video brought me back memories of how much i enjoyed wonderful pieces like this.
Lydia Mendoza Hello, I hope you start playing your flute again. It can HELP you with whatever else you do in your life because it is a 'grounding' activity (to play), and you will come to know yourself in a deeper way in the process of playing your flute! Best wishes, Rhonda
Get it back out.
Schedule one night per week for three hours. You need flute. For your ears. For your heart.
An absolutely haunting and lovely performance by you, Rhonda. You're the best.
This is so hauntingly beautiful, when I listened to this I was literally taken to beautiful fantasy. I've been playing the flute for about 10 years and the difficulty of the techniques used in this piece mind blowing and just wow. This was absolutely incredible. :D
The beginning was amazing it was so cool how the flute and voice mixed! I'm a singer and flute player so I found a way to mix them! So happy
WOW! I've played for 4 years, I'm a freshman in high school now. You're a big inspiration!
I have never in my LIFE heard a good flute ((what do you expect from Arkansas?)) and you are the handsdown best flute i have ever heard....EVER
Love this madly.! My beloved granddaughter is a flutist and you are a lovely inspiration for any young person starting out. God Bless
Well, I've been playing for 16 years, and Rhonda's music still makes me trip over my own fingers at times lol. It's totally worth all the hard work to learn it though. =) I incorporated two of her pieces into my recitals in college (I majored in performance on flute) If you love the flute, and you practice you'll get there one day
YAY, Rhonnie!!! I'd not heard this beginning before. Love you and all you bring to bless my life and soul.
I really just can't believe my ears, that anyone could play like this baffles me. My new favorite flute player. I hope I sound half this good one day.
It's pieces like this that make my love for my instruments grow every day.
WOW!!! I will never be able to do that. Singing and playing at the same time! WOW WOW WOW!
Beautiful, Natural and Charming Flute Music. Thank You ♥
Wow!! Wonderful playing and composition!! I know what I'm ordering for x-mas
Thank you for blessing us with your beautiful gift today here in Grants Pass Oregon. Your music and spirit was a healing gift to us all. Bless you!
Beautiful. Almost made me cry.
She looks like a pure angel playing this. It just pours from her heart. You are amazing Rhonda Larson!
Stunning performance!
The most beautiful thing I have ever heard..... Absolutely wonderful You are truly blessed...
Rhonda you are amazing! How you manage to play the melodies above those gorgeous arpeggios is beyond me.
I'm playing Rhonda's wonderful piece this coming Sunday with my church organist.
I'm learning flute and person like you helps me to never giving up
There are very few things that take my breath away in this world. ....this is one of them.
Thanks for sharing this. It is beyond spectacular. It is heavenly.
Rhonda , thank you from the depths of my soul. I found your music just when I was starting to doubt myself. You've restarted my desire to be a flutist.
Hello Rhonda, saw you perform this hymn on the Kitttatinny Ridge at worship in the woods a few years ago , good to see you still out and about ,God Bless !!
REVW196 AWESOME, I remember this (though I only remember playing "Lughnasa", but that's because my memory is short....! Thanks for writing! R
The sheer technique is astounding to me! It's sooo unbelievably difficult for me to hit low and high notes in quick succession like that!
llGemini19 But it will come, if you work on it and love working on it. Best to you, R
I was blown away when I first heard this piece. Awesome!!!! I ordered the music and trying to master it. Hopefully I can sound as good as you Rhonda. Thank you for sharing. Karen Lott, Flutist Savannah
Wow! what a surprising gem! Thank You tube for recommending this video; amazing!
this piece just changed my perception of the flute. awed! Definitely will aspire to playing this one day. You must have faeries and magic floating around you every day!
she kinda looks like a fairy
You made some beautiful noise here... thank you for adding this to the world
So beautiful, Im crying! Thank you.
that is one heck of an amazing flute player:)!!!!!
This is so moving.... Beautiful! I can't stop listening to it.
You show another connection very inspiring Ronda !
Thank You,
Themelis Cuiper
Something this beautiful must be shared... thank you Goddess woman!
Beautiful melody - wonderful job!
Hey Rhonda! That was wonderful! I hope one day I can play like that! I've only been playing for four years. That was beautiful!
Please come to Iowa! I would love to hear you in person!
Abby
So neat! I love this hymn.
Veeeeery Mysterious and very Mystic. Absolutely Beautiful.
Great performance, I like it n' I See You love your flute, You and your flute are one... Excellent!!! Thank you... Sinceresly Juan Carlos from Perú ;)
I had to look up a professional flute plsyer for band class, I was mesmerized the whole time, simply amazing!
I know I've replied before, but after your hauntingly beautiful performance in this upload you are my favorite flutist of all time. You are my inspiration. Because of your wonderful playing I'll pick up my flute again. Thanks so much. Only G-d could have given you the talent you have. Regards.
How I wish I could play like this. So beautiful :) And original music...it is amazing. Love it!
So touched by your music! So wonderfully played!! In love with the piece and your playing!
Thank you so much, WC!
WOW! I'm speechless! This is absolutely beautiful!
I just can't stop listening to this!!
@Flutedan Thank you so much for your kind and uplifting words! Made my day! Rhonda
Rolling waves. Beautifully! Flyfullly! Charming! It's great!
Rhonda, I play the flute also. I just started in October. That was a very beautiful performance. I hope that one day I will become a great flutist as talented as you! I idolize you.
That was amazing. What an incredible talent you have been blessed with.
Wow!! Love your work!
Exquisite! Your technique is astounding; I loved the way you sang one note and played the other. Awesome!
Hello Alenji,
I thank you greatly for your thoughtful response! I look forward to hearing YOU, harnessing the inspiration!
With best wishes, Rhonda
You are so right! Never had that specific opportunity, however...
Thanks,
R
Thank you for the wonderful comment! More videos will come....
All the best,
Rhonda
Words cannot describe the beauty of this
Love the dual melodies, especially during the arpeggios. And the sing/play technique is awesome. I'm still trying to perfect that with some of the different world flutes I play. Great Job Rhonda.
Absolutely captivating performance.
Virtuoso performance and amazing arrangement. Bravo!
This is beautiful... she's a really amazing flute player. Best solo I've ever heard, by far!!! I hope to play like this soon (I'm a flutist myself!)
Suspiciousdaminals ik this was awhile ago but u can do it! use your instrument as therapy and express your issues through the music.
I play the flute and have been for half a year and I can play a thousand years by Christina Perry.... this is sooooooo much more amazing.... thank you for being an inspiration to flute players!!!!
Astounding performance!
Wow! that was beyond anything I have ever heard played on a flute! absolutely divine!!
thank you for sharing such a gift .... you have just inspired me to try harder on my flute!!
xoxo
Very ermozo, congratulations, spectacular sound!
Beautiful. Great sound and concept. thanks
Bellissimo! Wonderful!!! i love this!
A beautiful piece!!! Thank you, it was great!!!!
Gorgeous!
Hi Rhonda,
my name is Alessandro, i'm 20 and i play flute too.
There are no words to describe you and your attitude to music. you're too good!
Your videos make me happy and they leave me a huge desire to play eternally.
Janis Joplin, Jefferson Airplane and Franco Battiato were the only ones able to do it...before i knew you.
Amazing (:
I cant find words to describe Rhonda, as perfect as nature!
absolutely beautiful
I think this is a beautiful piece. Thank you for sharing it.
I think Rhonda was sent back in time from a distant planet in the future to teach earthlings how to play the flute! That's the only way this could be... Thanks for posting this!
Beautiful music.....
This is so inspiring! I love to sing and am starting to learn to play the flute. I love how you combined the two together in the beginning. Simply beautiful!
Beautiful, I share the same interest for the instrument, but my thing is a hobby, u played beautifully and had me astonished
So expreesive, a lot of colors. I love it!
Wow, your technique is amazing! Thank you for uploading this amazing master performance!
This is beautiful.
Hi Ayden, thank you for making my day!! Best wishes, R
I got goosebumps!! Great job.
@Jorge Picabea
I agree with you, it is busy. But I wonder if you are able to hear the melody line ABOVE the busy harmony line? Thanks for sharing. Rhonda
Yes, it's almost like a duet!!! Absolutely beautiful!!
it sounds something mysterious, as if she were playing with her soul...she does
I bought the score of this wonderful piece from your website almost a year ago and after many months I mastered the complexities to a degree I had to share it myself. Recently I played "Be Still My Soul" for the first time in public using a reverb effect and piano. (We tried a synth but the quality of our instrument was not effective. Using the Grand Piano as an alternative worked fabulously in our case.) As we played, a hush came over our church and the moment was well, angelic. Although I have not completely mastered the speed that you so artistically display, I must say I came pretty close and was so proud of myself and felt I pulled it off. Soon I hope to present this piece as my own RUclips debut and will post it as a response to this video. Thank you Rhonda again for your wonderful music.
*****
Thank you, Lucas! Good for you, that's fantastic! Looking forward to your version. R
Agreed!
such a simple instrument....with a sound of grace and curiosity...played extremely fine.
heart melting music!!!
Thank you for blowing my soul, Rhonda!
i play flute and im good and first chair and all but this is absolutely beautiful!!!!! amazing!!!!!! i wish i could play like this!!!!!
is a beautiful video. I am also a musician and a great lover of sound d ela flute in any form and style. Congratulations on the video, definitely magical sound
This is really beautiful thanks for sharing with all of us
Incredible!
VERY BEAUTIFUL
this is so inspiring to me i hope to be able to play that way some day:)
im in band at m school and i play flute one reson i play flute is because i think its a pretty insterment and i love the sound one more reson i started because of you thank you for creating my life for future planning!
@john alchmist
How to do the flute/vocal technique? Five years working on it. I liken it to being a ventriloquist. I will be posting a video soon about how I learned the technique. Thanks for your question.
Rhonda
Awesome, of course!
Outstanding performance.
Thank you, Sofia, you have your own fantastic that I look forward to hearing! R
So beautiful~~
Hi Rhonda, I'm your new fan. SO inspired by your playing. I'm a guitarist but love flute; I only play bamboo flute so far.
Anyway, enjoy your playing very much. Please let us know on youtube where you perform so we can come and support.