Sara Vertanen

Hey Everyone!! As a member of the Florida Flute Association (FFA), I was able to provide an article to their monthly member newsletter! I do plan to write more to explain some of the projects I have coming up but here's my first article! Beyond the Symphony: Symphonic Metal Flute™ Sara Vertanen | www.youtube.com/SaraVertanen Flute is an incredibly diverse instrument that can perform countless styles and genres. Though it’s typically typecast into classical, dainty, or new-age musical genres, one genre yet to be well explored is Heavy Metal. If you ask most people to describe metal music, they’ll often describe is as loud screaming with inaudible lyrics; but that’s not quite the case. Like the flute, metal music is incredibly diverse. One sub-genre that is often overlooked is Symphonic Metal. This type of metal combines classical elements, such as chamber choirs and full orchestra complete with strings, winds, and percussion with the standard elements of rock and m

Hello Everyone!! "Nemo" by Nightwish is probably my favorite cover to perform live; especially since it was the first song I played in an Arena as a solo artist and I couldn't be more honored to have had that experience. Recently, there was a comment on the studio version that I recorded on my channel requesting sheet music and that request has been fulfilled now! I couldn't upload the PDF or anything high resolution as it will run the risk of being taken down for 'copyright' even though this is solely for education purposes and no profits were or are being made off me posting this sheet music.  This version is the "Floor Version" if you will haha The instrumental for Nemo can be found on YouTube for you to play along with. This sheet music works for Flute or any other treble cleft C instrument (such as violin, voice, and oboe) but can also be easily transposed for other instruments. Since I'm incredibly busy, I utilized Fiverr freelance servi