Elizabeth Wolfrey
@ezilabethflute.bsky.social
She/Her. Flutist, pianist, theorist, & dog mom. Music faculty at Merced College.
Playing flute? Zero performance anxiety.
Playing piano? Crippling performance anxiety.
Playing piano? Crippling performance anxiety.
November 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Playing flute? Zero performance anxiety.
Playing piano? Crippling performance anxiety.
Playing piano? Crippling performance anxiety.
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), 📸 by @nturchiarophoto
November 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Abduction of Proserpina, by Giambologna, 1579 (from the @NortonSimon Museum in Pasadena), 📸 by @nturchiarophoto
Had a whole gaggle of students ask me at the end of class this morning what hair products I use and it’s possibly the best compliment I’ve ever received from a group of students 😂 curly haired friends will KNOW
September 18, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Had a whole gaggle of students ask me at the end of class this morning what hair products I use and it’s possibly the best compliment I’ve ever received from a group of students 😂 curly haired friends will KNOW
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The hypocrisy from Trump's FCC Chair is staggering but unsurprising.
It should be clear by now that to MAGA, protecting freedom of speech was always secondary to wielding the power to punish anyone who questions this regime.
It should be clear by now that to MAGA, protecting freedom of speech was always secondary to wielding the power to punish anyone who questions this regime.
September 18, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The hypocrisy from Trump's FCC Chair is staggering but unsurprising.
It should be clear by now that to MAGA, protecting freedom of speech was always secondary to wielding the power to punish anyone who questions this regime.
It should be clear by now that to MAGA, protecting freedom of speech was always secondary to wielding the power to punish anyone who questions this regime.
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On this day 95 years ago in Chicago, a 17yo piano virtuoso named Margaret Bonds (first pic) premiered a piece by a composer not many people had heard of, Florence B. Price (second pic)
September 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
On this day 95 years ago in Chicago, a 17yo piano virtuoso named Margaret Bonds (first pic) premiered a piece by a composer not many people had heard of, Florence B. Price (second pic)
So today I did a cool thing… I taught Group Piano 1 in both English and Spanish.
It was hard and scary and imperfect but I did it! By week 16 it should be easier I hope!
It was hard and scary and imperfect but I did it! By week 16 it should be easier I hope!
September 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
So today I did a cool thing… I taught Group Piano 1 in both English and Spanish.
It was hard and scary and imperfect but I did it! By week 16 it should be easier I hope!
It was hard and scary and imperfect but I did it! By week 16 it should be easier I hope!
Started around the age of 14-15, I used to take the metro alone downtown to the Smithsonians. I never once felt unsafe traipsing from the national mall to Penn quarter (portrait gallery and old spy museum were my faves)
This is fascist bullshit.
This is fascist bullshit.
Stephen Miller on DC residents: "For the first time in their lives, they can use the parks, they can walk on the streets. You have people who can walk freely at night without having to worry about being robbed or mugged. They are wearing their watches again."
August 26, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Started around the age of 14-15, I used to take the metro alone downtown to the Smithsonians. I never once felt unsafe traipsing from the national mall to Penn quarter (portrait gallery and old spy museum were my faves)
This is fascist bullshit.
This is fascist bullshit.
Fun fact: our eldest dog, Lili, is named after her ❤️🐶🐾
Today is Lili Boulanger’s 193rd birthday.
If I could give 5 more years of life to any composer (just thinking of their additional musical output), it would have to be her.
She died at just 24 but still wrote some of the best music of the early 20th c.
If I could give 5 more years of life to any composer (just thinking of their additional musical output), it would have to be her.
She died at just 24 but still wrote some of the best music of the early 20th c.
August 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Fun fact: our eldest dog, Lili, is named after her ❤️🐶🐾
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a new fleet of deportation planes is a perfect example of the kind of GOP horror that necessitates more drastic reform than just electing a normie Dem for president - someone who might hang onto that fleet and maybe just use them a little less, rather than wholly disavow and repurpose them for good
BREAKING: DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is pushing for ICE to use funds to buy, own and operate its own fleet of airplanes to deport immigrants, two sources familiar with the discussions tell NBC News.
Kristi Noem is pushing for ICE to buy and operate a fleet of deportation planes, sources say
Former officials say that if ICE owned its own planes, it could double the number of people it deports each month. But it would be costly.
nbcnews.to
August 20, 2025 at 10:32 PM
a new fleet of deportation planes is a perfect example of the kind of GOP horror that necessitates more drastic reform than just electing a normie Dem for president - someone who might hang onto that fleet and maybe just use them a little less, rather than wholly disavow and repurpose them for good
After this fall I’ll have taught American Popular Music History as: an 18 week, 16 week, 9 week, 8 week, and 4 week curriculum
August 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
After this fall I’ll have taught American Popular Music History as: an 18 week, 16 week, 9 week, 8 week, and 4 week curriculum
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if only there was something one could do to prevent getting measles in the first place.
As the US hits a 33-year high in measles infections, there is now a "race" to find a treatment for the disease.
One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"
🎁 link
www.wsj.com/health/healt...
The Race to Find a Measles Treatment as Infections Surge
The measles vaccine was so effective the disease was considered eliminated in the U.S., but a resurgence of outbreaks is spurring a need for drugs.
www.wsj.com
August 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
if only there was something one could do to prevent getting measles in the first place.
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the amount of imperfection people are willing to put up with from Bernie (and I like him!) compared to the amount of imperfection they are willing to put up with Warren is so obviously gendered. she's one of the best Dems in the Senate and one of the few that understands the aesthetics of fighting.
it's weird how people shit on one of the most left-wing members of the Senate
www.politico.com/news/2024/04...
www.politico.com/news/2024/04...
August 6, 2025 at 6:57 PM
the amount of imperfection people are willing to put up with from Bernie (and I like him!) compared to the amount of imperfection they are willing to put up with Warren is so obviously gendered. she's one of the best Dems in the Senate and one of the few that understands the aesthetics of fighting.
Ah yes, time for my annual NFA convention FOMO
August 7, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Ah yes, time for my annual NFA convention FOMO
Over the last year, I’ve been working really hard on paying off my grad school credit card debt.
This week I received a mailer from discover letting me know I hadn’t made a purchase in over 6 months and I’d need to make one soon to keep my card active 😂😂😂
This week I received a mailer from discover letting me know I hadn’t made a purchase in over 6 months and I’d need to make one soon to keep my card active 😂😂😂
August 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Over the last year, I’ve been working really hard on paying off my grad school credit card debt.
This week I received a mailer from discover letting me know I hadn’t made a purchase in over 6 months and I’d need to make one soon to keep my card active 😂😂😂
This week I received a mailer from discover letting me know I hadn’t made a purchase in over 6 months and I’d need to make one soon to keep my card active 😂😂😂
My grandfather’s albums finally arrived from DC and so I’ve finally started going through his correspondence with Rostropovich.
I think I have everything he kept related to Slava… 😬
I think I have everything he kept related to Slava… 😬
August 4, 2025 at 4:06 AM
My grandfather’s albums finally arrived from DC and so I’ve finally started going through his correspondence with Rostropovich.
I think I have everything he kept related to Slava… 😬
I think I have everything he kept related to Slava… 😬
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Last year, Direct File saved taxpayers $5.6 million in tax preparation costs by allowing people to file their taxes for FREE.
That’s why tax preparation companies like TurboTax and Intuit lobbied to get rid of it.
Trump just gave them their wish.
news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-re...
That’s why tax preparation companies like TurboTax and Intuit lobbied to get rid of it.
Trump just gave them their wish.
news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-re...
IRS Chief Says Direct File Is ‘Gone,’ Other Audit Tech Is Coming
The Biden-era IRS free filing tool, Direct File, is “gone,” IRS Commissioner Billy Long said.
news.bloombergtax.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Last year, Direct File saved taxpayers $5.6 million in tax preparation costs by allowing people to file their taxes for FREE.
That’s why tax preparation companies like TurboTax and Intuit lobbied to get rid of it.
Trump just gave them their wish.
news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-re...
That’s why tax preparation companies like TurboTax and Intuit lobbied to get rid of it.
Trump just gave them their wish.
news.bloombergtax.com/daily-tax-re...
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I NEED to tell you the story of Tae Heung “William” Kim.
He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease.
He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States.
And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.
He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease.
He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States.
And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.
July 31, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I NEED to tell you the story of Tae Heung “William” Kim.
He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease.
He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States.
And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.
He's a graduate student at Texas A&M where he's working on a vaccine for Lyme disease.
He's a *legal permanent resident* of the United States.
And he's been in ICE detention for 12 days & counting, transferred Tuesday to South Texas.
None of my students commented on my “Smash the garlic smash the patriarchy” sweatshirt today so now I’m going to wear feminist shirts every day of band camp until one of them notices
July 28, 2025 at 8:24 PM
None of my students commented on my “Smash the garlic smash the patriarchy” sweatshirt today so now I’m going to wear feminist shirts every day of band camp until one of them notices
My psyche continues to traumatize me overnight with the dream that I’m missing a math class to graduate and oh yeah, it’s finals week and I haven’t attended all semester
July 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
My psyche continues to traumatize me overnight with the dream that I’m missing a math class to graduate and oh yeah, it’s finals week and I haven’t attended all semester
Fussy step that’s always worth it: grating frozen butter for drop biscuits
July 15, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Fussy step that’s always worth it: grating frozen butter for drop biscuits
I get to see my dogs in about 8 hours!!!!
July 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I get to see my dogs in about 8 hours!!!!
Ok so my mom hates Kamala Harris and Hilary Clinton and thinks Elon Musk is “the greatest mind of his generation”
But in conversation, she is still a democrat ideologically and policy-wise (for the most part) which I find really confusing.
But in conversation, she is still a democrat ideologically and policy-wise (for the most part) which I find really confusing.
July 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Ok so my mom hates Kamala Harris and Hilary Clinton and thinks Elon Musk is “the greatest mind of his generation”
But in conversation, she is still a democrat ideologically and policy-wise (for the most part) which I find really confusing.
But in conversation, she is still a democrat ideologically and policy-wise (for the most part) which I find really confusing.
I went to the pool with my sister and niece the other day. While there, I was sitting with my sister and another woman when a man walked by and said “you ladies are looking great, keep doing what you’re doing” with the OK sign.
I just want to exist in public without being sexualized.
I just want to exist in public without being sexualized.
July 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I went to the pool with my sister and niece the other day. While there, I was sitting with my sister and another woman when a man walked by and said “you ladies are looking great, keep doing what you’re doing” with the OK sign.
I just want to exist in public without being sexualized.
I just want to exist in public without being sexualized.