Biography

After the completion of a Bachelor of Classical Music with Honours at WAAPA, flautist Asha Henfry has been on a journey of musical discovery. Studying at summer schools across Europe with renowned flautists Peter Lukas-Graf, Ian Clarke and Wil Offermans gave Asha the desire to explore her love of the flute beyond the boundaries of classical music. Whilst travelling through India, and immersing herself in its culture and music, Asha’s love of non-western styles also grew stronger.  In Western Australia she formed the flute and percussion duo, The Tapestry and played with Chris de Groot’s Annexia Ensemble, performing his award winning compositions for silent films. Asha moved to Melbourne in 2010 joining the blues/rock outfit The Jarrah Thompson Band. During the bands 3 tours of Brazil she was exposed to the sounds of Brazilian choro and was instantly drawn to its joyful, virtuosic and playful sounds. Upon returning to Melbourne, Asha turned her interest to choro music and other Brazilian genres and soon after became a member of Panorama do Brasil. As a passionate advocate of Brazilian music in Melbourne, Asha also plays with choro group Sexteto Zona Sul, lead by guitarist virtuoso Doug de Vries, at national festivals and renowned Melbourne music venues. 

Please email me for performance or teaching enquiries.
ashahenfry@gmail.com.

Welcome!

Hey Flautists and Flutists!

Welcome to "Stewed Flute!"

I've named it "Stewed Flute" because I have a funny feeling that this is going to turn out to be a whole lot of different flute topics mashed into one little Blog. The thing is, I'm interested in a whole lot of stuff to do with flutes and I tend to go for the topics that aren't really the "norm." You see, I don't think I'm actually your typical flute player, I love orchestral music but I don't desire the life of an orchestral musician, my recitals tend to comprise of mostly contemporary music or even old music no-one's really heard of. I suppose I have realised the full potential of my beautiful instrument and know it can do a whole lot more than what most people think or what most flautists dare to play.

So.....I will aim at presenting topics new to me and will very much enjoy hearing from you!

Asha.