“It was very challenging mentally and you have to have passion . . . The training was intense and I would always come home a completely different player.”
From Tennessee to Twickenham, meet Norda Mullen
Essential Surrey & SW London interview with Norda about her solo performance at The Exchange, Twickenham.
“The story of this spirited woman who combines the look of a rock star with the crisp, clear sound of a classical musician.”
Pan Journal, the British Flute Society's acclaimed journal.
“She is a true virtuoso of her instrument.”
Living With the Pipe Dream by Kristen Baver
Higher and Higher the Moody Blues Magazine
“My mother was a violinist. My grandmother was a pianist, and, indeed, my whole family played music.”
In the Mood – Northwestern Magazine
Flutist Norda Mullen rocks with the Moody Blues.
by Christopher Danzig
Mississippi native Norda Mullen (BSM82) began playing flute with the legendary rock band The Moody Blues in 2003 after the original flutist left the group. Here’s what the classically trained musician had to say to Northwestern magazine’s Christopher Danzig about her career and what it’s like to perform one of the most famous solos in classic rock.
“I never let on in the classical world that I enjoyed playing by ear.”
Moody Blues’ Norda Mullen Mulls the Moods of Music
ClassicalMusicMe
Norda Mullen, flautist since 2003 for classical-rock pioneers The Moody Blues, interviewed with me from her Ogunquit summer house this week. The daughter of a classical violinist, Mullen was greatly influenced by her older siblings’ love of 60’s pop. She discusses the “Moodies” and the varying “moods” between pop and classical music.
Radio Gorgeous
Norda Mullen talks life, love & music with Sarah Tucker.
The Gratitude Podcast
”So happy for this wonderful surprise from our fellow Gratitude Seeker Norda Mullen. I hope you enjoy it at least as much as I do!”
The Stix Show
Moody Blues Flutist on her career and her solo show in London.