Houston Flute Club

Only a couple more days to get your Denise Jennings solo and ensemble registrations in on time! Have you entered yet?

We are extending our Denise Jennings deadline to April 2nd. Be sure to get your applications in!

We are extending the preliminary submission deadline for the Young Artist Competition! Don’t miss out on your chance to win one of three cash prizes in each division!

Good luck to those who entered!

We are incredibly excited to announce Grammy Award-winning flutist Molly Barth as this years Houston Flute Fest guest artist!

Flute Fest will be April 29th at the University Of Houston Moore’s School of Music. Free for all flute club members, Flute Fest will feature vendors, clinics, concerts, and competitions. For more information or to register as a member, head over to our website!

Registration is now open for our Denise Jennings Solo and Ensemble Competition! Head over to our website for contest rules and to register today!

Have you submitted your entry for the Byron Hester Competition? Preliminary recorded entries are due February 12th!

The HFC Young Artist Competition deadline is approaching fast! Be sure to get your submissions in by February 26th!

Did you or your student advance to area in the TMEA auditions? Join us for a virtual class THIS WEEKEND with Ebonee Thomas!
Register at www.flootfire.con/fall-classes/
See you soon!

The Houston Flute Choir recently had their annual holiday concert at Old Town Spring’s Home for the Holidays. On behalf of the flute choir and the flute club, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!

The Houston Flute Choir will be performing this Sunday during Old Town Spring’s “Home for the Holidays” festival! Come out and celebrate the holiday season with the HFC Flute Choir! For more, information check out Old Town Spring’s website. Oldtownspringshopping.com

We had an incredible turnout for our All-State masterclass with Dr. Brielle Frost. A huge thank you to all of those who attended! Be sure to stay tuned in to hear more about the exciting events we have coming up for our 2022-2023 season!

Have you ever attended or taught at a Floot Fire camp?🔥🔥

We want YOU to join us on our virtual performance of Sheep May Safely Graze for NFA. 🐑🐑

👉You must be or become a member of NFA to participate.

👉Recordings due June 1.

Register here to receive more information. 👇👇👇https://forms.gle/CeCsKv1rJdjV6LMJ8 🔥🔥

Have you submitted your entry for the Young Artist Competition yet? There is only just over a week left to submit before the March 14th deadline! Good luck to all!

Looking to brush up on your orchestral excerpts or trying to gain an edge for college auditions? Considering signing up for The Trillium Flute Collective’s Flute Reboot masterclass! This high school orchestral excerpts workshop approaches many of the excerpts we all know and love with a clean slate. For more information visit the trillium flute collective website!

Meet Dr. Lana Kuscer and Ms. Amy Wiggs, professors of flute at Sam Houston State University. Their studios will be holding an in person studio recital tomorrow at 7:30 in the school of music recital hall. Please note in person attendance is limited due to SHSU COVID-19 protocols. If you are in the area definitely check out this great program!

Attention all middle and high school students!📢 Looking for a chance to compete this year? Consider competing in our Young Artist Student competition! Divided into two divisions, senior and junior, students are to record required repertoire for a chance to advance the final round and win up to a $400 prize! Visit our website for more information on repertoire and how to apply.

Good luck to all who enter!

Looking for a chance to hear beautiful flute music in recital? Check out the flute studio of Peggy Russell’s recital! Link below!

https://bit.ly/36XNnOl

Flute Studio of Peggy Russell Recital Trillium for solo flute - Elizabeth Brown Delainie Hendershot, flute Sonata in C Major, BMV 1033 - J.S. Bach Andante Allegro Juliana Zilahy, flute Malgorzata...

Don’t forget the University of Houston Flute day is TODAY at 5pm! You’ll have an opportunity to meet the Peggy Russell, Melissa Suhr, Aralee Dorough and even some of the studio members pictured!

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/.8581871915

The Houston Flute Club is excited to announce the return of the Byron Hester competition! The Byron Hester competition is open to flutist of all ages and includes a grand prize of $1500 along with an invitation to perform at the HFC’s flute fest in 2022. More information and competition rules are available on the HFC website. Best of luck to all competitors!

Lookin for more live flute music to listen to? Tune in to zoom tomorrow October 20th at 8pm as student Tyler Martin presents his degree recital “Noteworthy Voices”. Tyler’s program includes works by William Grant Still, Uebayashi, Saint-Saëns, and a premiere by Alex Berko!

This exciting program is one you won’t want to miss! Link below!

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88059331354?pwd=ZkpiZlgzZWxpVmhCM01JVWRnZHQ1dz09

The Houston Flute Club is pleased to announce Allison DeFrancesco as the winner of the 2020 Byron Hester competition! Congratulations Allison and best of luck in your future endeavors!

You can hear Allison and her colleagues tonight during the Rice flute studio recital starting at 7! Link below!

https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/j/97095152127?pwd=YlZHMUZUNUJoMkdsMXR5MmtZV1FPdz09

Attention all high school juniors and seniors! Want to know what it’s like to study music at a tier one university all while studying the TMEA All-State music? Then tune in on zoom Sunday October 25th for Flute Day at the University of Houston! This virtual masterclass, available to flutist of all ages, led by Melissa Suhr, Peggy Russell, and Aralee Dorough will discuss life as a UH music student and even features current UH flute studio members playing the all-state études!

If you’re working on the all-state études or considering majoring in music you won’t want to miss this great opportunity to meet and learn from these great three teachers!

Any questions concerning Flute Day at UH can be sent to Peggy Russell at [email protected]

Join the Rice flute studio October 16 for their virtual fall studio recital! Streaming all across America, the Rice studio has prepared works by Prokofiev, Telemann, Hoover, and Uebayashi just to name a few! Be on the look out for a link the day of!

Stay tuned for more announcements from the flute club as we begin our 2020 - 2021 season!

On this weeks meet the board, i'd like to introduce out vice president, Rebecca Powell Garfield!

Rebecca Powell Garfield is a professional flute and piccolo player in the Houston area. She spent 6 years as Piccolo with the Houston Symphony and is currently the Principal Flutist of the Austin Symphony as well as 2nd flute and piccolo of the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra (ROCO). She also performs often with the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra and Houston Ballet Orchestra and has played with the Baltimore Symphony, the California Symphony, Napa Valley Symphony and Des Moines Metro Opera Orchestra. Her performances have been heard on NPR’s Performance Today, the soundtrack for Spy Kids 2, and on several recordings with the Houston Grand Opera, ROCO, and the Houston Symphony, including the Grammy winning recording of Wozzeck.

Rebecca says her favorite thing about the flute club is the friendships she has formed through her volunteer work. She also says she loves getting to meet so many different flutists from all over the area at the annual Flute Fest.

Over the next few weeks the HFC would like to introduce our board members. This week we will be starting with out board president, Vicky Williamson!

Vicky teaches flute and performs in the Houston Area and currently performs with Brazos Breeze Flute Choir and Symphony North. Vicky's favorite thing about the flute club is that the HFC brings together so many flutists from all levels together from all around the Houston area, especially during our Flute Fest held every spring!
Keep an eye out for the rest of our board in the coming weeks!