May 1, 2008

The National Flute Association will hold its 36th Annual Convention
at the Hyatt Regency, Kansas City, MO, August 7–10, 2008!
For more convention information, check the following websites:
National Flute Association: www.nfaonline.org
Kansas City Flute Association: www.kcfluteassociation.org

We need YOU to volunteer!
We need at least 100 volunteers for at least one event or one hour of work. PLEASE encourage your students, ﬂute friends, and anyone else you can ﬁnd to sign up. If you can not volunteer, please ﬁnd someone who can. All ﬂutists working and volunteering must pay their dues and registration fee. If you are willing to volunteer SMALL amounts of time such as door monitor, moving stands, runner, competition event people, etc., for every 3 events that a volunteer works, NFA will give you $10.00 cash. If you are willing to volunteer a LARGER amount of time, I am still looking for a STAGE MANAGER.
Please see the attached ﬂyer for volunteer registration or contact Townes Osborn Miller at townesmiller@kc.rr.com for additional information.
For more convention information, check the following websites:
National Flute Association: http://www.nfaonline.org
Kansas City Flute Association: http://www.kcfluteassociation.org

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Summer 2008 Heartland Chamber Music Academy Auditions
Friday, May 2 and Saturday, May 3, 2008, Grant Hall, UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance, 5227 Holmes Road, Kansas City, MO.
Please see attached ﬂyer for more information!
Students age 12-20 are eligible to audition on ﬂute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello, piano, or harp. Heartland Chamber Music Academy provides opportunities for young musicians to study and perform chamber music in a stimulating and supportive environment. The program includes daily chamber music coaching, theory and music history instruction, weekly private lessons, chamber orchestra, solo concerto opportunities, daily practice time, and weekly student performances. Dormitory accommodations are available for students who live too far away to commute. For more information, applications, and to schedule an audition call 816-235-2941 or visit Heartlands
website http://conservatory.umkc.edu/cmda/summerprograms.asp?ID=29. Woodwind and horn players with further questions should email Heartland Woodwind Coordinator Mary Posses, D.M.A. at PossesM@umkc.edu or phone 816-235-2908.

Elizabeth Gurklies, ﬂutist, will perform at the 39th Symphony Designers’ Showhouse
Sunday, May 4, 2008, 2:30 – 5:00PM. Accompanist, Dana Gillis. and
Saturday, May 10, 2008, 12:00 – 2:00PM. Accompanist, Angela Cannon.
Designers’ Showhouse is located at 5730 Ward Parkway, Kansas City, MO. Tick
ets $13 in advance or $15 at the door.

All proceeds from the Designers’ Showhouse beneﬁt the Kansas City Symphony. For more information and to purchase tickets please visit www.showhouse.org.

Announcing Network and Coffee Social FIRST TUESDAY of Every Month!
PLACE-Scooter’s Coffee, 11106 Antioch, Overland Park, KS; phone: (913) 338-5282.
TIME-6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
DATES- May 6, 2008.

Come and hang out—meet some flutists—drink some coffee! All KCFA members and their flute-playing guests are welcome. Come when you can . . . leave when you must! For more information, contact Townes Osborn Miller: 816.943.TRIO, townesmiller@kc.rr.com.

Lady Jeanne Galway master class presented by Harriman-Jewell Education Series
Friday, May 9, 2008, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM, Forbis Recital Hall of the Pillsbury Music Center, William Jewell College, Liberty, MO. The class is free and open to the public. If you wish to perform in this class, please call Elaine Brown, 816-781-7700 x5173. The request must be accompanied by a recommendation from your teacher. Please provide your own accompanist. No reservations needed for observers or auditors. Flutists of all ages are welcome as well as parents! Liberty is located on I-35, 30 minutes north of downtown KCMO; take the Hwy 152 exit East and follow the signs to the college.

Sir James Galway, internationally recognized as the “the man with the golden flute” will be in recital on Friday, May 9, 2008 8pm
at the Folly Theater KCMO. Sir James will be accompanied by Lady Jeanne Galway, flute and Phillip Moll, piano.
Tickets are available through the Harriman-Jewell Series. You may purchase tickets online or by phone at harriman-jewell.org or 816-415-5025.
The program will include the Sonate by Poulenc; Sonate no 2 in D Major, op 94 by Prokofiev,
La Ronde des Lutins by Bazzini, Air de Ballet D’Ascanio, by Saint-Saiens, Piece en forme de Habanera, Ravel;
Suite de Trois Morceaux, Godard, Rigoletto Fantasy, Doppler with Lady Galway and Concertino by Chaminade.

Heart of America Wind Quintet -Deana Wagoner, ﬂute; Sean Jones, clarinet; Tim Burfeind, oboe; Cynthia Taylor, bassoon; Charles Hooper, horn; with Roy Steeby, piano Sunday (Mother’s Day), May 11, 2008, 11:00 AM, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art Sculpture Garden, 4525 Oak Street, Kansas City, MO. Admission $15. Program: The Garden Suite by David Olen Baird, Cumberland Suite by Eric Ewazen and Quintet for Winds by Robert Mucyznski. For more information call 816-505-2957 or email dwagoner1@mindspring.com.

Adrienne Garstang: A Touch of Classical on the Square with Rebecca Bell, harpsichord Tony Brandolino, violin Brad Garstang, bassoon Monday, May 19, 2008, 7:00 PM, Corbin Theatre Company 15 N Water – On East side of the Historic Square, Liberty, MO. Admission: Adults $10, Students $5.Tickets available at ”By the Book” on the West side of the Square or call the LSO offce at 816-415-7832 for information. Program to include works by J.S. Bach, Gabaye, Mullikin, DeLaney, and Paganini.

The Kansas City Flute Choir is Accepting New Members for the Spring 2008 Semester!
The Kansas City Flute Choir is currently accepting new members, both student and adult, for the spring semester. Adult Flute Choir members (18 and over, college level and beyond) do not need to audition. Student through 12th grade may audition for placement in one of the two student choirs. For more information and to arrange an audition time, contact: Emily Smith, 913.780.5210, emsmithflute@sbcglobal.net or Townes Osborn Miller, 816.943.TRIO, townesmiller@kc.rr.com.

Passion Flute Seminar: Foundations for Creative Performing with Angeleita Floyd, Claudia Anderson and Jill Felber
Wednesday, June 18 – Sunday, June 22, 2008, University of Northern Iowa , Cedar Falls, IA . Please view details and apply online
at http://www.uni.edu/continuinged/passionflute. For the ﬁrst time, three innovative teachers and virtuosic performing artists come together to present a 4-day, high-energy ”Passion Flute” Seminar. Enhance your individual skills through creative workshops and master classes. Explore your artistic personality as you embrace solid foundations and fundamentals, morning warm-us, repertoire development, stage presentation, ﬂute choir/ensembles and more. If you would like to receive a copy of our brochure, please send your name and address to: angeleita.floyd@uni.edu.

The KCFA Email Calendar goes out to KCFA members once a month, on the 1st day of the month. If you would like to submit concert information for the next KCFA Email Calendar, please contact Katherine Baeth at kbaeth@gmail.com or (816) 554-0789 no later than Monday, March 24, 2008. Please include your name, event, date and time, venue (with street address and directions), admission fee, and contact information. If you do not wish to receive the calendar, please contact Katherine Baeth.