5th Annual AGM
Please join us for our 5th Annual General Meeting. We have an informative session planned along with some special guest performances by Sam Hunt and Grace Baker, Liz Faulkner, and our own EFA members in our latest virtual flute choir video.
When: Sunday, April 25, 2021
Time: 2pm
Where: Virtually on Zoom
Zoom Meeting Link:
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://dialog.zoom.us/j/91363786831?pwd=WWl3cksvUzB2dWV0aU9xUW5mNCsydz09
Password: 811669
Can’t wait to see you there!
We need your help!
Each year at the AGM, we elect new board members as we say goodbye to departing board members. Our board works to plan and implement all of our programming throughout our membership year from May 1 to the following April 30. In order to continue on as an association we are looking for a director (or possibly simply one or two volunteers) who would be willing to help plan and organize our events.
As we noted above, we have many ideas. With guidance from our business plan, we have clear ideas on where this organization is headed. We now need people to help us bring the vision to life.
I know that this continues to be a challenging time for many people and you may be reluctant to volunteer for something new. However, when we have our vaccines and can gather again in person, we want to continue building and connecting our flute community. We need your help to do that. Please take some time to consider becoming part of the EFA board team or volunteering to plan and coordinate some of our events.
For more information about being on our board, please contact edmontonflute@gmail.com. We would be happy to arrange a time to chat.
The Edmonton Flute Association is proud to host a workshop presented by Petar Dundjerski.
When: Saturday, February 20, 2021
Time: 2pm
Who: This workshop is open only to all current EFA members
Cost: Free
Topics will include:
* phrasing and how it’s influenced by the topography of a musical phrase
* fast air vs. a lot of air, and how it pertains to playing the flute
If you would like to register for this event, please send an email to: edmontonflute@gmail.com.
Virtual Holiday Flute Slam
Saturday, December 19, 2020, at 1 pm
It’s Time For A Holiday Virtual Flute Slam!
We want to hear your favourite holiday or winter-themed music.
When: Saturday, December 19, 2020
Time: 1 pm
Where: Facebook Live
Cost: Free! This is a free event open to all.
How to Participate: Keep reading!
You can participate in a variety of ways:Option 1: Record yourself playing a holiday or winter-themed piece. When you are ready to upload your video, send an e-mail to edmontonflute@gmail.com and we will send you a link to the upload location. We will broadcast your performances during our Facebook Live Event on Saturday, December 19th.
Option 2: Record yourself playing your piece. Upload your video to your Instagram or Facebook account and use the hashtag #EFAfluteslam. We will be watching for this hashtag and will include your video in our Livestream on Saturday, December 19th.
Option 3: If you would like to play live from your home or studio, we will meet on Zoom (link to be provided when you sign up) and broadcast from there onto our Facebook Live feed. To sign up, send an email to edmontonflute@gmail.com.
Option 4: If you would like to simply enjoy being part of our audience, you can view the performances on our Facebook Page.
**Everyone who plays will be entered in a draw for special EFA prizes**
Virtual Flute Choir
Virtual Flute Choir – Christmas Edition
It’s time for another Virtual Flute Choir and this time we’re making it festive!
Our next piece is a “Christmas Medley” arranged by Ron Baptiste.
If you would like to participate, please send an email to edmontonflute@gmail.com to sign up. We will send you a part to play, a recording to play along to (so that we all keep the same tempo!), and a link to an upload location. When you’ve mastered your part, record a video of yourself playing and upload it. We will put all of the parts together into a full virtual flute choir video to share at the EFA’s holiday Flute Slam (details coming soon…).
For this piece, we need all different kinds of flutes as well as bells or glockenspiel, bassoon, and oboe. Please let us know if you would like to play piccolo, c-flute, or alto flute. If you know someone who would like to play the bells/glockenspiel, oboe, or bassoon parts, please pass this message along and encourage them to sign up.
To take part in this virtual flute choir, please sign up and upload your recording no later than Thursday, December 10th, 2020.
Festive attire is optional but keenly encouraged.
The virtual flute choir is a free activity open to all EFA Members. If you have not yet renewed your membership for 2020-2021, you can do so here. (Membership exception for those who volunteer to play the non-flute parts.)
Virtual Flute Slam
Saturday, October 17, 2020, at 12 pm
The EFA is hosting another Virtual Flute Slam! In this unique time of social distancing, we want to hear what you are playing and give you an opportunity to perform your music in a safe and supportive virtual setting.
When: Saturday, October 17, 2020Time: 12 pm
Where: Facebook Live
Cost: Free! This is a free event open to all Edmonton and area Flute Players.How to Participate: Keep reading!
You can participate in a variety of ways:
Option 1: Record yourself playing your piece. When you are ready to upload your video, send an e-mail to edmontonflute@gmail.com and we will send you a link to the upload location. Please submit all videos by Thursday, October 15, 2020, at noon. We will broadcast your performances during our Facebook Live Event on Saturday, October 17th.
Option 2: Record yourself playing your piece. Upload your video to your Instagram account and use the hashtag #EFAfluteslam. We will be watching for this hashtag and will include your video in our Livestream on October 17th.
Option 3: If you would like to play live from your home or studio, we will meet on Zoom (link to be provided closer to the date) and broadcast from there onto our Facebook Live feed. (Please log in to Zoom between 11 am and 11:30 am so that we can do a quick sound check.)
*If you choose to perform live, you will be entered to win a very special EFA prize.*
Option 4: If you would like to simply enjoy being part of our audience, you can view the performances on our Facebook Page.
We can’t wait to hear what you are working on!
How to Buy A Flute Webinar
Did you miss the live event? Don’t worry, the recording can be found on our Facebook Page under videos.
Are you thinking about buying a new flute? Before you do, be sure to attend our next workshop. The EFA is partnering with Burkart Flutes & Piccolos and Long & McQuade Musical Instruments to present an interactive webinar on what to think about when purchasing a new flute. This webinar will feature a performance by Ethan Lin and a virtual flute factory tour. There will be opportunities to ask questions.
When: Tuesday, July 14, 2020
Time: 12 pm
Where: Zoom
Please sign up by sending an email to edmontonflute@gmail.com and we will send you a Zoom link.
Virtual Flute Slam
Saturday, June 20, 2020, at 12 pm
A recording of this event can be found on our Facebook Page.
The EFA is hosting a Virtual Flute Slam! In this unique time of social distancing, we want to hear what you are playing and give you an opportunity to perform your music in a safe and supportive virtual setting.
When: Saturday, June 20, 2020
Time: 12 pm
Where: Facebook Live
Cost: Free! This is a free event open to all Edmonton and area Flute Players.
How to Participate: Keep reading!
You can participate in a variety of ways:
Option 1: Record yourself playing your piece. When you are ready to upload your video, send an e-mail to edmontonflute@gmail.com and we will send you a link to the upload location. Please submit all videos by Thursday, June 18, 2020, at noon. We will broadcast your performances during our Facebook Live Event on Saturday, June 20.
Option 2: Record yourself playing your piece. Upload your video to your Instagram account and use the hashtag #EFAfluteslam. We will be watching for this hashtag and will include your video in our Livestream on June 20.
Option 3: If you would like to play live from your home or studio, we will meet on Zoom and broadcast from there onto our Facebook Live feed. Please sign up by Thursday, June 18, 2020, at noon so that we can arrange the performance schedule and send you the link to the Zoom meeting.
Option 4: If you would like to simply enjoy being part of our audience, you can view the performances on our Facebook Page.
We can’t wait to hear what you are working on!
AGM – Sunday, April 26, 2020 a 2pm
Our AGM will take place virtually this year on Sunday, April 26, 2020 at 2pm via Zoom. If you wish to attend, please send an e-mail message to edmontonflute@gmail.com to request the link.
This year’s AGM will feature performances by our very own Matthew McGuigan and Zoe Hawnt.
We will also vote to elect a new board for the 2020-2021 year. To learn about the people who are volunteering to serve as board members, please read about them here.
Read the 2019 Financial Statements here.
Read the 2019 (Last Year’s) AGM minutes here.
FLUTE DAY 2020 & COLOURS Concert
Come join the EFA along with the Quarter Tones Flute Quartet and pianist and composer David McIntyre, for a day of workshops followed by an evening concert.
More information about the workshops can be found here.
Come to the evening concert COLOURS at 7pm!
All are welcome!
Tickets:
Tickets can be purchased at the door (cash only, please) or online here:
Flute Day Workshops (Includes Evening Concert*)
| Members | $50 |
| Non-members | $60 |
| Students & young flautists (those aged 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult) | $30 |
All Flute Day Workshops tickets purchased prior to February 1, 2020 will be entered for a chance to win fabulous door prizes.
Colours Concert
| Adults | $20 |
| Students/Children | $15 |
This event is generously sponsored by:
WINTER Play-in
Come join us for a winter flute choir sight reading session. Bring your flute and a stand and be ready to play!
When we’re done playing, we will have some snacks and refreshments. Please bring a snack to share.
This is a free event for all EFA members. All ages and abilities are welcome!
Details:
When: Sunday, January 12, 2020
Time: 3pm – 5pm
Location: HI Edmonton (10647 81 Ave NW) – downstairs meeting room
Please RSVP on our Facebook Page or by e-mail: edmontonflute@gmail.com
Flute Slam – Open Mic For Flute Players
Saturday, November 23, 2019 – 1pm to 3pm at the Nook Cafe!
Play-In Sunday, October 20, 2019
Summer Play-In – Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Come join us for a summer flute choir sight reading session. Bring your flute and a stand and be ready to play!
When we’re done playing, we will have some snacks and refreshments. If you would like to bring a snack to share, please do!
Details:
When: Wednesday, August 21, 2019
Time: 7pm-8:30pm
Location: Long & McQuade Edmonton South 9219 28 Avenue NW
Please RSVP on our Facebook Page or by e-mail: edmontonflute@gmail.com
Improvisation Workshop – Thursday, July 11, 2019
Our next EFA event is an Improvisation Workshop!
It’s all about PLAYING!!
The Improv session at our Beneflute Day on May 25 was such a success that we have decided to make a similar session available for those who attended and wanted more…and for those who were unable to attend and still want to learn. This session will be facilitated by Alison Grant-Préville. Come and play around with music to discover how to get away from note-reading and become the composer of your own spontaneous music in a group setting.
Details:
When: Thursday, July 11, 2019
Time: 7PM to 8:30PM
Cost: This event will be ‘pay-what-you-can’, with a suggested donation of $10 when you come.
Location: HI Edmonton – 10647 81 Ave NW, Edmonton
Please RVSP! Hope to see you in numbers, EFA friends.
Beneflute Day 2019
Thank you to everyone who attended the Beneflute Day 2019 Workshops and Concert!! It was a great success. The Organizing Committee and the EFA board are very grateful for the support of the Edmonton flute community!
Here are some of the comments we received from our participants and audience:
When asked what they liked about the workshops…
“variety and flute choir”
“the Improvisation and the flute choir – with the opportunity to try different kinds of flutes – was excellent”
“I quite enjoyed the entire workshop for every workshop, but I especially appreciated the opportunity to try piccolos, altos, and bass flutes. The marketplace was pretty good too.”
“The Improvisation Workshop was really unique”
“We had fun together!”
“Can’t wait for the next one!”
When asked how likely they would be to attend a similar event in the future, every single person who responded said “Extremely”.
Join The EFA For Beneflute Day 2019
1pm – 5pm Workshops & Flute Marketplace
Tone and Technique – Led by Suzanne Snizek
Improvisation – Led by Karen Porkka
Flute Choir – Led by Petar Dundjerski – (Please bring your flute and a music stand!)
Flute Marketplace – Try out a new flute, find “the perfect gift”, or discover a new music treasure. There is something for everyone! (Please bring cash as not all vendors can accept credit cards.)
7pm – Concert “Rare Gems – Music by Suppressed Composers” featuring Suzanne Snizek, flute, Shelley Younge, flute, and Sylvia Shadick-Taylor, piano
Location: All Saints Anglican Cathedral, 10035 – 103St. Edmonton, Alberta
Bonus Activity! Suzanne Snizek will be providing private lessons!
Time: Sunday, May 26th, 2019
Location: Long & McQuade South Location (9219 28 Avenue NW Edmonton AB)
Cost: $100/hour (shorter lessons can be arranged)
To book at lesson, please send an e-mail message to edmontonflute@gmail.com.
Tickets:
Tickets can be purchased at the door (cash only, please) or online here: Purchase Tickets Online (credit card only)
Flute Day Workshops (Includes Evening Concert*)
| Members | $50 |
| Non-members | $60 |
| Students & young flautists (those aged 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult) | $30 |
Concert Only
| Members | $20 |
| Non-members | $30 |
| Children (12 & under) | $10 |
| Students (with student card) | $15 |
*The cost of the Workshops includes complimentary admission to the evening concert. For those who wish to attend only one workshop, the cost is $25 and admission will be cash payment at the door.
All tickets purchased prior to May 1, 2019 will be entered for a chance to win fabulous door prizes generously provided by Long & McQuade.
Suzanne Snizek’s appearance has been made possible, in part, through an educational grant from Altus Flutes.
This event is generously sponsored by:
Wei Yew & Co.
ALL SAINT’S CATHEDRAL
About The Artists:
Suzanne Snizek will lead the Tone and Technique Workshop.
Award winning Altus Artist Suzanne Snizek is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Victoria in BC. She regularly performs around the world, and has recently returned from an exciting show in China. Hear her play on her new CD “Chamber Music (re)Discoveries”.http://ssnizek.finearts.uvic.ca
Dr. Snizek’s innovative research on “Suppressed Music” has been published by Böhlau Verlag- Vienna, Routledge – New York, Armand Colin- Paris, and World ORT. Her concert in Edmonton will feature music by suppressed composers from Germany, Korea, and the former Soviet Union.
Karen Porkka will lead the Improvisation Workshop: Improvisation – the Magic of Music
“Improvisation invites us to become creators. Improvisation allows us to embody all aspects of music regardless of the instruments we play.
In this workshop we will look at the building blocks of music that enable us to co-create compositions in the moment.
Along with deep listening, trusting what we know intuitively about music, it often unfolds just like magic.
Participants will be using their flutes, voices and bodies to fully experience the magic of improvisation.”
To learn more about Karen, visit her website: www.karenporkka.com
Petar Dundjerski will lead the Flute Choir Session.
Petar was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and has made Canada his home for the majority of his life. He has a Master’s degree in Performance from the University of Toronto, where he studied flute with Susan Hoeppner. Petar has served as the Assistant Conductor-in-Residence of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and presently conducts the University of Alberta Symphony Orchestra. As a flutist, Petar performs regularly with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Alberta Baroque Ensemble as well as in various chamber music ensembles. Petar is a founding member of the Top Notes, Edmonton’s professional flute quartet.
To learn more about Petar, visit his website: www.petardundjerski.com
Shelley Younge will join Suzanne Snizek for the evening concert: Rare Gems – Music By Suppressed Composers
Shelley Younge, BMus in Flute Performance (Indiana University – Jacob School of Music)
Flutist Shelley Younge held the position of Assistant Principal Flute of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra from 1978 to 2018, and has been a featured soloist on many occasions. A frequent performer of chamber music on CBC radio and television, Shelley has appeared in recital with such notable performers as Celtic harpist Mary O’Hara, and the late Lois Marshall. In addition to teaching at the University of Alberta, she is active as a chamber musician with harpist Nora Bumanis and pianist Sylvia Shadick Taylor. Shelley is a founding member of the Top Notes, Edmonton’s professional flute quartet.
Sylvia Shadick-Taylor is the pianist for the evening concert.
Edmonton pianist Sylvia Shadick-Taylor excels as a soloist, yet is equally comfortable as a chamber musician, collaborative pianist, teacher and clinician. She has been heard in concert in Canada, Thailand, Germany, France, Japan and at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall in New York City with Hungarian/Canadian violinist Nándor Szederkényi (1998) and more recently with cellist Tanya Prochazka (2011).
Sylvia has a strong interest in contemporary music and has premiered many Canadian and American works. Due to her promotion of Canadian music, she was named an Ambassador of the Canadian Music Centre in 2009. Through her virtuosic pianism and musicianship, Sylvia’s performances are known to transform music into captivating storytelling.
A respected name in the musical community, Sylvia has worked for many organizations including the University of Alberta, Edmonton Opera, Opera NUOVA, the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, Alberta College and Pro Coro Canada, and is Co-Chair of the Contemporary Showcase Edmonton Society.
To learn more about Sylvia, visit her website: www.ivory88.com
St. Albert Chamber Music Society Concert
featuring The Top Notes (Flute Quartet)
Saturday, May 4, 2019 7:30 pm
For ticket information please visit the St. Alberta Chamber Music Society website.
Annual General Meeting – Sunday, April 28, 2019
Please join the Edmonton Flute Community in celebrating 2 successful years as an Association!
When: Sunday, April 28, 2019
Time: 3pm – 5pm
Where: HI Edmonton Library Room on 3rd Floor – 10647 81 Ave NW Edmonton AB
Listen to an amazing performance by Fluo Duo featuring our very own Alison Grant-Preville and Chenoa Andersen.
Vote in and meet our new board members. Read their bios here.
Purchase your 2019-2020 Membership. Everyone who purchases a membership at the meeting will be entered to win one of two door prizes.
Enjoy refreshments and socialize.
Winter Windchill Play-In
There will be music to play, food to eat, and lovely conversation! Bring your flute(s), a stand, music to share, and some sort of finger food. Gluten free and dairy free foods are especially welcome!
Sunday, January 27, 2019
3 to 5 pm
HI Edmonton Hostel – 10647 81 Ave NW
Anthony Trionfo
We are looking forward to a very special Edmonton Symphony Orchestra concert. Anthony Trionfo will be performing with the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra on October 28, 2018. The two pieces he will be featured in are Verdi’s La Traviata Fantasy and Bizet’s Carmen Fantasy. It will definitely be a delight!
We will also be having a flute clinic with Anthony Trionfo! The first half of the clinic will consists of several performers who will work through a practice challenge or specific problem with Anthony. In the second half, Anthony will take questions from the floor! It will be happening October 27, 2018 at 3:00 – 5:30 pm.
Flootball Party
Our annual Flootball Party! This year is special as we will be celebrating the Grey Cup right here in Edmonton. We will be providing ongoing updates about the game throughout the afternoon. There will be music to play, food to eat, and lovely conversation! Bring your flute(s), a stand, music to share, and some sort of finger food. Gluten free and dairy free foods are especially welcome!
November 25
3 to 5 pm
HI Edmonton Hostel – 10647 81 Ave NW
EFA First Annual Beneflute Concert with the Top Notes Flute Quartet
Our first-ever benefit concert for the Edmonton Flute Association featured the Top Notes Flute Quartet — Edmontonians Elizabeth Koch, Shelley Younge, Liz Faulkner, and Petar Dundjerski– was a great success! Thank you to all who attended.
2018
Edmonton Flute Association 