New York Flute Fair 2025: Creative Connections
Sunday, March 30, 2025 • 9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Guest artist: Gary Schocker
Location: The Allen-Stevenson School, 132 EAST 78th Street, NYC
(one block from the 77th Street stop on the 6 train)
Join us for a full day of concerts and classes (including a mastery class and gala recital with Flute Fair guest artist Gary Schocker, workshops, exhibits, the NYFC competition, and more!
PREREGISTER ONLINE PREREGISTRATION DEADLINE: MARCH 15, 2025
Interested in volunteering?
Check the "volunteer" box when you register, email Volunteers Coordinator Jenn Forese, and/or add your name to the google docs sign-up sheet.
Admission (note that the listed fees include the preregistration discount)
NYFC member: $50 ($10 higher at the door)
Non-member: $70 ($10 higher at the door)
Full-time student: $25 ($5 higher at the door)
Non-flutist family member attending with a full-time student: $10
Non-flutist guest: $50 ($10 higher at the door)
Senior citizen, age 65+: $25 ($5 higher at the door)
Teacher bringing 3 preregistered full-time students: $40 (teacher must preregister)
The single fee covers the entire day's events.
About Flute Fair guest artist Gary Schocker
Gary Schocker, flutist, pianist, harpist, prolific composer, and teacher was born into a musical family in Easton, Pennsylvania, and began to play the piano before he was three years old. The flute came into his life at age 10, and by the time he was 15, he had performed as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic, the latter in a nationally televised Young People’s Concert. He attended the Juilliard School and subsequently won several competitions. Mr. Schocker has since performed and taught around the world.
As a composer, Gary Schocker has won many awards and has received commissions from instrumental societies, performing groups, and individuals. To date he has written more than 1,800 works, more than 300 of them currently in print. His musicals, Far From The Madding Crowd and The Awakening, can be heard on original cast recordings featuring several Tony-award winning performers. Both shows were winners of the Global Search for New Musicals in the UK.
Decades of study of the Alexander Technique and Feldenkreis Methods has helped him develop his own teaching style. In addition to teaching a monthly virtual masterclass. which includes players from all around the globe, Mr. Schocker teaches at his home in New York City and, since 2003, at his summer master classes. garyschocker.com
EVENTS, arranged by starting time (subject to change)
EXHIBITS OPEN 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
10:00 am
Flute Warm-Up, with Lish Lindsey
Ensemble Reading Session, with Jayn Rosenfeld
11:00 am
Alexander Technique, Mindfulness and Your Flute, with Abbe Krieger
Flutists of the New Jersey Wind Symphony, with Kristin Bacchiocchi-Stewart
"Act One": New Music by Celebrated Composers of Broadway, with Janet Axelrod
Early Flutes: an introduction with Boaz Berney
12:00 Noon
Effortless Sound: The Power of Breath Coordination in Flute Playing, with Vanessa Mulvey
Echoes of Piazzolla: The Flute's Improvisational Journey through Bandoneon Styles, with Sarah Rulli
Recital by winners of the Young Musicians Contest
Estampas Latinas Flauta y Piano (Latin Works for Flute and Piano), with Nora Lee Garcia
Expressive Synergy: Movement & Music, with Juan Carlos Navaraez
LUNCH BREAK: Attendees are encouraged to visit the exhibit hall.
EXHIBITS OPEN 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
2:00 pm
Alexander Technique for Comfort, Coordination, and Confidence, with Fanny Wyrick-Flax
Emotion and Fantasy: A DCFlutes Journey, with Sandra Ragusa, director
Shakuhachi Workshop, with James Nyoraku Shlefer
A Musical Tribute to Bonnie Lichter’s Legacy, with Soo-Kyung Park and friends
3:00 pm
Musical Entrepreneurship: Creating your Own Playing Opportunities, with Carla Auld
Paramus High School Honors Flute Choir, Tyler Adel, director
Flute and Bassoon Program, with Ashley Mendeke
Not Too Sweet: Flute Music Through a Culinary Lens, with Annie Wu
4:00 pm
Gary Schocker open mastery class
5:00 pm
Sharpen Your Improvisation Skills - Jazz Flute Workshop, with Chip Shelton
NYFC Competition Finals
7:00 pm
Gala Concert with guest artist Gary Schocker
ANNUAL FLUTE FAIR EVENTS (all day, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm)
EXHIBITS:
Flute vendors and makers, music publishers, and other members of the music industry will exhibit their products. This is the perfect opportunity to shop for a new flute or look for newly published music.
TAG SALE & FLUTE FAIR TABLE:
Visit the tag sale for bargains on used music, CDs, vintage LPs, artwork, and other flute-related items. Everything is priced to sell! There will be a silent auction of some special donated items. Contributions are welcome—clean out your closets and bring us your duplicate Kuhlaus and the pieces you no longer play. The NYFC table sells CDs and publications by NYFC members and guest artists. NYFC members may sell up to 10 items at the exhibit table. Members wishing to sell items may bring them to the table beginning at 9:00 am and must collect unsold items by 5:00 pm. Contact Nancy Toff at nancytoff@gmail.com for more information.
RAFFLE:
Win a lesson with guest artist Gary Schocker. Tickets are $10 for 1 ticket, $25 for 3 tickets, and $50 for 7 tickets, and can be purchased when you register online or at the fair.
Questions? Contact Flute Fair program chair Deirdre McArdle at deirdremcardle49@gmail.com or co-chair Jenn Forese at jenn.forese@gmail.com.
PREREGISTER ONLINE PREREGISTRATION DEADLINE: MARCH 15, 2025
Overview of past NY Flute Fairs here.
A searchable archive of flute fair programs from 2014 and later may be found here.
