From Dream to Reality
Sunday, March 22, 2026 • 9:00 am - 8:00 pm
Guest artist: Jennifer Grim
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 concert with Flute Fair guest artist Jennifer Grim), workshops, exhibits, the NYFC competition finals, and more!
Interested in volunteering?
Check the "volunteer" box when you register, email Volunteers Coordinator Kristen Gygi, and/or add your name to the google docs sign-up sheet. View the job descriptions here.
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 Jennifer Grim
Jennifer Grim is professor and chair of the Department of Instrumental Performance at the Frost School of Music, University of Miami, and president of the National Flute Association. She is a member of Solidaire, a flute and percussion duo, and resident flutist for Ensemble Flageolet, a contemporary music group. For over two decades she was the flutist of the award-winning Zéphyros Wind and the New York Chamber Soloists, and she continues to appear regularly with leading ensembles such as the Boston Chamber Music Society and Alpenglow Chamber Music Festival. Her wide-ranging collaborations include performances with the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, American String Quartet, and members of the Takács and St. Lawrence Quartets.
Her solo album, Through Broken Time, affirms her deep commitment to contemporary music and diverse compositional voices and features works by David Sanford, Julia Wolfe, Tania León, Alvin Singleton, Allison Loggins-Hull, and Valerie Coleman. The New York Times named it one of “5 Albums You Can Listen to Right Now.”
EVENTS, arranged by starting time (subject to change)
EXHIBITS OPEN 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
10:00 am
Orchestral Opus Timesaver, with Charles Page
Honing Intonation Skills, with David Wechsler
Historically Informed Performance: What Should We Learn From Historical Flutes? with Mili Chan George
Ensemble Reading Session, with Jayn Rosenfeld
Recital by Winners of the Young Musicians Contest
11:00 am
Breathe Easy with the Alexander Technique, with Fanny Wyrick-Flax
The Fula Flute: Techniques and Language for the Modern Player, with Sylvain Leroux
What Do I Do When my Students are Freaking Out? A Teacher’s Guide to Working with Nervous Students, with Kristen Gygi
Voices Lost: Music by Composers who Perished in the Holocaust, with Carol Shansky
Jazz Flute: Brief History and Workshop, with Carol Sudhalter
12:00 noon
The HBCU Flute Experience: Pedagogical Strategies for Inclusive Teaching, with Hristina Blagoeva
Choosing a Title for Mozart’s Minuets, with Patricia Harper
Music by Black Composers, with Alice Jones
A Taste of Styles, with New Jersey Wind Symphony Flutes
LUNCH BREAK: Attendees are encouraged to visit the exhibit hall.
EXHIBITS OPEN 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
2:00 pm
Careers in the Arts: Getting Students to See the Full Picture, with Donald Rabin
A Walk through the Garden, with Carla Lancellotti Auld
Entering the Western Mode Musically, with Richard Donald Smith
How to Play Multiphonics, with Robert Dick
Winds in Motion, with New York Flutists
3:00 pm
Forbidden Voices: The Forgotten Music of WWII and the Holocaust, with Lucy Rubin
Inspired Learning: A Discussion Forum for Flute Teachers, with Rebecca Sayles
Singing While Playing: A Flutist’s Guide to the Amazing World of Combination Tones, with Katherine Saenger
Contemporary & Arabic Flute Techniques in Practice, with Maron Khoury and Sami Seif
Nostalgia, Inspiration, and the Music of Tyzen Hsiao, with Lynn Tsai
4:00 pm
The Flute Speaks: Voices of the Baroque, with Denis Savelyev
Mastery Class, with Jennifer Grim
5:00 pm
NYFC Competition Finals
7:00 pm
Gala Concert with Flute Fair guest artist Jennifer Grim
ANNUAL FLUTE FAIR EVENTS (all day)
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! 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 5:30 pm. Contact Nancy Toff at nancytoff@gmail.com for more information.
RAFFLE:
Win a lesson/coaching session (your choice) with guest artist Jennifer Grim. 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.
Overview of past NY Flute Fairs here.
A searchable archive of flute fair programs from 2014 and later may be found here.
