Welcome to the New York Flute Club

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With much joy and excitement, I welcome you to the New York Flute Club’s 2025-2026 season! We are fortunate to host in-person performances with Robert Langevin, Nestor Torres, Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington, our flute fair guest artist, Jennifer Grim, and a roster of dynamic flutists for our annual chamber concert.

Our online series continues to present distinguished artists you can experience at home or anywhere around the world, and our mastery classes* and participatory ensembles directly bring players together to share in communal music-making. 

This season is our 106th, and as the country celebrates 250 years of American music at the turn of the new year, we hope our season encourages you to reflect on the contribution, complexity, and diversity of American music and what that means to us as performers, educators, composers, and listeners.

~Lish (rhymes with "wish"; she/her/hers)

*Inspired by the 2024 Flute Fair guest artist Marianne Gedigian, the New York Flute Club follows her lead and will now refer to masterclasses as mastery classes. This change in naming not only places the focus of the class on the performers striving to master their art but also removes any negative connotations the word "master" implies.

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Did you miss an earlier event or want to catch a previous performance, interview, or workshop? Videos of many of the Club's events can be found on the Club's YouTube channel. Follow us: Facebook, Instagram, and Threads.

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Our 2025-2026 season of concerts and events 

Click here for season announcement. Click here for website season page. All dates and programs subject to change.

C = Concerts (Sundays, 5:30 pm, unless otherwise noted)  • FF = Flute Fair. 
Concerts and Flute Fair are in-person and will often include a pre-concert mastery class.
Click on the event date for venue and program details when available.

October 5, 2025	C*	Robert Langevin, flute
November 9, 2025	C**	Nestor Torres, flute (with group mastery class)
December 14, 2025	C**	TBD
January 10, 2026 (Sat)	C**	Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington, flute (with mastery classs)
February 8, 2026	C**	American Chamber Music for Flute
March 22, 2026	FF**	Flute Fair with guest artist Jennifer Grim
April 2026	C	2026 NYFC Competition Winners
May 2026		Annual Meeting and NYFC Ensemble concert

* At the Church of Christ and Saint Stephen’s, 120 West 69th Street, NYC 
** At the Allen-Stevenson School, 132 East 78th Street, NYC.

Online Programs  
Thursdays at 7:00 pm unless otherwise noted. Click on the event date for program details. An asterisk
on the date indicates that connection info has been posted.
This year many of our programs will celebrate American music for flute, to commemorate the 250th anniversary
of the United States. Free to all, but contributions are welcome.

October 16, 2025	Samuel Baron’s recordings of American music, with commentary by his colleagues. Hosted by Tara Helen O’Connor
November 13, 2025	Flutes of the World with Tereasa Payne
December 4, 2025	An evening with flutist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer David Amram, interviewed by Jayn Rosenfeld
January 8, 2026	Ragan Whiteside, soul jazz flutist (I Just Wanna Play series)
January 29, 2026	The Flute Works of Joan Tower. Music and interviews with Joan Tower, Lisa Bost-Sandberg, Patricia Spencer
March 26, 2026	John Ragusa, improvisational flutist, on world flutes (I Just Wanna Play series)
April 17, 2026	Flutes and Flutemakers in Early New York—Wendell Dobbs, Nancy Groce, and Michael Lynn. The instruments, flutemakers, flutists, and composers who promoted the flute, with music of Foster, Riley, and others

Ensemble program 2025-26 rehearsal dates (in-person) and details can be found here.when available.
Jazz Flute Workshop 2025-26 rehearsal dates (in-person) and details can be found here.when available.

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News and Updates

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Annual Meeting Elections

The annual meeting of the New York Flute Club, Inc. was held on Sunday, May 18, at 3:00 pm at Room 314, Pearl Studios, 500 8th Avenue, NYC. The following officers and members of the board of directors were elected:

President: Alicia "Lish" Lindsey
1st Vice President: Fred Marcusa
2nd Vice President: Jinni Rock-Bailey
Recording Secretary: Yiqun Zhao
Membership Secretary: Jackie Traish
Treasurer: Diana Basso

Directors for 3-year terms: Janet Axelrod, Kaoru Hinata, Mindy Kaufman, Deirdre McArdle, Stephanie Pizza, Nancy Toff
Directors for 2-year term: Lisa Vickery
Director for 1-year term: Dotti Anita Taylor

They will be joining continuing board members Jenny Cline, Stephanie Jutt, Deirdre McArdle, Linda Rappaport, Dennis Rendleman, and Chip Shelton.

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Do you JUST WANNA PLAY? The NYFC’s “Small Ensembles” Program Continues to Connect Players!

A matchmaking service for NYFC members who wish to play in groups of two to four or five players in their homes continues to foster friendships and musicianship! See the December 2021 NYFC Newsletter for details and/or contact Lish (interim coordinator) at president@nyfluteclub.org.

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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

The New York Flute Club seeks individuals to participate in our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee. The committee meets periodically throughout the year and discusses ways to promote DEI within the club. If you are interested in contributing (NYFC member or not), please contact Jinni Rock-Bailey (Chair) at rockbailey1@gmail.com.

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Become a Member

The New York Flute Club offers our Ensemble Program, our Education and Enrichment Program, and our annual competitions.

You can join or renew your membership online and, with membership, view our membership directory, edit your profile, and list your upcoming concerts in Member Events. More member benefits are listed on our membership registration page.

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Our Mission

The New York Flute Club, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of flute playing and the appreciation of flute music. It provides a common meeting ground for professional, student, and amateur flutists and offers performance opportunities for flutists and composers. We welcome as members musicians and music lovers who are interested in the flute and flute music. Founded in 1920 by eminent flutist Georges Barrère, composer Lamar Stringfield, and a group of their associates, The New York Flute Club is the oldest such organization in the United States.