2026 Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention Schedule of Events
Schedule is subject to change.
Updated 2/11/2026
| Time & Meeting Room | Events | |
|---|---|---|
| Friday 5:00-8:00 PM Lobby | Registration Open | Registration |
| Friday 7:00-9:00 PM Red Fox | Rehearsal: High School Flute Choir | Rehearsal |
| Saturday 9:00-10:00 AM Potomac ll | Opening Gala Concert with US Army Soldier Musicians | Concert |
| Friday 7:30-9:30 PM Potomac I | Rehearsal: Festival Flute Choir | Rehearsal |
| Saturday 7:30 AM-5:00 PM Lobby | Registration Open | Registration |
| Saturday 9:00-10:00 AM Piedmont | Collegiate Soloist Competition Final Round Deborah Tien, coordinator | Competition |
| Saturday 9:15 - 9:45 AM Belmont Foyer | Flute Choir Showcase The Flute Choir of Southern Maryland | Flute Choir |
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| Saturday 10:00 AM -5:00 PM Belmont lV | Exhibit Hall Open | Exhibits |
| Saturday 10:00-10:30 AM Belmont Foyer | Flute Choir Showcase Flutes on the Brink | Flute Choir |
| Saturday 10:00-12:00 AM Potomac lll | Rehearsal: Junior Flute Choir | Rehearsal |
| Saturday 10:00 AM-12:00 PM Red Fox | Rehearsal: Mid-Atlantic High School Flute Choir | Rehearsal |
| Saturday 10:00 -10:50 AM Potomac I | Celebrating Iranian Composers Dr. Kelariz Keshevarz | Recital |
| Saturday 10:00-10:20 AM Colvin Run | Celebrating Hope, Hope Will Not Be Silent Robert Cart, Sammy Holloman | Recital |
| Saturday 10:00-10:50 AM Chrysalis | Heritage and Harmony: Analysis of Flute and Fife Pedagogy Dr. Lauren Zwonik | Lecture |
| Saturday 10:00-11:15 AM Sully | Celebrating the Flute Kaleidescope Family, Bass, Alto, C Flute, Piccolo Dustin White, Elise Carter, Dr. Keith Hanlon | Recital |
| Saturday 10:30-11:30 AM Colvin Run | Young Artist Competition Final Round Megan Ensor, coordinator | Competition |
| Saturday 10:45-11:15 AM Belmont Foyer | Flute Choir Showcase Oakcrest Flute Choir | Flute Choir |
| Saturday 11:00-11:50 AM Chrysalis | Sonic Canvases Juan Carlos Narvaez | Workshop |
| Saturday 11:00 AM-12:00 PM Potomac I | Celebrating Valerie Coleman Zephyria Quintet, Aimee Toner, Joshua Brancaleone | Recital |
| Saturday 11:00 AM-12:00 PM Piedmont | DC Flutes in Concert Aaron Goldman & Sandra Ragusa, Directors | Recital, Flute Choir |
| Saturday 11:30 AM-12:00 PM Belmont Foyer | Flute Choir Showcase Appalachian Flute Ensemble | Flute Choir |
| Saturday 11:30-11:55 AM Colvin Run | Celebrating the Works of Taiwanese Composer Tyzen Hsiao Dr. Lynn Tsai | Recital |
| Saturday 11:30 AM-12:10 PM Sully | Echoes of Hope: Resilience and Prevention of Suicide Christian Lampkin and Dr. Rik Noyce | Recital |
| Saturday 12:00-1:15 PM Potomac I | Celebrating New Stories with Chamber Music World Premiers Dr. Jenny Cline, Zephyria Quintet | Recital |
| Saturday 12:00-1:10 PM Potomac III | Story Telling, But Make It Solo.... Fantasy Narrative of Solo Flute Works Dr. Charlotte Daniel, Aimee Toner, Eva Amsler | Recital |
| Saturday 12:00-12:50 PM Colvin Run | Using Improvised Preludes to Reimagine Classical Performances Dr. Laura Kaufman Mowry | Lecture Recital |
| Saturday 12:00-12:50 PM Piedmont | Celebrating Flutists Writing for the Flute A Panel to Meet and Learn from Spectacular Flutist Composers Jonathan Cohen, Jay Healy, Daniel Cueto, Chappy Gibb, Weston Sanders, and more! | Discussion Panel |
| Saturday 12:00-12:50 PM Chrysalis | Celebrating Inclusion: The Me2 Flute Orchestra, Reading Session and Inclusion Workshop Dr. Eileen Yarrison, Nicole Laborie | Workshop |
| Saturday 12:15-12:45 PM Belmont Foyer | Flute Choir Showcase Columbia Flute Choir | |
| Saturday 12:00-1:25 PM Red Fox | Re/Claiming Freedom and Light Melanin Rhapsody Flute Choir, National LGBTQ+ Flute Choir, Pride of America Fife and Drum Corps | Concert, Flute Choir |
| Saturday 12:30-1:20 PM Sully | Perpetual Evolution: Refreshing the Repertoire with the Works of Claude Arrieu Dr. Sheila DuMont | Lecture Recital |
| Saturday 1:00-1:30 Belmont Foyer | Flute Choir Showcase Gettysburg College Flute Choir | |
| Saturday 1:00-1:25 PM Colvin Run | Ancient Roots, New Beginnings, Music from the Near and Far East Christine Gustafson, Farhad Hossein Ebadollahi, Grant Develle | Recital |
| Saturday 1:00-1:25 PM Chrysalis | Lucid Dreams: The Lifecycle of an Artist Nina Assimakopoulos | Recital |
| Saturday 1:15:-2:05 PM Potomac I | From Puerto Rico to Peru: Caleb Estrada Valentin Brings Us to Puerto Rico, Daniel Cueto Plays His Works | Recital |
| Saturday 1:15-2:00 PM Potomac III | Changing Studio Culture from Toxic to Empowering Rebecca C. Barry | Lecture |
| Saturday 1:30-2:00 PM Colvin Run | Adult Amateur Convention Performer Compeititon Winners Terrye Mowatt, Katie Kendall, Jessica Yergin, Beth Koehler | Recital |
| Saturday 1:30-1:55 PM Chrysalis | Preparing for Auditions Dr. Lauren Zwonik, Dr. Sammy Holloman | Lecture |
| Saturday 1:30-2:20 PM Sully | Drag Yourself to the Stage Kylie Fortissimo, Taylor Irelan | Workshop |
| Saturday 1:30-2:20 PM Red Fox | Flute Choir Reading Session Dan Parasky Bring your flute and music stand | Recital |
| Saturday 1:45-2:15 PM Belmont Foyer | Flute Choir Showcase Cumberland Flutes | |
| Saturday 2:00-2:25 PM Potomac lll | Major Online Forums for Flutists: Meet with Flute Forum, Etude of the Week, and Solo of the Month Adrian McGrady, Katie Wherry, Matthew Allison | Panel Discussion |
| Saturday 2:00-2:25 PM Chrysalis | Reconceptualization of the History of Women in Music Dr. Deborah Saidel | Lecture |
| Saturday 2:00-2:50 PM Piedmont | Rule of Three: Celebrating the Journey of a Flute Trio | Recital |
| Saturday 2:15-2:45 PM Belmont Foyer | Flute Choir Showcase Toot Uncommon Flutes | |
| Saturday Potomac l 2:15 3:35 pm | Rehearsal: Festival Flute Choir | |
| Saturday 2:30-3:20 PM Chrysalis | Smart, Silly, Sound: Playful Pedagogy that Works Dr. Brittany Patterson | Workshop |
| Saturday 2:30-2:50 PM Potomac III | Celebrating the Legacy of the American Woodwind Quintet: Commissions and Classics Patagonia Winds | Recital |
| Saturday 2:30-3:20 PM Colvin Run | Celebrating Women in Music: Poetic Inspirations of Music Written by Women Dr. Roya Farzaneh | Recital |
| Saturday 2:30-3:20 PM Sully | Flutes on Fire: Elev8 performs Contemporary, Choreography, and Setting the Room on Fire! Elev8 Contemporary Flute Ensemble and the West Virginia University Flute Studio | Recital |
| Saturday 2:30-3:20 PM Red Fox | Rehearsal: Junior Flute Choir | Rehearsal |
| Saturday 3:00-3:50 PM Piedmont | The United States Navy Band Flute and Harp Duo MU1 Ashleigh Leas, MU1 Madeline Jarzembak | Recital |
| Saturday 3:00-4:00 PM Potomac III | Celebrating Heritage, Humanity and Hope: Flute and Guitar Global Chamber Music Serenade Duo: Michelle LaPorte, Gerry Saulter | Recital |
| Saturday 3:30-4:20 PM Colvin Run | Discrete Structures: Celebrating the Music of Marc Mellits Dr. Troy Paolantonio | Recital |
| Saturday 3:30-4:20 PM Red Fox | Celebrating the Musical Legacy of William Billings: Hitorical Performance and Presentation Middlesex County Volunteers | Lecture Recital |
| Saturday 3:30-4:20 PM Sully | Chopin Reimagined: Elevating the Flute's Romantic Voice Dr. Vanessa Fourla | Lecture Recital |
| Saturday 3:30-4:20 PM Chrysalis | Cultural Lens and Creative Purpose: Grounding Identity for Collective Well-Being Sofia Hailu | Lecture |
| Saturday 4:00-4:50 PM Potomac | Junior Flute Choir and Festival Flute Choir Concert Melvin Lauf Jr. Junior Choir conductor & composer Kelly Via, Festival Choir conductor | Concert, Flute Choir |
| Saturday 5:15-6:15 PM Potomac | Guest Artist Concert Rhonda Larson Announcement of the Young Artist and Collegiate Soloist Competitions Results Krista Jobson, Competitions Coordinator | Concert, Guest Artist |
| Saturday 7:00 - 8:00 PM Potomac | Buffet Dinner & Cash Bar Pre-purchased ticket required | Buffet |
| Saturday 8:15-9:15 PM Potomac | Guest Artist Concert R. Carlos Nakai | Concert, Guest Artist |
| Sunday 7:30-5:00 PM Lobby | Registration Open | Registration |
| Sunday 7:30-8:30 AM Piedmont | Morning Yoga Matthew Allison | Workshop |
| Sunday 8:00-8:50 AM Chrysalis | Dynamic Integration: Body Movement and Mapping Eva Amsler | Workshop |
| Sunday 8:00-10:00 AM Potomac III | Rehearsal: Mid-Atlantic High School Flute Choir | Rehearsal |
| Sunday 8:30-9:30 AM Red Fox | Flute Lover's Breakfast with Rhonda Larson Pre-purchase Required | Lecture, Guest Artist, meal |
| Sunday 9:00-9:50 AM Potomac I | Celebrating 25 Years of Excellence Dan Paraksy Studio | Recital |
| Sunday 9:00-9:50 AM Colvin Run | Celebrating Our Stories in Sound: Intermediate Works from Diverse Voices Alicia Kosack | Recital |
| Sunday 9:00-9:50 AM Chrysalis | Practicing the Elements of Clear Articulation Dr. Cate Hummel | Workshop |
| Sunday 9:00 AM-10:30 PM Sully | Modern Masterworks for Flute: Duo by Chappy Gibb and Second Sonata by Yuko Uebayashi Chappy Gibb, Ariana Bendit | Recital |
| Sunday 9:30-10:20 AM Piedmont | Celebrating Inclusion: Performance by the Me2 Flute Orchestra Dr. Eileen Yarrison | Recital |
| Sunday 10:00-10:50 AM Potomac I | R. Carlos Nakai Demonstrates & Discusses Native American Flute and Musical Life Aspiration R. Carlos Nakai, Guest Artist | Lecture, Guest Artist |
| Sunday 10:00-10:50 AM Chrysalis | Your Story, Your Identity, Your Music: Using Music Imagery to Heal the Musical Self Krystine Smith | Workshop |
| Sunday 10:15 AM - 10:45 AM Belmont Foyer | Flute Choir Showcase Apple Valley Flute Choir | Flute Choir |
| Sunday 10:30 AM- 3:30 PM Belmont lV | Exhibit Hall Open | Exhibit |
| Sunday 10:30-11:20 AM Sully | Hope Can Never Be Silent: Celebrating Queer History and Stories Through Contemporary Flute Music Dr. Joshua Stine, Caleb Estrada-Valentin | Recital |
| Sunday 10:45-11:45 AM Piedmont | Celebrating American Duos and Trios for Woodwinds Joshua Brancaleone, Lish Lindsey, Triage Trio- Dr. Eileen Yarrison | Recital |
| Sunday 11:00-11:25AM Potomac lll | Celebrating the American Woodwind Quintet Suderman Winds | recital |
| Sunday 11:00-11:40 AM Potomac I | Military Band Flutist Careers Angela McCuiston and a panel with Military Band Flutists | Panel Discussion |
| Sunday 11:00 AM-12:00 PM Colvin Run | Honors Competition, Final Round Jessica Banks, coordinator | Competition |
| Sunday 11:00-11:50 AM Chrysalis | Beyond the Stage: Building Sustainable Careers Through Artistry, Innovation, and Relationships Dan Parasky, Eftihia Arkoudis, Iva Ugrcic | Lecture |
| Sunday 11:00-11:50 AM Red Fox | NFA Low Flutes Choir | Recital, Flute Choir |
| Sunday 11:30 AM -12:20 PM Potomac lll | Baroque Flute for Modern Flutists with a Human Touch Eva Amsler | Lecture |
| Sunday 11:30 AM-12:00 PM Belmont Foyer | Flute Choir Showcase Arlington Flute Ensemble | Flute Choir |
| Sunday 11:30 AM-1:00 PM Sully | Celebrating Joachim Andersen: Film Screening and Performance Dr. Kyle Dzapo | Lecture Recital |
| Sunday 12:00-12:50 PM Chrysalis | Music Strong: Preventing and Overcoming Overuse Injuries Through Strength Training Angela McCuiston | Workshop |
| Sunday 12:00-1:00 PM Piedmont | Mid-Atlantic High School Flute Choir Concert Tabatha Easley, conductor Susan Carmichael-Kerry, coordinator | Concert, Flute Choir |
| Sunday 12:30-1:00 PM Belmont Foyer | Flute Choir Showcase UMass - Amherst Flute Ensemble | Flute Choir |
| Sunday 1:15-1:45 PM Belmont Foyer | Flute Choir Showcase Frederick Community College Flute Choir | Flute Choir |
| Sunday 1:30-3:00 PM Potomac | Concerto Concert Celebrating 250 Years of America US Air Force Band | Concert |
| Sunday 3:30-4:45 PM Potomac | Guest Artist Masterclass with Rhonda Larson Sarah Casey-Fantini, coordinator Announcement of Honors Competition results precedes the class Krista Jobson, Competitions Coordinator | Masterclass, Guest Artist |
| Sunday 5:00 PM Potomac | Closing Session - Mass Flute Choir Shenandoah Bring your flute! | Closing Event, Flute Choir |