2026 Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention Schedule of Events
Schedule is subject to change.
Check a box to sort the schedule by day, event type (workshop, concert, etc.) or combine day and event type. Use the search bar to search by name.| Time & Meeting Room | Events | |
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| Friday 5:00-8:00 PM Lobby | Registration Open | Registration |
| Friday 7:00-9:00 PM Red Fox | High School Flute Choir Rehearsal | Rehearsal |
| Friday 7:30-9:30 PM Potomac I | Festival Flute Choir Rehearsal | Rehearsal |
| Saturday 7:30-5:00 PM Lobby | Registration Open | Registration |
| Saturday Belmont Foyer | Flute Choir Showcase | Flute Choir |
| Saturday 9:00-10:00 AM Potomac | Opening Gala Concert with US Army Soldier Musicians | Concert |
| Saturday 10:00 AM -5:00 PM Belmont | Exhibit Hall Open | Exhibit Hall |
| Saturday 10:00 -10:50 AM Potomac I | Celebrating Iranian Composers Dr. Kelariz Keshevarz | Recital |
| Saturday 10:00-12:00 AM Potomac III | Junior Flute Choir Rehearsal | Rehearsal |
| Saturday 10:00-10:20 AM Colvin Run | Celebrating Hope, Hope Will Not Be Silent Robert Cart, Sammy Holloman | Recital |
| 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 10:00-10:50 AM Chrysalis | Smart, Silly, Sound: Playful Pedagogy that Works Dr. Brittany Patterson | Workshop |
| Saturday 10:00 AM-12:00 PM Red Fox | Mid-Atlantic High School Flute Choir Rehearsal | Rehearsal |
| Saturday 10:15-11:00 AM Piedmont | DC Flutes Rehearsal | Rehearsal |
| Saturday 10:30-11:30 AM Colvin Run | Young Artist Competition, Final Round | Competition |
| 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 Zephyra Quintet, Meghan Bennet, Aimee Toner, Joshua Brancaleone | Recital |
| Saturday 11:00 AM-12:00 PM Piedmont | DC Flutes | Recital, 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, Zephyra 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 | 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 12:00-1:25 PM Red Fox | Celebrating Flute Choirs Zach Meier, Adrian McGrady, Flor Rodriguez, Arturo Rodrigues, Vincenzo Volpe | 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 1:00-1:25 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 | Curved World: Multimedia Performance on Driftwood Hand Crafted from the New River in WV Nina Assimakopoulos, George Willis | Recital |
| Saturday 1:00-1:50 PM Piedmont | Ensemble Ottavino: Celebrating the Works of Melvin Lauf Jr. Melvin Lauf Jr. and Ensemble Ottavino | 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 Caleb Estrada Valentin, Daniel Cueto | Recital |
| Saturday 1:15-2:00 PM Potomac III | From Fearful to Flourishing: Changing Flute Studio Culture from Toxic to Empowering Rebecca C. Barry | Lecture |
| Saturday 1:30-1:55 PM Chrysalis | Preparing and Navigating the University Flute Audition Process Dr. Lauren Zwonik, Dr. Sammy Holloman | Lecture |
| Saturday 1:30-2:20 PM Sully | Drag Yourself to the Stage: Finding Your Story and Sound Kylie Fortissimo, Taylor Irelan | Workshop |
| Saturday 1:45-2:35 PM Potomac I | From Puerto Rico to Peru: Caleb Estrada Valentin Brings Us to Puerto Rico, Daniel Cueto Plays His Works Caleb Estrada Valentin, Daniel Cueto | Recital |
| Saturday 2:00-2:25 PM Colvin Run | 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 | It's High Time for a Reconceptualization of the History of Women in Music! Dr. Deborah Saidel | Lecture |
| Saturday 2:00-2:50 PM Potomac III | Celebrating the Legacy of the American Woodwind Quintet: Commissions and Classics Patagonia Winds and Sunderman Winds | Recital |
| Saturday 2:00-2:50 PM Piedmont | Rule of Three: Celebrating the Journey of a Flute Trio | Recital |
| Saturday 2:15-4:00 PM Potomac I | Festival Flute Choir Rehearsal | Rehearsal |
| Saturday 2:15-4:00 PM Potomac I | Junior Flute Choir Rehearsal | Rehearsal |
| 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 | Celebrating the Musical Legacy of William Billings: Hitorical Performance and Presentation Middlesex County Volunteers | Lecture Recital |
| Saturday 2:30-3:20 PM Chrysalis | Cultural Lens and Creative Purpose: Grounding Identity for Collective Well-Being Sofia Hailu | Lecture |
| Saturday 2:45-4:00 PM Potomac I | Festival Flute Choir Rehearsal | Rehearsal |
| Saturday 2:45-4:00 PM Potomac I | 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 Sully | Chopin Reimagined: Elevating the Flute's Romantic Voice Dr. Vanessa Fourla | Lecture Recital |
| Saturday 3:30-4:20 PM Chrysalis | Heritage and Harmony: Analysis of Flute and Fife Pedagogy Dr. Lauren Zwonik | 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 5:00-6:00 PM Potomac | Guest Artist Concert with Rhonda Larson | Concert, Guest Artist |
| Saturday 7:30 PM Potomac | Dinner Buffet Open | Buffet |
| Saturday 8:00-9:00 PM Potomac | Cabaret Artist Concert R. Carlos Nakai | Concert |
| Sunday 7:30-5:00 PM Lobby | Registration Open | Registration |
| Sunday Belmont Foyer | Flute Choir Showcase | Flute Choir |
| 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 | 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 |
| Sunday 9:00-9:50 AM Potomac I | Celebrating 25 Years of Excellence: The 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 9:00-10:30 AM Sully | Celebrating Joachim Andersen: Film Screening and Performance Dr. Kyle Dzapo | Lecture Recital |
| Sunday 9:30-10:20 AM Piedmont | Celebrating Inclusion: Performance by the Me2 Flute Orchestra Dr. Eileen Yarrison | Recital |
| Sunday 10:00-11:00 AM Colvin Run | Honors Competiton Finalists Rehearsal | Rehearsal |
| Sunday 10:00-10:50 AM Potomac I | R. Carlos Nakai Demonstrates and Discusses Native American Flute and Musical Life Aspiration R. Carlos Nakai, Guest Artist | Lecture, Guest Artist |
| Sunday 10:30 AM- 3:00 PM Belmont | 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 11:00-11:40 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 | Competition |
| Sunday 11:00-11:50 AM Red Fox | NFA Low Flutes Choir | Recital, Flute Choir |
| Sunday 11:00-11:50 AM Chrysalis | Baroque Flute for Modern Flutists with a Human Touch Eva Amsler | Lecture |
| Sunday 11:30 AM-1:00 PM Sully | Modern Masterworks for Flute Chappy Gibb, Ariana Bendit | Recital |
| Sunday 12:00-1:00 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 | Concert, Flute Choir |
| Sunday 1:30-3:00 PM Potomac | Concerto Concert Celebrating 250 Years of America US Air Force Band | Concert |
| Sunday 3:00-5:00 PM Potomac | Guest Artist Master Class with Rhonda Larson | Masterclass, Guest Artist |
| Sunday 4:45 PM Potomac | Closing Session - Mass Flute Choir Shenandoah Bring your flute! | Closing Event, Flute Choir |