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Schedule of Events

2020 Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention

Hilton Washington Dulles Airport

13869 Park Center Rd, Herndon, VA 20171

Subject to change—Updated 1/16/2020

Hotel Meeting Rooms Layout

Friday, February 14, 2020
7:30–8:30 pm
Lobby
BADGE PICKUP
preregistered attendees only
7:30–9:30 pm
Piedmont
FESTIVAL FLUTE CHOIR
Rehearsal

Saturday, February 15, 2020
7:30 am–5:30 pm
Lobby
REGISTRATION DESK OPEN
8:30–9:20 am
Sully
MORNING WARM-UP — Bring your flute!
Taffanel + Lizzo: A New Approach to Warming Up
Erika Boysen
8:45am–2:45pm
Belmont Lobby
FLUTE CHOIR SHOWCASE
Southern Maryland, William Diamond, Chesapeake, Stonewall Flutes, Langley Singing Flutes, Spartan Flutes, Crystal City
9:00–9:50 am
Tarara
COLLEGIATE SOLOIST COMPETITION
9:30–10:20 am
Red Fox
WORKSHOP

Tongue Tied — Articulation and Etude of the Week 

Dustin White, Katy Wherry

9:30–10:20 am
Colvin Run

RECITAL
Our Local World
Kimberly Reighley, Ceylon Mitchell, Carla Campopiano
9:45–10:35 am
Sully
WORKSHOP
Creating Community
Katherine Emeneth
10:00am–5:00pm
Belmont
EXHIBIT HALL OPEN
9:45am–10:35 pm
Potomac I
RECITAL
Flute Music by French Women Composers
Leonard Garrison
10:15am–11:05 pm
Tarara
FLUTE CHOIR READING SESSION - Bring your flutes!
Led by Linda Kirkpatrick
10:45–11:35 am
Colvin Run
STUDENT MASTER CLASS
10:45–11:35 am
Chrysalis
RECITAL
All The Single Ladies: Solo Flute Works by Women Composers
David Ordovsky, Dustin White, Jeiran Hasan, Carol Shansky, Jennifer Rodriguez, Lydia Carroll
10:45–11:15 am
Red Fox
LECTURE RECITAL
Composer Spotlight - Shulamit Ran
Elizabeth Brightbill, Beth Chandler
11:00–11:50 am
Sully
LECTURE RECITAL
Women from the Land of Extremes
Pamela de Sensi
11:00–11:50 am
Potomac I
RECITAL
American Women in Flight
Laurel Zucker, Laura Benning, Gwyn Jones, Sarah McIver, Troy Paolantonio, Cynthia Rugolo
11:00–11:50 am
Potomac III
WORKSHOP — Bring Your Flute! 
Everything I Learned about Music I Learned in an Etude
Angela McBrearty
11:30am–1:00pm
Lobby
PRE-ORDERED LUNCHES may be picked up at the convention registration desk
12:00–12:30 pm
Belmont
VISIT THE EXHIBITS 
12:30–1:00 pm
Piedmont
RECITAL
DCFlutes in Concert
Aaron Goldman and Sandra Ragusa, directors
12:30–1:20 pm
Chrysalis
RECITAL
The Bionic Woman: Commissioned Electroacoustic
Works by Female Composers
Linday Goodman
12:30–1:20 pm
Potomac I
RECITAL:
East Asian Women Composers
Grace Wang
12:45–1:35 pm
Sully
LECTURE:
Julianna’s Journey: Focal Dystonia and Deep Brain Surgery
Julianna Nickel
12:45–1:35 pm
Potomac III
LECTURE RECTIAL
Katherine Hoover: Music and Mentorship
Zara Lawler
1:00–2:00 pm
Potomac 1
YOUNG ARTIST COMPETITION
1:15–2:05 pm
Corcoran
WORKSHOP
Let’s Duo, Let’s Trio, Let’s Quartet!
Carmen Marulanda
1:30–2:20 pm
Chrysalis
WORKSHOP
Stepping Outside the Box: How to Successfully Teach Online
Katelyn Kaiser
1:30–2:45 pm
Potomac I
RECITAL
Mid-Atlantic Orchestral Flutists Showcase
Rachel Ordaz, Kimberly Reighley, Lindsay Goodman, Amal Gochenour
1:45–2:35 pm
Sully
WORKSHOP:
The Senior Adult Amateur Flutist: Common Physical Problems and Proposed Pedagogical Solutions
Korinne Smith
2:15–3:05 pm
Colvin Run
RECITAL
Legendary Career of Laurel Zucker
Laurel Zucker
2:15–3:05 pm
Red Fox
RECITAL
Flutes on Fire!
Nina Assimakopoulos, Michelle Li, Dustin White, Jacob Labarge, Lauren Zwonik, Ethan Nylander, Jacey Crayton, Juan Carlos Narvaez, Lydia Moenssen, Tyler Schmidt, Skyler Stone, Arianna Bendit
2:30–3:30 pm
Potomac III
RECITAL
Impromptu Soliloquys and Shadowy Shapes: Duos for Upper Woodwinds by Women Composers
Rebecca Johnson, Carol Shansky
2:45–3:35 pm
Chrysalis
WORKSHOP
Flute is a DRAG! Channeling Your Inner Diva
Kylie Fortissimo (Taylor Irelan)
3:00–3:50 pm
Sully
LECTURE RECTIAL
Musical Hybridity and Cultural Influences in
Valerie Coleman’s “Wish” and “Fammi Imen”
Brittany Trotter
3:30–4:20 pm
Colvin Run
RECITAL
Flute New Music Consortium Celebrates the Flute Poetic and Women Composers
Carmen Lemoine, Katherine Emeneth, Lisa Westervelt, Brianne Little
4:00–4:50 pm
Piedmont
JUNIOR & FESTIVAL FLUTE CHOIRS
Gay Kahkonen and Aaron Goldman, conductors
4:00–4:50 pm
Chrysalis
RECITAL:
Deeper into the Canyon: A Story of Inspiration, Rejection, and
Redemption with Katherine Hoover’s “Canyon “Shadows”
Joanne Lazarro
4:15–5:05 pm
Sully
LECTURE RECITAL
Life and Works of Katherine Hoover
Wendela-Claire van Swol
4:30–5:20 pm
Colvin Run
RECITAL
Katherine Hoover Pulls at Your Heart (guitar) Strings and Motherly Inspirations
Kate Steinbeck, Adrienne Tedjamilia, Seungmin Oh
5:30–7:00 pm
Potomac
GUEST ARTIST CONCERT
JASMINE CHOI, flute
Hugh Sung, piano
Award presentation for Student Honors,Collegiate Soloist, and Young Artist will be prior to the concert
7:30–9:00 pm
Red Fox
JAZZ CABARET
With Delandria Mills
Pre-purchased buffet dinner will be served in the room. Wristbands MUST be worn to enter serving area.
Cash bar available

Sunday, February 16, 2020
8:30–9:30 am
Red Fox
FLUTE LOVERS' BREAKFAST
With Jasmine Choi
9:00am–3:30pm
Lobby
REGISTRATION DESK OPEN
9:30–10:20 am
Tarara
MORNING WARMUP - Bring Your Flutes! 
Flutes in Motion!
Nina Assimakopoulos
9:45am–3:15 pm
Belmont Lobby		FLUTE CHOIR SHOWCASE
Flutes on the Brink, Centre Park, Anita’s Flutes, , Flute Cocktail, George Mason University
9:45–10:35 am
Colvin Run
RECITAL:
Music for 1, 2, and 3 by Our Mid-Atlantic Heroines
Audra Ziegal, Valerie Cowan, Kristen Gygi, Conor Nelson
9:45–10:35 am
Sully
LECTURE RECITAL
Undaunted: Women in the Fife and Drum Community
Larissa Sasgen, members of the Fife and Drums of Colonial Williamsburg and other area Fife and Drum Corps
9:45–10:35 am
Potomac I
RECTIAL
Nevertheless, She Sang: Works for Flute, Voice, and Piano
Brianne Little, Rik Noyce
10:15–11:05 am
Potomac III
RECITAL
Beyond the Drawing Room: Early Music by Women
Maria Gabriela Alvarado
10:30am–3:30pm
Belmont
EXHIBIT HALL OPEN
10:30-11:20 am
Piedmont
MID-ATLANTIC HIGH SCHOOL FLUTE CHOIR
Debbie Gilbert, conductor
10:45–11:35 am
Chrysalis
WORKSHOP/RECITAL - Bring Your Flutes! 
Flute Loops: A Performance and Workshop of Non-Jazz Improvisational Artistry
Leanna Keith
11:00–11:50 am
Sully
RECITAL
Mid-Atlantic Orchestral Flutists Showcase
Kathleen Nester, Erica Peel, Kellie Henry, Alice Weinreb
11:00–11:50 am
Colvin Run
RECITAL
Generations of George Mason University Play
Works by Katherine Hoover and Valerie Coleman
Julianna Nickel
11:00–11:50 am
Potomac I		RECITAL: Current(on) Women
Julietta Currenton, Evelyn Currenton
11:30am–1:00pm
Lobby
PRE-ORDERED LUNCHES may be picked up at the convention registration desk
12:00–12:30 pm
Belmont
VISIT THE EXHIBITS
12:30–1:20 pm
Sully
WORKSHOP
Performance Anxiety Tool Kit
Kristen Gygi
12:30–1:20 pm
Colvin Run
RECITAL
Amanda Harberg Plays Music of Amanda Harberg
Erica Peel, Patagonia Winds, Amanda Harberg
12:30–1:00 pm
Potomac
RECITAL
Adult Amateur Performer Competition
12:30–1:00 pm
Tarara
RECITAL
Project Syrinx
Zoe Sorrell
12:45–1:35 pm
Veritas
FLUTE CHOIR READING SESSION - Bring Your Flutes! 
Jazz Flute Big Band
With Ali Ryerson
1:00–1:50 pm
Potomac
RECITAL
Music of Iranian Women Composers
Roya Farzaneh, Mehrdad Gholami
1:15–2:05 pm
Chrysalis
RECITAL
Flute and String Chamber Music by Women Composers
Laura Benning, Mark Simon, Bryan Cook, Jeff Ward, Wendy Chinn,
David Brown, Caroline Brethauer, Joanna Taylor, Peter Ostle
1:30–2:20 pm
Sully
RECITAL
Music of LGBTQ Composers
Kenneth Cox
1:30–2:20 pm
Colvin Run
RECITAL:
League of Extraordinary Women: Works by European
And Modern American “Sheroes”
Erika Boysen, Meghan Jacoby, Lisa Westervelt
2:15–3:05 pm
Potomac
RECITAL
Culminating Katherine Hoover
Nina Assimakopoulos, Troy Paolantonio, Joanne Lazarro, Laurel Zucker, Jasmine Choi
2:30–3:20 pm
Colvin Run
RECITAL
Music of Yuko Uebayashi
Julee Kim Walker, Sonia Candelaria, Nayoung Ham, Stephanie Hoeckley
2:30–3:20 pm
Sully
RECITAL:
Vive la Femme!: Works for Wind Quintet by Modern Women Composers
Patagonia Winds - Melissa Lindon, Emily Tsai, Emily Robinson, Jay Chadwick, Tia Wortham
3:3–5:00 pm
Potomac
GUEST ARTIST MASTER CLASS
With JASMINE CHOI
At the conclusion of the Guest Artist Masterclass, Bring your flutes for the premier participatory performance of “Shenandoah”, arranged and conducted by Alexandra Molnar-Suhajda Baldwin.