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Renew your Dues   for 2019!

Renew your membership for 2019! Memberships will run through December 31, 2019.

Please click on "Join" under the Membership tab and select "Student, Adult, Family, or Lifetime" membership category. You can then conveniently pay through our Paypal link.

We also have the membership form on the website that you can download and send in with your dues payment (checks payable to SEMFA) to:

Melanie Godo
600 Akram
Oxford, MI 48371

***To be listed in our SEMFA Teacher Directory, dues must be currently up to date and membership active. Questions about membership standing can be directed to info@semfa.org***

SEMFA Fall Festival                                      Bonita Boyd in Recital and Masterclass      Saturday, October 5, 2019

Southeast Michigan Flute Association is excited to announce our Fall Festival  

Recital and Masterclass featuring Guest Artist 

Bonita Boyd, Professor of Flute at Eastman School of Music and International Soloist with Pianist Casey Robards. 

Saturday, October 5, 2019 - 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

*Morning includes Competitions, Workshops, Exhibitors 

**Recital at 1:00 p.m. - Masterclasses 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

***SEMFA Members Showcase - 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

  North Congregational Church, 36520 West 12 Mile Road, Farmington Hills 

$25.00 for SEMFA Members - $30.00 for Non-Members 

Masterclass participant information will be posted May 1, 2019

 

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2019 Competitions

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Do something today that your future self will thank you for :) Thank you NFA and thank you Salt Lake City for an incredible week! Until next year! #nfa2019 #nationalfluteconvention #semfa #southeastmichiganfluteassociation #saltlakecity #saltlakecityutah
Time to plan ahead for your final day at the 2019 NFA Convention! Here is your fourth social media blast of NFA events to check out on Sunday, August 4th featuring members of our SEMFA Community! Sunday, August 4th 11:15-11:40am Exhibitor Showcase: Don't Quit! Ergonomic Headjoint Solutions with Flute Specialists, Inc. Explore solutions with Angela McCuiston (NFA Performance Healthcare Committee) and Robert Johnson (Flute Specialists, Inc.). Headjoints are designed by FluteLab and Bertrem to relieve pain and discomfort on your flute. All items are available exclusively at booth 301. Try them for yourself! Sunday, August 4th 4:00pm, Ballroom AC Founding SEMFA member Deborah Rebeck Ash and SEMFA President Gail Green will perform with the Low Flute Orchestra! #semfa #nationalfluteconvention2019 #nfa #nfa2019 #southeastmichiganfluteassociation #fluteplayers
Rise and Shine, SEMFA Flutists! Here is your third social media blast of NFA events to check out for tomorrow, August 3rd featuring members of our SEMFA Community! Saturday, August 3rd 8:45-9:15am Saturday Morning Morsels! This short program will fill your soul for a day of music. Flutists include Hanna Weiss, Ashley Shank, and A. Lish Lindsey performing Four Preludes on East Asian Pipes Vol 2. for Piccolo (Leon) and Shakuhachi Suite (Scott). Saturday, August 3rd 9:00-9:25am, Exhibition Hall Exhibitor Showcase: Flute Specialists, Inc. \
Good morning SEMFA community! Here is your second social media blast of NFA events to check out tomorrow, August 2nd featuring members of our SEMFA Community! Friday, August 2nd 9:30-10:30am Flute Choir Reading Session: The Classics Go To Hollywood! It's all about the bass.... and alto, and contra! Explore exciting new ensemble repertoire for low flutes, directed by Paige Dashner Long and Phyllis Avidan Louke. From classics to popular music from film and TV, participants will read through a wide variety of musical genres. SEMFA flutist Deborah Rebeck Ash will be performing on alto flute with Paige Long's Select Ensemble of Low Flutes. Friday, August 2nd 10:00-10:30am, Exhibition Hall \
The NFA begins TOMORROW! Here is your social media blast of NFA events to check out featuring members of our SEMFA Community on August 1st! Thursday, August 1st 9:00am, Ballroom AC SEMFA President Gail Green and founding SEMFA member Deborah Rebeck Ash perform bass flute and alto flute with the Great Salt Lake Flute Orchestra at the Annual Meeting and Opening Orchestra Concert! Thursday, August 1st 10:15am, Ballroom F BETA Quartet featuring SEMFA member Tatiana Cassetta and flutists Meg Brennan, Eftihia Arkoudis, and Alyssa Schwartz performs a variety of works by memory in the Chamber Music Summit 1! Thursday, August 1 12:00 pm SEMFA flutist Deborah Rebeck Ash will be performing on alto flute with Paige Long's Select Ensemble of Low Flutes as part of the Submerged program. Thursday, August 1st 1:30-3:00pm Flute Composing Speakeasy with Nicole Chamberlain. In the spirit of Katherine Hoover's contributions to the flute world, this special NFA composer workshop will guide flutists into creating their own music. Composers Valerie Coleman, Nicole Chamberlain and Amanda Harberg will lead a two-part event including a masterclass on their own music, followed a workshop designed to encourage aspiring flutist-composers, who will have a chance to perform their own works for feedback from the panel of composers. Thursday, August 1st 2:00-3:00pm Flute Choir Showcase 1: SEMFA flutist Deborah Rebeck Ash performs with the Song of the Angels Flute Choir on alto flute! Thursday, August 1st 2:00-3:00pm The Journey to Inclusion: This panel/forum will address the many different forms of exclusion that occur in various work and educational settings and consider strategies for increasing the inclusion and success of all members of the flute community. Panelists include Brian Dunbar, Eileen Grycky, William Linthicum-Blackhorse, Jeiran Hasan and Catherine Ramirez. Moderated by SEMFA member Caen Thomason-Redus and James Miller. #semfa #nfa2019 #nationalfluteconvention2019 #southeastmichiganfluteassociation
SEMFA Flutists are well-represented at the 2019 National Flute Association Convention this week! If you are planning to be in attendance, check out the list of events on Facebook featuring SEMFA members performing and/or presenting at the 2019 NFA Convention! Stay tuned for a daily social blast of the events happening the next day in Salt Lake City! #nfa #fluteconvention #saltlakecity #semfa #nationalfluteconvention2019 #nfaflute2019 #southeastmichiganfluteassociation #experience
#Repost Thank you @flutespecialists for hosting our Low Flutes Festival this past weekend, thanks to everyone who attended, and thanks to @gail_flute, our SEMFA President for everything she does for our flute community! We had a great time 💙 Be sure to follow @flutespecialists to keep up to date on their amazing work! ・・・ @semfaflute in the house! We had a great weekend hosting the Low Flutes Festival 🎵 be sure to follow @semfaflute and stay in the loop with all things flute here in southeast Michigan! ✋ #semfa #flutespecialists #fluteplayers #lowflutes #lowflutesfestival #lowflutesensemble #localpartnerships #flutecommunity
Please join Michigan-native flutists Alyssa Primeau and Francesca Leo accompanied by pianist Liz Ames for a benefit recital supporting Detroit Arts Education on Tuesday, July 30 @ 6 pm at the Cambridge Conservatory. Enjoy an evening of beautiful flute repertoire spanning from romantic to contemporary genres. Ticket proceeds will go towards Living Arts Detroit, an organization that supports music and art programs in public education schools throughout the city of Detroit. Light appetizers and beverages will be served at the reception. #detroitarts #detroiteducation #cambridge #cambridgeconservatory #michiganflutes #michigan #michigannative #flutists #flutistsofinstagram
SEMFA is so excited to collaborate with the generosity is Flute Specialists for our Low Flutes Ensemble Workshop on July 20th! The workshop will cover techniques specifically for Low Flutes along with reading music composed for Low Flutes. If you own an alto or bass flute, bring them and if not and always wanted to try an alto or bass flute, there will be one available to you to play. Flute Specialists will also allow us to use music from their music library. Please RSVP to Gail Green - gailgreenstudio@gmail.com Hope to see you there! #lowflutes #ensembleplaying #flutespecialists #semfa #southeastmichiganfluteassociation #lowflutesensemble #altoflute #altoflutes #bassflute #bassflutes
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Sir James Galway Concert - 3/27/20

Mark your calendars and get your    tickets early!

Sir James Galway with Lady Jeanne Galway will be performing at Hill Auditorium on Friday, March 27, 2020 @ 8:00 p.m. - Sponsored by University Musical Society - UMS.

Code: SEMFA will unlock $12/$20 tickets for students and 20% off for adults.  You can go online to ums.org, call 734-764-2538 or come in person to the Michigan League.  The promo code will expire 2.5 hours prior to the event and cannot be applied to previously purchased tickets.  

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    SEMFA's Summer Workshops                    were fantastic!

     Flute Ensemble Workshop

        Saturday, June 1, 2019

                    hosted by    

             Flute World                         

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                  Low Flute                              Ensemble Workshop

      Saturday, July 20, 2019

                   hosted by

            Flute Specialists

      

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