Renew your Dues for 2020!
Renew your membership for 2020! Memberships will run through December 31, 2020.
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 Boose
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 Sharon Sparrow Recital & Masterclass Saturday, October 10, 2020
SEMFA 2nd Annual Flute Choir Festival
Saturday, March 28, 2020 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
North Congregational Church
36520 W. 12 Mile Rd., Farmington Hills, MI 48331
Admission: SEMFA Members FREE - Non-members $10.00 (Pay at door)
Mass Flute Choir piece:“Prelude to Rhosymedre” by Vaughan Williams arranger Nancy Nourse
Contact for parts: Dr. Deborah Rebeck Ash - drash17@yahoo.com
For Flute Choir Directors interested in performing:
Flute Choir Performance Information: Performance max. 15 min, 8 spots Contact: Gail Green - gailgreenstudio@gmail.com
1 - Send names of members performing
2 - Submit name of performance piece
Schedule:
9:00 a.m. Set-up/registration (Pay at the door)
9:30 a.m. Warm-up session with Melissa Mashner
9:50 a.m. Tuning session with Dr. Deborah Rebeck Ash
10:10 a.m. Mass Flute Choir rehearsal with Dr. Deborah Rebeck Ash
10:30 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. Flute Choir Performances
12:45 p.m. Mass Flute Choir Performance
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Wecome to Dr. Deborah Rebeck Ash as the
new SEMFA Flute Choir Director!
Besides being a founding member of SEMFA, Dr. Deborah Rebeck Ash has conducted flute choirs at the University of Windsor, the University of Michigan Summer Camp and for ten years at Concordia University Flute Camp. An original member of the SEMFA Flute Choir on bass flute, she has been touring the world on alto flute with the International Flute Orchestra since 2007 and the Metropolitan Flute Orchestra (Boston) since 2012. She also performs with the Michigan Flute Orchestra, the Song of the Angels Flute Orchestra and the Daytona State College and Community Flute Choir when her schedule permits. She directed three handbell choirs at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Ann Arbor for 19 years, Westminster Flutes for over 30 years, and performed with the Plymouth Symphony Orchestra for 30 years (23 as principal). Dr. Ash currently conducts the Peace Jubilee Brass Band and teaches flute at Emerson School in Ann Arbor.
Information to join will be on the SEMFA Flute Choir website page
2020 Competitions
Requirements announced in May 2020
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Spring Festival Dr. Tom Moore April 19, 2020
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SEMFA Spring Festival Sunday, April 19, 2020 Time: 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Dr. Tom Moore Lecture of "50 Unknown Flutists" from the 19th century, followed by a Concert of music from that time period and ending with an Afterglow of French Pastries!
SEMFA Members $15.00 Non-members $20.00
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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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2020 Summer Workshops TBA
Flute Ensemble Workshop 2019
was hosted by
Flute World
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Low Flute Workshop 2019
was hosted by
Flute Specialists
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