The GCFS seeks to further the interest of flute
through performance and education
Our next big event: recital and masterclass with robert dick
The Greater Cleveland Flute Society is proud to announce a masterclass with flutist Robert Dick
Saturday, November 6, 2021
noon-4:30
at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
2747 Fairmount Blvd in Cleveland Heights
~Audience members must wear masks~
PLEASE NOTE LOCATION-- This is different from our usual place and day of week!
The GCFS is sponsoring a recorded competition for the opportunity to perform.
Up to 3 performers will be chosen from the recorded auditions, open to any age flutist, all levels (including professional).
Click here for the Masterclass application and further details
Annual Events
Fall Recital & Masterclass
Clarinet and Flute Choirs Collaboration Concert
Fall Recital & Masterclass
Robert Dick
Saturday, Nov 6, 2021
In person and live-streamed
Recital and Masterclass
Admission free for
students and members of the GCFS.
Non-member adult admission is $10
~Audience members must wear masks~
noon-4:30 pm
Audience registration closes at 5pm ET on Friday, Nov 5th
"Just Us" Recital
Clarinet and Flute Choirs Collaboration Concert
Fall Recital & Masterclass
Sunday, Sept 19, 2021
This year's Just Us was a delightful mix of solo and ensemble numbers followed by our signature flute choir reading party, socially distanced (of course) in the airy Buckeye Shelter at the Cleveland Metroparks North Chagrin Reservation.
Students and non-students alike are welcome to perform in this annual event in a friendly and supportive setting.
Clarinet and Flute Choirs Collaboration Concert
Clarinet and Flute Choirs Collaboration Concert
Clarinet and Flute Choirs Collaboration Concert
Our collaboration with the
Venner Clarinet Choir
is on hold until post-pandemic
Each ensemble presents a half-program showcasing the lowest to highest versions of their instrument families. The grand finale is a combination of both flute and clarinet choirs!
This concert is free and open to the public
Erie Waters Flute Ensemble
Cleveland Composers Connection
Clarinet and Flute Choirs Collaboration Concert
All public performances are on hold
The performing flute choir of the Greater Cleveland Flute Society
was last featured on the
"Music in a Sacred Space" series at
the Church of the Resurrection
in Solon, OH
Cleveland Composers Connection
Cleveland Composers Connection
Cleveland Composers Connection
Sunday, April 24, 2022
Anticipated Live Event
We will be following the latest guidelines on in-person performances, and hope to present our top submissions from the 2020 competition. Details to follow!
Future submissions will be considered for our 2023 concert.
~Click the details button for more info~
This annual event showcases works of Northeast Ohio composers and their compositions
featuring the flute.
Area Events
Cleveland Composers Connection
Cleveland Composers Connection
Bryan Kennard plays Jazz at the Bop Stop!
Thursday, November 11, 2021 @ 7:00pm
The Bop Stop
2920 Detroit Ave, Cleveland
for more information:
https://www.themusicsettlement.org/events/2021/11/11/bryan-kennard-quintet-bop-stop
Check out our online flute choir offering:
"African Noel," arranged by Ann Cameron Pearce,
Video production by Bryan Kennard.
revisit our composers Listening Party!
A variation on our annual Cleveland Composers Connection
Here's a chance to gain insight on how composers approach writing for the flute!
Here's a chance to gain insight on how composers approach writing for the flute!
Sunday, April 25, 2021
3PM
Virtual Event
The April 2021 Composers Connection was a livestreamed LISTENING PARTY! Composers Larry Baker and Nick Underhill joined us for a discussion and sampling of their music.
Here's a chance to gain insight on how composers approach writing for the flute!
Here's a chance to gain insight on how composers approach writing for the flute!
Here's a chance to gain insight on how composers approach writing for the flute!
To view, just click on this link:
https://youtu.be/xMgXYO7ZiXI
This Virtual Event runs about 90 minutes, and features the flute music of both Larry Baker and Nick Underhill, two Cleveland composers who have contributed multiple masterpieces to our Cleveland Composers Connection concerts of past years. As a special treat, flutist Linda Miller gave a live performance of "Coil" for solo flute by Larry Baker!
traveling minstrels
This fantastic outreach program takes our flute music into senior living facilities and nursing homes every 6 to 8 weeks.
All GCFS members are welcome and encouraged to participate!
Bonnie Svetlik and Ann Droste are co-chairmen.
This is a wonderful opportunity for us to use music to brighten the day for those who can't get "out and about"
like we can. Please join us if you can!
The gathering of Minstrels is on hold until conditions are safer.
January 2020 performance was at Breckenridge Village, feels like just yesterday!
you can now donate to the GCFS via payPal!
Your support and contributions will enable us to meet our goals and improve conditions. Your generous donation will fund our mission.
FLUTE PEDAGOGY ROUNDTABLE
Sunday, April 11, 2021
at 2:00 PM
Virtual meeting on Zoom on the topic of
-recording yourself as a practice strategy
and
-favorite recording platforms
We will discuss how to have a healthy approach when listening to short recorded snippets of your own playing, how to give yourself constructive criticism, and how to act on that constructive criticism. This will be a fun, low pressure session covering an extremely useful and often overlooked practice tool!
The roundtable meetings focus on education, where flute teachers and non-teachers alike can share information
and ideas on how to improve our flute playing
and performance skills.
RSVP required!
RSVP via the CONTACT US feature
~free for all GCFS members~
many thanks to our sponsors for their continued support!