Until we are back to in-person performances...

Week 1: July 6-10
Monday 7/6
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Warm-up session (Elizabeth McNutt)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Pedagogy: SOS: Staying Organized in the Studio (Cassandra Eisenreich, Dan Parasky, Stéphanie Superle)
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Committee Chat: Performance Health Care (Angela McCuiston, Steve Mitchell, Michael Weinsten, Joanna Cowan White, Chip Shelton)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Workshop: How to Start a Student on Piccolo (Zach Galatis, Rachel Ordaz)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Meet-up: BIPOC Flutists (Lecolion Washington, Executive Director, Community Center of Boston)
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Discussion: Let's Talk: Join Black flutists for a live conversation concerning systemic racism, allyship, and the flute community. (Meghan Bennett, James Miller, Brian Dunbar, Akilah Kidd)
 

Wednesday 7/8
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Warm-up session (Terri Sundberg)
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Panel: Pioneers and Trailblazers (Lillian Burkart; Carol Wincenc; Trudy Kane; Nicole Mitchell; Demarre McGill; Nancy Toff, moderator)
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM Committee Chat: Flute Clubs (Kelly Sulick, Lindsay Leach Sparks, Mihoko Watanabe)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Session: 50th Anniversary Convention Preview (Aaron Goldman, Cathy Miller)
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Celebration Series (Meghan Bennett, Shantanique Moore, Sarah Howard-Carter, Adam Eccleston)
 

Friday 7/10
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Warm-up session (Elizabeth Janzen)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Presentation: Teaching in the Age of COVID (Steve Mitchell)
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Committee Chat: Low Flutes (Paige Long, Mariana Gariazzo, Sharyn Byer, Carla Rees)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Feldenkrais Class (Niall O'Riordan)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Performance Day Rituals and Insights (Cathy Herrera, Viviana Guzmán, Julie Maisel, Carol Dale, James Miller, Brent Register, José Valentino)
 

Week 2: July 13-17
Monday 7/13
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Warm-up session (Shauna Thompson)     
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Pedagogy Event: Teach Your Students to Overcome Practice Anxiety (Terri Sanchez)
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Committee Chat: Archives and Oral History (AOH Committee)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Panel: The Parenthood Juggle: Balancing Family and Career in Music (Becky Buscha, Aralee Dorough, Christina Guenther, Antonio Herbert, Zara Lawler)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Meet-up: Black Flutists (Cean Thomason-Redus)
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Irish Flute Jam Session (Andra Bohnet)
 

Wednesday 7/15
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Warm-up session (Julee Kim Walker)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Presentation: Inclusive Fluting: Solutions for Addressing Injury, Illness, and Aging in Our Community (Katherine Lewis and panel)
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Committee Chat: Career and Artistic Development (Colleen White, Michelle Stanley)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Mary H. Anderson Flute Choir Concert I Texas flute choir compilation
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Presentation: The Art of Shakuhachi (Martha Fabrique)
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Celebration Series: Flute Around the World Daniel Pardo Performance (world music/jazz)
 

Friday 7/17
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Warm-up session (Helen Blackburn)
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Committee Chat: Jazz (Karl Barton)     
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Integrated Flutist: Melodies in Motion (Emma Shubin)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Workshop: From Neck to Fingers: Self-Care Tips Using Massage and Yoga (Susan Mayer, LMT)
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Meet-up: Latinx Flutists (Mariana Gariazzo, Nora Lee Garcia)

 Week 3: July 20-24
Monday 7/20
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Warm-up session (Daniel Pardo)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Pedagogy: Sound Solutions for Sound Problems (Rebecca Johnson)
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Committee Chat: Diversity & Inclusion (Mariana Gariazzo)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Panel Presentation: The Aging Flutist (Korinne Smith and panel)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Panel: Changing Lives through Music (Brian Dunbar, Mariana Gariazzo, Cathy Hererra, Liz Shropshire, Caen Thomason-Redus, Ana Paola Rincones)
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Celebration Series (Terry Andrews, Ceylon Mitchell, Brendon Wilkins, Ebonee Thomas)
 

Wednesday 7/22
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Warm-up session (Brielle Frost)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Presentations: Bringing Your Flute Club into the 21st Century: How to grow your club by utilizing technology, social media and the internet (Erica Pirtle, Kelly Sulick)
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Committee Chat: New Music Advisory (Sarah Brady)
1:00 - 2:00 PM Meet the Makers: Haynes Flutes
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM "Where Are They Now?" A Q&A with past Frances Blaisdell Scholarship recipients (Taylor (Gaines) Schmidt, David Le,  Hannah Hammel, Julia McGhee, Davina Miaw) and competition coordinator Jonathan Borja moderating
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Celebration Series (James Miller, Julietta Curenton, Kim Scott)      
 

Friday 7/24
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Warm-up session (Rachel Woolf)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Presentations: A History of the Flute (Michael Lynn)
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Committee Chats: Adult Flutist and Amateur Resources (Barb Fairman, Lisa Fahlstrom)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Workshop: Body Mapping for Flutists with Amy Likar (Amy Likar)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Meet-up: Freelance Musicians (Lindsey Goodman)
 

Week 4: July 27-31
Monday 7/27
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Warm-up session (Jake Fridkis)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Pedagogy: Thoughts on teaching and playing well together (Helen Blackburn, Ebonee Thomas, Lance Sanford)
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Committee Chats: Past Presidents (Katherine Borst Jones, Alexa Still, Jonathan Keeble)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Meet-up: Young Professionals (Ceylon Mitchell)
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Celebration Series (DeShaun Gordon King, Tyler Martin, Shania Rush, Brandon Patrick George)

Wednesday 7/29
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Warm-up session (Priscilla Ochran Holt)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Presentations: Low Down and Locked Down (an interactive session for low flute players) (Paige Long, Chris Potter, Mariana Gariazzo, Sharyn Byer, Jonathan Cohen, Marion Garver)
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Committee Chats: Performance Health Care (Angela McCuiston)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Open Piccolo Masterclass with Ebonee Thomas (Ebonee Thomas)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Meet-up: LGBTQ Flutists (Taylor Irelan)
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Celebration Series: North Texas Flute Professor Concert (Shauna Thompson, Julee Kim Walker, Terri Sanchez, Amy Thiemann Leal, Charlotte Daniel, Carolyn Keyes)
 

Friday 7/31
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Warm-up session (Mary Karen Clardy)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Presentations: Interview with the First Generation Scholarship Winner (Nora Lee Garcia, Mariana Gariazzo)
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Committee Chats: Nominating (Penny Zent)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Workshop: Commissioning 101 (Sarah Brady, Paul Taub)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Grant Writing for Inclusive Programming (Nicole Murray)
 

Week 5: August 3-7
Monday 8/3
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Warm-up session (Won Lee)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Pedagogy: Approaching New Music from Page One (Tim Hagen)
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Committee Chats: Historical Flutes (Leighann Daihl Ragusa, Na'ama Lion)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Presentations: Panel: The Next Step: Applying for Collegiate, University, and Conservatory Music Programs (Alberto Almarza (Carnegie Mellon), Tadeu Coelho (University of North Carolina School of the Arts), Jacqueline Cordova-Arrington (University of Oregon), and Alexa Still (Oberlin Conservatory); Mary Matthews, Assistant Professor, Tenessee Tech University, moderator)
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Meet-up: College Teacher/College Students (Jennifer Parker-Harley, Elizabeth Buck (College Teachers); Maria Guglielmina (College Students))     
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Celebration Series (Brice Smith, Brittany Trotter, Coreisa Lee, Akilah Kidd)
 

Wednesday 8/5
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Warm-up session (Kimberly Clark)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Workshop: Flutes and Mics: How?, Where?, Which one? (Daniel Pardo)
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Committee Chats: International Liaison (Matt Johnston, Jeiran Hasan)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Mary H. Anderson Flute Choir Concert II
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Presentation: Flute Moth: Stories of Human Experience #nofilter (A narrative session addressing career challenges, adversity, surprises, and more!) (CAD committee)
 

Friday 8/7
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Warm-up session (Lisa Garner Santa)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Presentations: NFA Poster Session
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Committee Chats: Special Publications (Michael Stoune)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Convention Performers Concert
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Elizabeth Rowe Orchestral Excerpt Masterclass with Competition Winners
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Jazz Flute Big Band: PlayAlong to Dizzy Gillespie's "Groovin' High" (Yuko Hoshi, Ali Ryerson)
 

Week 6: August 10-14
Monday 8/10
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Warm-up session (Adah Toland Jones)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Pedagogy: On Teaching Debussy's Syrinx (Kathy Blocki)
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Committee Chats: Research (Chris Chaffee, Julie Hobbs)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Competitions: Graduate Research Competition
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Meet-up: Studio Teachers (Hideko Amano)
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Celebration Series (Brian Dunbar, Adam Sadberry, Eric Lamb, Caen Thomason-Redus)
 

Wednesday 8/12
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Warm-up session (Aralee Dorough)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Presentations: 3-2-1 Lift off! Getting Your Ideas Off the Ground (Harness your artistic passion into tangible projects and viable career opportunities!) (CAD committee)
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Committee Chats: World Flutes (Viviana Guzman)
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Competitions: Piccolo Artist Finals
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Presentation: How to write a successful proposal (Jennifer Grim)
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Celebration Series (Leone Buyse, Judy Dines, Aralee Dorough, Sheryl Goodnight, Lisa Garner Santa, Rachel Woolf)
 

Friday 8/14
9:00 AM - 9:45 AM Warm-up session (Rebecca Cauthron)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Presentation: Fitness for Flutists (Angela McCuiston)
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Committee Chats: Diversity & Inclusion (Mariana Gariazzo)     
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Competitions: High School Soloist Competition
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Annual Meeting and Closing Ceremonies: Annual Meeting and Healing and Remembrance concert featuring the world premiere of "The Mess" by Allison Loggins-Hull

 note: the  schedule is subject to change