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Karissa Krenz

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Meet the 2022 NFA Board Candidates

The 2022 NFA election opened July 1 and closes August 13 at 5:00 p.m. Central…

High Notes – Summer 2022

Rose Bishop recently gave the world premiere of Linda Robbins Coleman’s Diversions for alto flute,…

The NFA 2022 Convention Snapshot: Don’t Miss It!

The NFA’s 50th anniversary convention will look both backwards—highlighting the rich history of the NFA—and…

Questions for: Composer Thea Musgrave

When pondering composers to commission in celebration of the NFA’s 50th Anniversary, piccolo soloist Laurie…

Questions for: Composer Julia Wolfe

Julia Wolfe’s Oxygen receives its first large-scale performance—featuring 144 flutists—at the NFA’s 50th Anniversary Convention…

Composing Tradition

I’m still getting to know the NFA, and as I look back on the organization’s…

NFA News: Spring 2022

2022 Convention Scholarship Program The NFA is once again offering full and partial registration scholarships…

Flute in the Wild
High Notes: Spring 2022

The League of American Orchestras has named Caen Thomason-Redus to the newly-created position of vice…

Welcome to the Improved Flutist Quarterly!

I leave out “new” in that old phrase “new and improved” because this is the…

NFA News Winter 2022

Virtual Event Series NFA’s third season of weekly virtual events started on February 13 and…