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Karissa Krenz

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Summer Reflections

Forging a life in the arts isn’t the easiest choice to make. As much as…

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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…