Summer 2026 – Volume 51, No. 4
Our Summer issue looks towards the 2026 NFA Convention, chatting with keynote speaker Pedro Eustache and diving into the origin of The Jazz Flute Chronicles. There’s also an interview with Aralee Dorough, a look at learning through the lens of a visually-impaired flutist, exercises to keep our upper backs healthy, and continuations of our series on balancing music and motherhood, musicality, and listening.
One of the 2026 NFA Convention’s highlights is the World Premiere of Drew Zaremba’s Jazz…
We are honored to welcome Pedro Eustache to the 2026 NFA Convention. Pedro, known for…
It’s not often that an artist redefines both their role within a major orchestra and…
The NFA’s 55th Annual Convention August 5–8, 2027 | Minneapolis, Minnesota The 2027 Convention will…
A short glossary of key figures referenced in this article appears at the end. The…
One of the NFA’s most important missions is to cultivate and support the next generation…
If someone had told me in 2012 that saying yes to one volunteer position would…
My town—New York City—has been quite the vibe lately: Between the Knicks NBA Championship getting…
In the first two installments of this series, I aimed to provide intermediate flutists with…
The awkward posture required to play the flute can cause discomfort in the shoulders and…
As I twirl and trill my way through Benjamin Goddard’s Valse from Suite de Trois…
Read Part 1 here. I remember putting my flute together to practice two weeks postpartum,…
