Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Finger Lakes Flute Circle Meeting - Thursday 20 December 2012

The next Finger Lakes Flute Circle meeting is Thursday, December 20, 6:30pm at the Brookside School, 1680 S Winton Rd, Rochester, NY 14618. Alternatively, the official listed address, 220 Idlewood Road, will take you to the other side of the building.

All experience levels are welcome, including complete beginners. Bring your Native American flutes and hand percussion. Beginner flutes will be available to try out.

A $5 contribution is requested for rental and Meetup Group costs.

We are also now listed on the Meetup website. The link to this meeting's event is http://www.meetup.com/Finger-Lakes-Native-American-Flute-Circle/events/91767072/

We will make great music together. We look forward to seeing you there! 

The meeting schedule is listed on the Blog and Meetup websites:
RSVP

First Finger Lakes Flute Circle Concert A Success

The first public concert offered by the Finger Lakes Flute Circle at the Brighton Memorial Library on November 18, 2012 was well received and a great success. The music performance was appreciated and the concert generated much interest in the Native American flute. We will be expecting new flute circle members to be joining us at the next flute circle meeting.

Thank you to all of the following who performed or contributed to the production of the concert, and to the Brighton Memorial Library for sponsoring the event:

Harry
Jocelyn
Ken
Lisa
Madeline
Sam
Sandy
Theresa
Brighton Memorial Library librarians Deena Vivani and Judy Rosenberg

Monday, November 12, 2012

FREE Native American Flute Concert - 18 November 2012 - Brighton Memorial Library

A free Native American flute concert will be performed by Dr. Jefferson Svengsouk and the Finger Lakes Flute Circle at the Brighton Memorial Library, 2300 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14618, Sunday, 18 November 2012, 2 p.m. The concert is to raise awareness of therapeutic music at the Palliative Care Program, University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC). The concert will be followed by Q&A about the Native American flute, therapeutic music, and palliative care. Dr. Svengsouk is an emergency physician, and hospice and palliative care physician, and has received instruction under Native American flute recording artist R. Carlos Nakai.
               
Finger Lakes Flute Circle: http://wnyflutecircle.blogspot.com
Brighton Memorial Library: http://www.brightonlibrary.org/library/Adults_prog.htm
URMC Palliative Care: http://urmc.rochester.edu/palliative
Music for Healing and Transition Program (MHTP): http://mhtp.org

To Make a Gift to the Palliative Care Program
To make a charitable donation online to therapeutic music at the Palliative Care Program at URMC:
1. Follow the link to Giving to URMChttp://urmc.rochester.edu/giving
2. Click on the "Make A Gift" button.
3. Under the "Gift Information" heading, "Please designate my gift:" select "Palliative Care" from the list.
4. In the Comments box, please type in "FLUTE." 

To make a gift by mail, please send to the following address, and make a note of "PALLIATIVE FLUTE":
Office of Gift and Donor Records, 300 East River Road, P.O. Box 270032, Rochester, NY 14627

Finger Lakes Flute Circle Meeting - 15 November 2012

The next meeting of the Finger Lakes Flute Circle is Thursday, 15 November 2012, 6:30 p.m. at the Brookside School. For directions, please see the sidebar to the right.

Beginners are welcome! Beginner flutes will be available to try. We will have a great time playing the Native American flute, drums, rattles, and hand percussion, and enjoying each other's music.

A $5 donation is requested for room rental costs.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Finger Lakes Flute Circle Meeting 25 October 2012

The next meeting of the Finger Lakes Flute Circle is Thursday, 25 October 2012. Please note the date change, this month only, a week later than the usual third Thursday. Directions are in the sidebar to the right.

As always, beginners are welcome, and beginner Native American flutes will be available to try out. We will have a great time playing with flutes, hand percussion, drums.

$5 contribution towards room rental costs requested.

See you there!

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Finger Lakes Flute Circle Meeting - 20 September 2012

We had the most amazing experiences over the Summer at the INAFA (International Native American and World Flute Association) Convention in July, and at the 20th annual RNAF (Renaissance of the Native American Flute) in August!

In the works are plans for a charity concert to be put on in November, co-sponsored by MHTP (Music for Healing and Transition Program) and the Finger Lakes Flute Circle, to benefit the Therapeutic Music Program at the University of Rochester Medical Center Palliative Care Program.

The next meeting of the Finger Lakes Flute Circle is this Thursday, 20 September 2012, 6:30 pm, at the former Brookside School in the town of Brighton.

Complete beginners, and all levels of experience, are welcome! Beginner flutes will be available to try out! Bring your Native American flutes and hand percussion.

Directions are in the sidebar to the right.

A $5 donation is requested for room rental costs.

We will make great music together with shakers, rattles, flutes, and drums! We look forward to seeing you there!

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Finger Lakes Flute Circle Meeting Thursday 16 August 2012

The next meeting of the Finger Lakes Flute Circle is this Thursday, 16 August 2012, 6:30 pm, at the former Brookside School in the town of Brighton.

All levels of experience are welcome, including complete beginners! Beginner flutes will be available to try out, as well as shakers and drums. Bring your Native American flutes and hand percussion.

Directions are in the sidebar to the right.

A $5 donation is requested for room rental costs.

With shakers, rattles, flutes, and drums, everyone will make great music together! We look forward to seeing you there!

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Wednesday 20 June 2012 Meeting, and July Meeting Cancelled, Finger Lakes Flute Circle

The next meeting of the Finger Lakes Flute Circle is a day earlier than usual, this WEDNESDAY, 20 June 2012, 6:30 pm, at the former Brookside School in the town of Brighton. Directions are in the sidebar to the right.


July meeting cancelled:
As a reminder, the July meeting is cancelled due to the INAFA Convention 2012.


All levels of experience are welcome, including complete beginners! Beginner flutes will be available to try out, as well as shakers and drums. Bring your Native American flutes and hand percussion.


We will make great music together! See you there!

Saturday, April 21, 2012

Thursday 17 May and Wednesday 20 June 2012 Finger Lakes Flute Circle Meetings

The next meeting of the Finger Lakes Flute Circle will be Thursday 17 May 2012, 6:30 pm.

Also, please note that the June meeting will be moved one day earlier to Wednesday 20 June 2012.

A reminder that the July meeting is cancelled, due to the INAFA Convention 2012.

Then we resume our schedule of usually the third Thursday of the month. A current meeting schedule will remain listed in the sidebar to the right.

Monday, March 12, 2012

15 March 2012 Finger Lakes Flute Circle Meeting

The next meeting of the Finger Lakes Flute Circle is Thursday, 15 March 2012, 6:30 pm, at the Brookside School in Brighton.

All levels of experience are welcome. Bring your Native American flutes, hand percussion, and drums! Beginner flutes will be available to try out.

Directions to the Brookside School are at the bottom of the sidebar to the right. A $5 donation is requested for room rental costs.

With shakers, rattles, flutes, and drums, we will make great music together! We look forward to seeing you there!

Rhonda Larson Recital in Rochester, New York - 20 April 2012

I greatly enjoyed Rhonda Larson's performance at the 2010 INAFA Convention. She's an absolutely amazing performer, and an intriguing and enchanting person, with loads of accolades, including a Grammy!

She will be performing Friday, April 20, 7:30 pm, at the First Unitarian Church, 220 Winton Road South, Rochester, New York, presented by the Rochester Flute Association. Tickets will be available at the door, $15 adults, $10 students/seniors.

From the flyer:

The Rochester Flute Association presents Rhonda Larson

“One Woman, a World of Music” Recital

Rhonda’s intimate, multi-faceted solo flute show features an assortment of flutes from around the world, as well as the European flutes, in a soulful mix of sacred, classical, folk, Celtic, and ethnic music.

“..it took mere moments for everyone to let go and happily succumb to a performer who plays the flute the way it should be- from the inside out.” --Kitchener-Waterloo Record, Canada

East Coast Flute Cruise Sept 14-20, 2012 - Time's Running Out to Book!

Here's information on the East Cost Flute Cruise, being coordinated by Roger Bennett, flute maker of Redbird Flutes, and leader of the Windsongs Native American Flute Circle in Maryland:

The time is running out to book the 2012 East Coast Flute Cruise.  We already have a two week extension, but the cruise must be booked on or before March 28, 2012.  Beyond that, the cruise may still available, but NOT at the group price.  So reserve now - your space can be reserved for as little as $25 per person/$50 per cabin down with the balance due later this summer.  

We are already planning a number of workshops and open mic events plus daily flute playing groups.  We’re still hoping to add a performer to the line-up, but without more bookings this will not be possible.

Also, as an added bonus, all Flute Cruise registrants will be entered into a free raffle for a flute provided by flute maker Roger Bennett of Redbird Flutes.

Don’t miss out! Call and reserve your place today!

Roger Bennett, Cruise Coordinator



Flute Circle Leaders:

Please share this information with your members.  We apologize for the short notice, but we’re trying to make this happen for this year.  We only have a short window of opportunity; so please review the following information and forward it to your circle’s email list.

Roger Bennett, Windsongs Native American Flute Circle

Windsongs Native American Flute Circle (Havre de Grace, MD) is pleased to announce our first-ever event: The 2012 East Coast Flute Cruise.

Sailing from the Port of Baltimore, MD on Royal Caribbean’s Enchantment of the Seas for a six day voyage to Bermuda, the East Coast Flute Cruise provides an opportunity for flutists to enjoy sharing their flutes and music in a luxurious setting on the High Seas.  Come join us for flutes, fun and sun as we visit lovely and historic Bermuda.

The East Coast Flute Cruise will depart Baltimore on September 14, 2012 and return on September 20, 2012.

At the present, we have not yet booked a performer.  We hope to be able to do so; however our ability to do so will depend upon response.  The more participants who sign on for this event, the greater chance we have of providing a headliner for concerts and workshops.

The itinerary is as follows:
14 September: Baltimore, MD
15 September: Cruising (at Sea)
16 September: Kings Wharf, Bermuda
17 September: Kings Wharf, Bermuda
18 September: Kings Wharf, Bermuda
19 September: Cruising (at Sea)
20 September: Baltimore, MD

Pricing varies as to type of cabin chosen and number of occupants.  A basic list of accommodations and pricing is listed below.  All prices are based on double occupancy and include taxes and port charges/fees.

a)      Interior Stateroom:  $806.93 per person.
b)      Ocean View Stateroom: $926.93 per person
c)       Bow or Stern Balcony: $1466.93 per person
d)      Midships Balcony:  $1556.93 per person     
e)      Other accommodations are available, including 4 person occupancy. Prices vary. Inquire when booking.
A small per cabin deposit (as little as $50 in some cases) will be required at booking.  Please book as soon as you know you’re going as Royal Caribbean is only holding the booking for 30 days beginning February 16, 2012. We may be able to get a 30 day extension on that; however prices may change.

Those persons who have previously sailed with Royal Caribbean and are members of the Crown and Anchor Society are further advised that bonus discount certificates (up to $150 per cabin dependent upon membership level) are available for this cruise.

Booking: If you would like to book this cruise, please call Royal Caribbean Group Sales at 1-800-465-3595. Please reference Group Number 4222989. Also, please e-mail Roger Bennett (rbennett3@comcast.net) so we can keep track of bookings in order to work on a performer.

Please keep in mind that friends and family are welcome to join in this group booking and DO NOT have to participate in the flute events unless they choose to. 

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

16 February 2012 Finger Lakes Flute Circle Meeting

The next meeting of the Finger Lakes Flute Circle is Thursday, 16 February 2012, 6:30 pm, at the Brookside School in Brighton.

All levels of experience are welcome. Bring your Native American flutes and hand percussion. Beginner flutes will be available to try out.

Directions to the Brookside School are at the bottom of the sidebar to the right. A $5 donation is requested for room rental costs.

With shakers, rattles, flutes, and drums, everyone will make great music together! We look forward to seeing you there!

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

19 January 2012 Finger Lakes Flute Circle Meeting

The next meeting of the Finger Lakes Flute Circle is Thursday, 19 January 2012, 6:30 pm, at the Brookside School in Brighton.

All levels of experience are welcome. Bring your Native American flutes and hand percussion. Beginner flutes will be available to try out.

Directions to the Brookside School are at the bottom of the sidebar to the right. A $5 donation is requested for room rental costs.

We will make great music together! We look forward to seeing you there!