Arkansas Flute Society

A huge THANK YOU to everyone involved in our Arkansas Flute Society Flute Choir performance at the National Flute Convention this weekend!

It was a joy to collaborate with flutists from every part of the state and share Florence Price’s beautiful, heartfelt works with flutists at the convention.

Many thanks to our organizers and music arrangers, Ginny Hudson, Nave Graham, Kristin Grant, and Stephanie Hoeckley. Kristin, thank you for also being our fearless conductor!

Cristina Ballatori, Mariana Gariazzo, Dan Parasky, and everyone involved with NFA, thank you for making this amazing opportunity possible for us. We are so grateful for everything you do.

This will be an experience we never forget! 🌎🎶

We’re just a few days away from performing at the National Flute Convention!

Performers, here are a few things you won’t want to forget to pack. ✅

This flute choir has been such a fantastic collaboration with musicians from all over Arkansas, and we can’t wait to share Florence Price’s music.

See you all in Atlanta!! 🎉🎶

Congratulations to the Arkansas Flute Society members who performed at the Arkansas Bandmasters Conference last night! 🎶

Our Arkansas Flute Society flute choir is gearing up to perform at the National Flute Convention in a few weeks! 🎶

We're so excited to share a recital celebrating Florence Price in Atlanta on Sunday, August 10th!

Keep reading to learn more about this incredible composer we are celebrating:

"Florence Price was born in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1887. She began learning music from her mother at an early age and gave her first piano performance at age four, reportedly publishing a composition at age eleven. She graduated high school at the age of sixteen and in that same year was accepted into the New England Conservatory.

She returned to Little Rock and married Thomas Price in 1912. In the late 1920s, racial tensions were growing, and Little Rock became more frightening and unsafe for Black Americans. Fearful for their lives, the Price family fled to Chicago because it was considered the land of opportunity for many African Americans.

While in Chicago, Price became the first Black female composer to have a symphony performed by a major American orchestra when the Chicago Symphony Orchestra premiered her Symphony No. 1 in E minor in 1933.

The historic June 15th concert entitled “The Negro in Music” also included works by Harry T. Burleigh, Roland Hayes, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and John Alden Carpenter. Although her music career would remain an uphill battle, this premiere did bring instant recognition and fame to Florence Price.

Her writing is a unique combination of traditional African-American spirituals and folk music with modernism. She had a special talent for compelling orchestration, lyricism, and richness. Some of her works have titles referencing the Black experience in the South, while others use the melody and rhythms of spirituals and other traditional pieces."

(Sources: FlorencePrice.com and ChicagoPathways.org/florence-price)

We are thrilled to share a concert full of Price's works arranged for flute ensemble in honor of Florence Price and the 2025 convention theme, Unity and Universal Oneness. 🌎

We are thrilled to announce that our Flute Choir was invited to perform at the National Flute Convention! 🎉

We have a fantastic program of works by Florence Price that we can't wait to share with you. Her music and our mission to foster collaboration across the state of Arkansas embodies the convention's theme: Unity & Universal Oneness!

Many thanks to the organizers for everything they have done so far and will continue to do to make this exciting event possible!

See you in Atlanta!! 🎶

Registration is now open!

The Arkansas Flute Society’s 1st Annual Flutiz Navidad Holiday Community Flute Choir and Food Drive to benefit the NWA Food Bank is coming up on December 15, 2024 at Farmington High School’s Fine Arts Auditorium!

Arkansas flutists of all ages are invited to join together under the direction of our fantastic guest conductor, Stephanie Richardson, to donate their talents and a food item to help community members in need this holiday season.

Schedule:
5:30-7:00pm
Flutiz Flute Choir Rehearsal

7:00-7:30pm
Most Festive Dress Contest, Cocoa & Cookies/Treats

7:30-8:00pm
Flutiz Navidad Holiday Community Flute Choir Concert. All are welcome! Food donations accepted.

Visit www.tinyurl.com/FlutizNavidad2024 for full details and to register online by December 5, 2024.

Contact Ginny Hudson at [email protected] or Cristina Ballatori at [email protected] for more information.

✨ Last day to register is Nov. 1! ✨

We'd love you to join us in celebrating Florence Price's music with an all-Arkansas flute choir! We'll be recording 5 of her works to submit a proposal to perform at the National Flute Association's Annual Convention. It's in Atlanta this year on August 7-11, 2025!

Please submit the registration form before the end of the day TODAY with the link in our bio! (It's free!)

Join our all-Arkansas flute choir as we celebrate the music of Florence Price!

Thanks for a great conversation today, everyone! We have some exciting ideas for the 2024-25 year, and will be sharing updates here and via email!

If you'd like to receive email updates, please register to become an Arkansas Flute Society member with the form in the comments.

We'd love to hear your ideas and feedback anytime about how we can best serve you and the Arkansas flute community!

Here's the Zoom link for our Arkansas flute teacher's Meet & Greet at 2 pm today - see you soon! 🎵

https://astatecall.zoom.us/j/99629076880

Arkansas flute teachers and music educators, you're invited to our virtual meet & greet this weekend!

We'd like to hear from you about which kinds of performance and educational opportunities you would like for your flute students. We’re working to plan new events for our 2024-25 membership year!

Can't join us this weekend? You can share your thoughts with the link in the comments!

The Zoom link and a link to join the Arkansas Flute Society are in the comments, as well.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and ideas with us!