First Tuesdays Online with GPFS Where the talented and passionate community of GPFS Members provide online performances and workshops! 7:00 - 8:00 pm PST, and the last to sessions are OPEN (no registration, no fee for non-members). |
 Thank you to our loyal and generous Commercial Members and Sponsors whose support makes it possible to offer these sessions. Please consider giving their business your support. GPFS is also a proud and grateful recipient of an Oregon Arts Commission grant.
| FLUTISTS - YOU ARE INVITED, FREE, LINK BELOW, NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED You are invited to join in for the last session of First Tuesdays Online with GPFS – a casual, monthly, online salon-like series presented by GPFS members. June 6, 2023 (First Tuesday of the month) PDF invitation you can share as well: First Tuesday May June 2023 Invitation.pdf June 6, 2023 – Flutist Camila Oliveira will present on Brazilian music for flute, including some insights on Brazil’s NE region’s folk music, and a brief introduction to the Pífano, a wood flute! More details to come! Attendance is limited to 100 participants so call in sooner than later that evening. The zoom link below will be open fifteen minutes before the session time. You can message the Zoom facilitator Adrian Dee through membership@gpfs.orgmembership@gpfs.org if you have any trouble getting into the zoom call. Please message newsletter@gpfs.org if you have any questions. Meeting ID: 814 5618 8467 Passcode: 616856 On May 9, 2023 – Flutist Gabriela Gimenes presented on the topic of finding music and literature about Choro genre in Brazil. This genre has thousands of compositions and one of the main instruments is the Flute. Let's dive in the www to find content as well as video and audio references for understanding, learning and playing this exciting music. Gabriela is Sopro Novo Yamaha Artist, born in Brazil and based in the Portland area. CLICK HERE FOR RESOURCES LIST FROM GABRIELA'S SESSION.
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What is First Tuesday with GPFS? See List of Past First Tuesdays: Past First Tuesdays |
 What: First Tuesdays Online with GPFS was new last season and is now continuing into our new program year. Every first Tuesday of the month will feature a performance or a workshop held by a GPFS member. The sessions will focus on the flute and other music topics of interest to members. This is an opportunity to feature and celebrate the talents of our membership and meet other musicians and composers in the region. When: The online sessions will begin at 7:00 pm each 1st Tuesday of the month (except for the summer months of July, August and September) and last for about 45 minutes to an hour. How: Simply register, link below. You will receive a Zoom link that you will use to logon each first Tuesday you have registered for. Members will also find this universal Zoom link in the Members Only area of the GPFS website. Type in your email and password. You Can Help: Participate. Invite others. Spread the word. Send your ideas or proposal to present to president@gpfs.org. |
New Season of First Tuesdays - 2022 - 2023 See List of Past First Tuesdays: Past First Tuesdays |
If you are not already a member for GPFS, you can learn more about the benefits of joining here. Your membership fee supports, in part, our Student Study Grants, masterclasses, middle and high school competitions, the annual flute fair and guest artist, the fall guest artist, Flute Academy and more!
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