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41st Annual Greater Portland Flute Society Flute Fair

Guest Artist Marco Granados - an Altus Flutes Artist

Guest Artist Concert: Friday, April 4th, 2025, 7:00 - 8:15 pm,

Location to be announced.

Followed by a light reception.


PURCHASE TICKETS HERE:  Coming in February


Flute Fair Day: Saturday April 5th, 2025, 9:00 am to 4:15 pm

Clackamas Community College

19600 Molalla Avenue

Oregon City, OR

View Schedule - coming in February!

All the usual activities plus some new ways to celebrate our community!


REGISTER FOR FLUTE FAIR HERE: Registration will open in February.


Clackamas Community College Music Department and Altus Flutes

are co-sponsors of the GPFS 41st Annual Flute Fair.

Marcos will perform on Friday evening 4/4/25 (public invited) and will host a workshop and masterclass on Saturday 4/5/25!

ABOUT MARCO GRANADOS

Recognized for his expertise in Latin American music, Marco Granados is a world renowned flutist, maintaining an active career as an international concert and recital soloist, a chamber musician, and a master teacher. He has had recital debuts at Carnegie Hall in NYC and Wigmore Hall in London, and has appeared in summer festivals such as the Moab, Chautauqua, Colorado, Crested Butte and Caramoor International Music Festivals. As an international soloist, his performances have taken him all over the world, including South Africa, Slovenia, Scotland, Japan, and China to name a few. In the United States, Mr. Granados has frequently been a featured guest artist at the flute conventions of the National Flute Association, many local flute societies, and multiple artist series. Recent performances and masterclasses include the Festival Internacional de Flauta in Monterrey, Mexico, the Manhattan School of Music in NYC, a solo recital tour throughout China and chamber performances at Merkin Concerto Hall in NYC. Marco Granados is an Altus Flutes Artist and plays a 14k gold handmade flute with a headjoint of his own design. Mr. Granados is the first active performing artist to craft his own flute headjoints in collaboration with Altus Flutes.

Register for Flute Fair 2025 

LINK TO REGISTER: coming in February, 2025


  • GPFS Members: Free! Students can have an adult accompanying them to fair for no charge, free.
  • Non-members: $30 per person, giving you membership in GPFS
  • Non-Member Students: $15 for full time students, giving you membership in GPFS. Includes one adult accompanying them free as well.  


See What's On!

Workshops

See the Exhibitors

Vendors

Young Artist Competition

Check out Performances!

Performances

Plan Your Flute Fair!


Schedule

Sara Lasky Masterclass

Flute Fair is scheduled for Saturday, April 5th, 2025

What is Flute Fair? This is the GPFS flagship event that includes an internationally celebrated guest artist recital typically on Friday night, open to the community, and followed by a Saturday full of workshops by local pros, masterclasses, competitions, a seminar by our guest artist, and of course flutes, music, and gear for sale! Flute Fair is your chance to spend a weekend enjoying "all things and all people flute." 

In the past, as example, our special guest artists have included Lorna McGee (2008), PROJECT TRIO (2009), Marianne Gedigian (2011), Jim Walker (2013), Ian Clarke (2014), Jasmine Choi (2015), Peter Sheridan (2017), Julien Beaudiment (2018), Trudy Kane (2019),  Valerie Coleman (2021), Gareth McLearnon (2022), Zart Domborian-Eby (2023), Marianne Gedigian (2024), and now Marco Granados.

Cost? Sponsored by the Greater Portland Flute Society and co-sponsors, access to all Flute Fair Day activities are FREE for GPFS Members! Non-members can attend for a low fee of $25 or $15 for non-member students, similar to the cost of membership. Learn more about the benefits of membership - Membership. When the annual event includes the Guest Artist Recital on the prior evening to Flute Fair, admission to the recital is typically $10 for members and $15 for non-members.

What else does Flute Fair have to offer? At Flute Fair, you have the rare opportunity to find all of the flutes and flute items you've been wanting—and then some! Conveniently browse the many options for test flutes and headjoints, both new and used. There are flute accessories galore such as music stands, flute stands, tuners, metronomes, flute swabs, cleaning cloths, gig bags, etc. You can even have your flute checked by an expert repair person! How about flute music? We've got you covered. Need a flute gift? There are also flute T-shirts, flute notepads, flute pencils, flute coffee mugs, flute jewelry, and other flute items available for sale.

We also encourage you to visit our GPFS Commercial Members webpage for easy access to their offerings. Check the above links for specific information on vendors, workshops, performances and scheduling as it becomes available.

Flute Fair includes: 

  • Workshops on various flute-related topics in the morning.
  • Performances by GPFS members.
  • A Masterclass taught by our Special Guest Artist.
  • A Young Artist’s Competition for middle and high school students.
  • Vendors in our exhibit hall selling flutes and flute-related merchandise.
  • Opportunities to get to know others in your flute community

What kind of merchandise?

Flutes in all price ranges from student flutes to professional flutes and everything inbetween, including used instruments. In the market for a piccolo or low flute? We’ve got you covered at Flute Fair! Flute Fair is also a wonderful opportunity to learn about different brands and models, and play-test a variety of flutes side by side and possibly find a flute that’s just right for you! Most major flute manufacturers are represented, including Altus, Burkart, JL Smith, Jupiter, Haynes, Miyazawa, Muramatsu, Pearl Flutes, and Sankyo.  Flute headjoints from many of the flute manufacturers, as well as companies that only make flute headjoints, that you can try. There are many reasons you might want just a headjoint: you like your flute, but want to improve the way it sounds; if you can’t afford to upgrade the quality of your flute, it is a less expensive way to improve the way your flute sounds.  Flute accessories for sale, such as music stands, flute stands, tuners, metronomes, flute swabs, cleaning cloths, gig bags, etc. There will be flute t-shirts, flute notepads, flute pencils, flute coffee mugs, flute jewelry and other flute items to buy. And of course music!

Staffing & Credits

GPFS Flute Fair Committee

Manager:
All GPFS Board Members

Volunteer Coordinator:
TBD

Exhibit Hall:
Karen Duggan

Flute Fair Program:
Donna Maebori, BJ Nicoletti

Communications & Advertising:

BJ Nicoletti & Emily Stanek

Performance Coordinator:
Donna Maebori & Amy Norton

Workshop Coordinator:

Donna Maebori & Sue Bonfeld

Guest Artist Recital Coordinator:
Gabriela Gimenes

Guest Artist Master Class:
Sandy Duffy Norman

Guest Artist Recital Program:
BJ Nicoletti

Stage manager:
Amy Norton, Sue Bonfeld, Donna Maebori

Signs:
BJ Nicoletti, Sue Bonfeld, Amy Norton

Photographer:
TBD

Membership/Admission Table & Roster:
Adrian Dee, Rebecca Olson, Judy Fischbach

Young Artist Competition:
Emily Stanek, Sydney Carlson, Sandy Duffy Norman

Food & Refreshment:  Cheryl Thompson-Merrill

GPFS would like to offer special thanks to the 2025 sponsors and participants:

  • The GPFS Board of Directors and Flute Fair organizers extend their gratitude to the cadre of volunteers who generously give their time and energy. In typical years, our volunteers get up early, stay late, miss a workshop, schlep food, shuttle instruments, lug chairs, peddle merchandise, advocate membership, and many other duties graciously accepted to create harmony and bring success to this annual event. We appreciate each and every one of you!


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This program makes it easy for you to donate to the GPFS with the shopping you do every day!

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