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• Flute Ensemble Event - All Ages and Levels Welcome

  • When
    9 Nov 2025
  •  
    12:30 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Multnomah Arts Center - Dance Studio and Classroom 39

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  Flute Ensemble Event

  All Levels and Ages Welcome

  
  

  Join GPFS as we host our third annual flute ensemble event – a fun-filled opportunity to meet and play music with other flutists and try flutes.

  FREE to attend!

  This event is open to GPFS members and invited guests.

  Day/Time: Sunday, November 9, 2025, 12:30 - 4:00

  Location: Multnomah Arts Center; 7688 SW Capitol Hwy; Portland, OR  97219

  Parking: On site - Multnomah Arts Center Map.pdf, and street parking.

  Program: 
  

  12:30: event opens, sign-in, visit the exhibitors, try flutes, socialize

  12:55: welcome and introductions

  1:00: a brief body and mind warm-up session with Donna Maebori

  1:15: a flute warmup with Dr. Sydney Carlson

  1:30: break, split into two groups - Group A and Group B

  1:35: ensemble playing - play your own flute or feel free to play one or more of the demonstration flutes that will be provided by Canter Flute Repair and FluteWorks Seattle

  3:05 - 3:55: refreshments, socialize, more time to browse and try flutes

  Both Canter Flute Repair and Flute Works Seattle - our event sponsors - will be attending this event. They will have flutes to try and purchase as well as evaluating and doing minor repairs on-site.
  

  REGISTRATION FOR EVENT: Please register to attend by clicking on one of the options to the left.  You will be asked to register for one of the following groups. A link to samples of the repertoire for that group are included here to help with your decision as to which group to choose - Group A or Group B.

  Copies of the music we own will be available on the day of the event.  There will be ample opportunity for you to play more than one part. 
  

  Group A (advanced beginner/intermediate) - Examples of the music below. These PDFs are here so you can select your preferred group. Copies will be available that day. Not all of this music will be played at the event.

  • Group A Easy Quartets.pdf
  • Group A Examples Higher Level.pdf
  • This group will have simple meters and rhythms, 8ths and 16ths, more middle range of the flute.
    
    

  Group B (intermediate/advanced).  These PDFs are here so you can select your preferred group. Copies of parts will be available that day.

  • Felix Mendelssohn, Movement II. Andante from Symphony no. 4
  • Modest Mussorgsky, Night on Bald Mountain
  • Phyllis Louke, Suite Butterfly

  What to Bring: (1) In addition to your flute, we ask that you bring a music stand if possible.  Group B participants can also try one of the GPFS low flutes!

  Questions? Please email Robert Wakeley at rpwakeley@gmail.com

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