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The Club has initiated a number of cooperative projects to enhance music education in the New York area. Since 1992 Club members have worked with students at the Harlem School of the Arts and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York City. This program provides members with opportunities for performance and coaching in addition to contributing to our community.
During the first few years, flutists from the Club perfomed in the vocal master classes of mezzo-soprano and Harlem School of the Arts executive director Betty Allen, and the flutists and singers performed together at the first New York Flute Fair, held in March 1994.
The LaGuardia program is ongoing, and includes class teaching as well as the development of a flute choir that has performed in many settings, including its own school, other public schools, the New York Flute Club Flute Fair, the Daily News Building, the Masonic Lodge, and the American Association of University Women.
We are interested in helping to set up group coaching for flutists in other schools, at all grade levels. In order to do this we need volunteer flutists who could set aside some regular time to do this during the school year. If you feel you are qualified (you can volunteer at various levels from elementary to high school) and you would like to participate, please e-mail Ardith Bondi.
If you are a music teacher at a school and would be interested in having a flutist-volunteer coach a group of your fluteplayers on a regular basis, please e-mail Ardith Bondi as well.
Ardith Bondi, Coordinator
