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Founded in 1920 by eminent flutist Georges Barrère, composer Lamar Stringfield, and a group of their associates, The New York Flute Club is the oldest such organization in the United States.
Barrère's idea in starting the Club was to provide a common meeting ground for professional, student, and amateur; a place where less experienced players could hear new and unusual music for the flute as well as the classic repertory played by fine artists; a place where all might find performance opportunities helpful to the development of their own talents.
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The New York Flute Club
Park West Finance Station
P.O. Box 20613
New York, NY 10025-1515
The annual meeting of the New York Flute Club, Inc. was held on Sunday, May 18, 2008. At that time the club elected the following new officers and members of the board of directors for 2008-09:
President: Nancy Toff
First Vice President: David Wechsler
Second Vice President: Ardith Bondi
Recording Secretary: Jeanne Wilson
Membership Secretary: Keith Bonner
Treasurer: James N. Blair
Board of Directors:
Three-year terms: Fred Marcusa, Karla Moe, Stefani Starin
Two-year term (replacing Nancy Toff): Susan Lurie
One-year term (replacing Kathy Fink): Nneka Landrum
The Club is pleased to announced the completion of its latest CD project: Henry Brant: Music for Massed Flutes has been released on the New World label (catalog no. 80636-2). Coordinated by former NYFC president Jayn Rosenfeld, this disc showcases leading NYFC performers, past and present, and Henry Brant (1913-2008), one of our most important contemporary composers.
This recording of Angels and Devils (1931) is a re-mastering of the historic LP released on CRI in 1956, with Frederick Wilkins as soloist and Henry Brant conducting. The assisting artists are a Who's Who of mid-20th century New York flutists.
The Mass in Gregorian Chant for Multiple Flutes (1984) is scored for as many flutists as possible with approximately twenty percent of the flutists doubling on piccolo, all playing material provided in the Graduale Romanum for masses sung on June 16. Ghosts and Gargoyles (2001) is scored for solo flute (also playing piccolo and bass flute) — played here by Robert Aitken — with an octet comprised of piccolos, C flutes, alto flutes and bass flutes, plus a jazz drummer. It was envisaged as a quasi-sinister 70-years-later sequel to Brant's much-performed Angels and Devils.
The Club gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, which made the project possible. For more information, please visit the Publications, Recordings & Exhibitions page of this website. The CD will be for sale at all NYFC events for $15 (cash or checks only), from online and local music stores, and via the New World Records website.
