Ensemble Program

NYFC Ensemble participants at the May 19, 2024 concert    Photo: Brian Klasewitz        

NY Flute Club Ensemble 2024-25 season

We meet once a month, usually on the third weekend, either Saturday or Sunday from 2:00-4:00 pm, September through April, and play a concert at the May Annual Meeting. Rehearsals are at Studios 353 at 353 W 48th Street. Dates are posted below. We will all miss our longtime co-director Denise Koncelik (who moved to Florida this past May)!

To join the ensemble:

• You must be a current member of the NY Flute Club.
• No audition is required. We accept all levels of players.

NOTE: If you wish to participate in the ensemble program you must email Mark at: ensembles@nyfluteclub.org. Please include your name, preferred email address, and instrument (C flute, piccolo, alto flute, bass flute, contrabass). For new members, include a short note describing your playing level (high school, college, amateur, professional).
We will email parts in PDF files. If you need a hard copy, please let us know.

SMALL ENSEMBLES PROGRAM:  Interested in playing in a group of two to four or five players in a player’s home? The NYFC has revived its matchmaking service for NYFC members interested in playing in a small ensemble. See the December 2021 NYFC Newsletter for details and/or contact Tereasa Payne at tereasapayne@hotmail.com.

Photos and reports of the NYFC Ensemble's activities in past seasons, starting with 2016-17, may be found here.

Meeting Schedule for the 2024-25 Season

Our Saturday, Septemberl 21, 2024 Meet-up

Participants at the September 21 ensembles meet-up. Photo: Brian Klasewitz

On Saturday September 21, the NYFC Ensemble began its new 2024-2025 season with 26 members (23 returning and 3 new). Director Mark Vickers led the group through a set of old and new pieces including Scarborough Fair (arr. Young), Reverie (arr. Ben-Meir), McGinty's Masques, McIntosh's Diffusion and Light, Ancient Airs and Dances Suite No. 1, mvts. 1 and 2 (arr. Jicha), American Flute Salute (arr. Holcombe), A Musical Snuff Box arranged by ensemble member Bill Giannone, and Edelweiss arranged by former co-director Denise Koncelik. Returning members miss Denise and wish her the best. Within the group was NYFC president Lish Lindsey sharing the deep, dark sounds of the contra-bass flute, a great addition to the ensemble. 

The icebreaker question was "What was your favorite highlight of the summer?"  Answers ranged from hiking in Europe to sitting back and enjoying a view of the ocean.  Some spent time with family traveling and some were happy to just rest at home.