Ensemble Program

NYFC Ensemble participants at the May 18, 2025 concert    Photo: Carmen Brown        

NY Flute Club Ensemble 2026-27 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. 

To join the ensemble:

• You must be a current member of the NY Flute Club.
• o 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.

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

Interested in playing in a group of two to four or five players in a player’s home?  Check out the Club's SMALL ENSEMBLES PROGRAM 

Meeting Schedule for the 2026-27 Season

* Pearl Studios, Room 1209, 500 8th Avenue (between 35th and 36th Streets), NYC.

Our Sunday, October 18, 2026 Meet-up

Participants at the October 19 ensembles meet-up. Photo: Mark Vickers 

The NYFC Ensemble program continues to grow with new participants. On Sunday, October 18, the ensemble held its second rehearsal with 27 members (22 returning and 5 new) participating at Studios 353 in Manhattan. Building on the first rehearsal, director Mark Vickers continued work on Meditation on 'Abide with Me' (arr. Via), Una Fiesta de Canciones Folklóricas (arr. Lombardo), Dolly Suite No. 1, Lullaby (arr. Giannone), Bohemian Dance (arr. Walter), The Skeleton Dance (arr. Spencer), Fanfare 36 (Via), and Under the Double Eagle (arr. Thurston).  

The icebreaker question was "What are your plans for Halloween?"  Answers included not really celebrating, hoping not to give out candy so it could be eaten later, throwing pumpkins from a roof for scientific study, small parties, dressing up, visiting the Botanical Gardens, blasting salsa music in the neighborhood, and leading ghost tours.

Our Saturday, September 19, 2026 Meet-up

Participants at the September 19 ensembles meet-up. Photo: Brian Klasewitz 

The NYFC Ensemble program started the 2026-27 season with 42 participants intending to play at some point this season!  On Saturday, September 19, the ensemble held its first rehearsal with 26 members (23 returning, a few of which had been on hiatus, and three new) participating.  Bill Giannone started the rehearsal with his arrangement of Faure’s Dolly Suite No. 1 Lullaby followed by Under the Double Eagle (arr. Thurston).  Director Mark Vickers took over and rehearsed Meditation on ‘Abide with Me’ (arr. Via), Bohemian Dance (arr. Walter), Fanfare 36 (Via), The Marriage of Figaro overture (arr. Barnaba), The Skeleton Dance (arr. Spencer), and Una Fiesta de Canciones Folklóricas (arr. Lombardo). 

The icebreaker question was “What were your summer vacation highlights?”  Answers included heading to various places around the country while visiting friends and family, attending the NFA convention, an engagement, traveling to Italy to play chamber music, traveling to England to see family, and sitting in on West Point Band rehearsals.