The SFS is already looking ahead to the spring and our most popular event of the SFS season.
Make sure to put Sunday, April 5, 2009 on your calendars and plan to attend the annual SFS Flute Festival! Commercial exhibits, our Young Members Recital, and the Flute Choir Festival will all take place on Sunday, April 5, at Town Hall in Seattle.
In addition to the ever-popular flute vendor and commercial exhibits, our day will include a participatory group warmup, a Performance Health workshop, flute choir performances, the Young Members Recital, and a recital and workshop with our guest artist, Greg Pattillo and his ensemble PROJECT.
Festival Admission (includes morning workshops, Commercial exhibits, Young Members Recital and Flute Choir Festival)
$5 non-member students/seniors
$7 non-members/general adult
free to SFS members
*Festival Admission (above) plus Greg Pattillo/PROJECT Performance and Workshop (2:00 – 4:00 pm)*(Advance Ticket Sales available)*
$10 SFS member students/seniors
$15 adult SFS members and non-member students/seniors
$20 non-members/general adult
*Please consider purchasing this "all access pass" to the flute festival in advance.
Visit Brown Paper Tickets at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/59361. SFS members can enter a discount code (available in our latest newsletter) for SFS member pricing to this event. SFS Members and the general public can purchase the "all access pass" (which includes Greg Pattillo’s performance and workshop) through this website using a Visa/MasterCard/Discover credit card. Tickets are mailed to your home – but as of today, an ‘express’ delivery charge’ will need to be added in order to receive your tickets in time. To avoid this extra fee, you can still visit Brown Paper Ticket in person (220 Nickerson Street; near the Fremont Bridge/Ponti’s restaurant) between now and Saturday afternoon. We chose Brown Paper Tickets for their outstanding customer service; low service fees; and their stance as the only fair-trade ticketing company. We hope you will find this service helpful.
Tickets will also be made available at the door on Sunday. However, the SFS accepts cash or check only.
The SFS offers 2009-2010 memberships that begin at this event and include free admission to the Flute Fair exhibits, free admission to the All-Members Recital, remaining newsletters for 2008-2009 and continuing membership through 2009-2010.
Flute playing is an inherently asymmetrical body activity. This workshop will present ways of bringing balance to the body through economical use of effort and by bringing attention to the core muscles.
You will gain insight into methods by which you can release excess tension while playing. You will learn how you can find the simplest, most normative uses of your body. Together, we will explore centric (centered), as opposed to "ec-centric," ways of using the body while playing.
A portion of the session will be dedicated to working with participants who would like individual evaluation and coaching. Everyone will learn through observation of the volunteers’ responses.
You will leave the workshop with a 5-minute and a 15-minute series of warm-up exercises for your personal use before practice sessions and performances.
Don’t forget to bring your flute!
About Lillo Way
Lillo Way has enjoyed a long career in the study and teaching of human movement, dance and yoga. During 25 years as a modern dancer and choreographer, she performed in the companies of Erick Hawkins and Twyla Tharp, in addition to her own company, and served on the dance faculties of New York University and Hunter College.
Lillo began practicing yoga in 1971. She taught all levels of hatha yoga, as well as workshops in pranayama (breathing practices), meditation, mindfulness-based stress reduction, posture and body alignment, partners’ yoga and prenatal yoga at the Integral Yoga Institute in New York City, where she received her teaching certifications. She has had a private yoga therapy practice in NYC and Seattle, working with many actors and musicians, as well as people facing serious illnesses. She has taught in India and Mexico.
If you are interested in working one-on-one with Lillo, here is how to contact her: lilloway@verizon.net
Commercial Exhibiters are always a very important part of the flute festival. There will be many opportunities to shop for new and used instruments, flute "accessories," and more. Thanks to our SFS Commercial Members who attend our festival year after year. Whether they travel from across the country or across town, they all spend a lot of time and money to be sure that our members get to test out some of the best flutes around. Please make sure to visit their exhibits!
List of Participating Vendors
Altus Flutes
Avanti/Conn-Selmer
Brannen Brothers Flutemakers, Inc.
Burkart-Phelan Flute & Piccolos
Carolyn Nussbaum Music Co.
Eppler Flute Co.
Flute Arts
Flute Center of New York
Fluteworks Seattle
Gemeinhardt
JB Weissman Music Co. Inc.
J.L. Smith & Co.
Jupiter Flutes & Band Instruments
Little Piper
Miyazawa Flutes, USA
Muramatsu America
Peter Noy Flutemaker
Ted Brown Music Co.
WM. S. Haynes Flute Co.
Cornish College of the Arts
Pacific Lutheran University
Seattle Pacific University
University of Washington
Seattle Youth Symphonies
Cascade Youth Symphonies
Bellevue Youth Symphonies
National Flute Association
Northern California Flute Camp/Hidden Valley Music Seminars
PROJECT is a passionate, high energy chamber music ensemble comprised of three virtuosic composer/performers from Brooklyn, NY. Blending their classical training with an eclectic taste in musical styles, PROJECT has made an impact on audiences of all ages. Bursting onto the scene with their landmark videos, right out of the internet generation, PROJECT is a musical experience defining a new level of entertainment!
Featuring Greg Pattillo, "the Beat-Boxing Flutist"
Enjoy a performance with some of the SFS's youngest flute students in grades 1-6. If you are a flute teacher, you'll enjoy hearing some of the best beginning flute repertoire. Please come cheer for our youngest performers!
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