NFA 2026

Hello friends!

I am gearing up for the next big event this year –

NATIONAL FLUTE ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONVENTION
Oregon Convention Center, August 6-9, 2026
NFA is in Portland this year!  I’ll be playing on several programs on the first day, Thursday, Aug. 6.  And one of my compositions is on a program the next day, Wednesday Aug. 7. (I did a search for my name in the program and was surprised to find it 13 times!) You can purchase a single ticket to a single event, or a day pass, or attend the whole convention if you are a flute junkie like me.  Details on the NFA website  https://www.nfaonline.org/convention/2026-convention-portland-or

Here are my highlights from the convention schedule:

Thrs. Aug 6, 9-10am, Oregon Ballroom 203-204:  Opening Flute Orchestra
My composition “Origins Overture” will be premiered and kick off the whole convention by the Opening Flute Orchestra at 9am. Only at convention do you have the opportunity to hear about 150 flutes all playing together at the same time. The whole flute family will be there – piccolo all the way down to contra-bass.

Thrs. Aug 6, 10:15-11:15,  Room C125-126: Flutist Composers
I will be performing duets and trios with my old friends Phyllis Louke and Treese Kjeldsen. Works by Louke and Zempleni

Thrs. Aug. 6, 12:30 – 1:30,  Room A107-109: Flutists from Oregon
Two compositions of mine will be performed:
Linda Bailey and Christina Steffen present “Playing in the Currents“
Robert Wakeley, Alexis Evers, Savannah Gentry present “2020: The Year We Could Not Breathe (trio)“

Thrs. Aug. 6,  4:45-5:45,  Room C125-126:  Quattro
I will be performing my quartet, “Evening Commute“ with my friends Lisa Ochoco, Robert Beall, and BoMi Kim

Thrs. Aug. 6,  6-7pm, Room A103-104: Exihibitors’ Concert
I will be participating in a performance of “Deva” by Katrina Pennman, with the “Friends of Canter” flute ensemble

NEXT DAY
Fri. Aug 7,  7:00-7:45pm, Oregon Ballroom Lobby: Desert Echoes Flute Project
They will perform my composition “Agnus D.E.I.“, which they premiered earlier this year at the Oh My Ears New Music Festival.

It’s going to be a busy weekend!!

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Next up after convention:

Newport Symphony, “Siren Song”
Sept. 26 & 27 at the Newport Performing Arts Center, Newport, OR
NSO season kicks off with our friends the Willamette Master Chorus. Works by Debussy, Montgomery, Stravinsky.  Info about the whole NSO season here:
https://newportsymphony.org/events/2026-2027-season.html