The program book is your complete guide to the convention.

It contains the convention schedule, venue maps, event policies, and all other information that you need to know to have a successful convention. Physical program books must be purchased when you register for the convention for a fee of $5. The digital (pdf) program book and Guidebook Convention App are free. 

Any changes received after the program book goes to print will be listed in the Addenda (below). The most up-to-date schedule will be in the Guidebook Convention App -- available here!

Note for performers: if you have a significant program change or correction (ie, a cancellation), you must submit it using this form, and we will add it to the Addenda (below). Please do not submit changes in program order through this form; they can be announced from the stage. Please do not email the program chair or NFA staff with your correction.

Addenda

All changes made to convention programming after the printing of the 2026 program book are listed below. 

Note for performers: if you have a significant program change or correction (ie, a cancellation), you must submit it using this form, and we will add it to the Addenda (below). Please do not submit changes in program order through this form; they can be announced from the stage. Please do not email the program chair or NFA staff with your correction.

Time/Date Updates

• What It Means to be a Military Musician — This event will now occur on Saturday from 12:30 - 1:30 PM in Oregon Ballroom 203-204. NOT on Sunday or Friday. 
• Exhibitor Showcase: Powell Flutes - Inside the Sound — This event has returned to Saturday from 9:45 - 10:10AM in A103-104. NOT on Thursday at 12:00 PM. 
• Flute Ensemble Festival Concert - Central Washignton University Flute Choir and Highline Flute Ensemble — This event will now occur on Thursday from 12:15 - 1:30pm with Highline Flute Ensemble performing first followed by the CWU Flute Choir. It will NOT be Thursday from 11:45am - 1:00pm

Competition Updates

• Piccolo Artist — Erica Vogel has withdrawn from the competition. Alternate Meadhbh O'Rourke will be competing. 
• High School Soloist — Ella Zhang has withdrawn from the competition. Alternate Alyson Lee will be competing.
• High School Masterclass — Alyson Lee has moved to the solo competition. Alternate Angela Fu will now perform in the masterclass.

Exhibitor Updates

• NEW EXHIBITORS:
  • Flute Mastery — NEW EXHIBITOR. Booth #605
  • MIDI Flute - ElectroWinds LLC — NEW EXHIBITOR. Booth #623
  • Key Leaves — NEW EXHIBITOR. Booth #621
  • United States Marine Corps — NEW EXHIBITOR. Booth #426
• EXHIBITOR CHANGES:
  • Flutistry — Moved to Booth #700
  • The International Flute Technician Collective — Moved to Booth #617
  • NFA Newly Published Works Competition Winning Scores — Moved to Booth #625
  • Tryout Booths — These will be in booth #'s 126, 227, 326, 706, 708, 710 

Other

• Room G130 will now be the main "General Warm-Up Room"
• Raimundo Pineda does not have an accent on the "n" of Pineda

Programming Updates

Thursday

• 10:00 AM — Where Influence Meets Origin — "Dancing, Still" by Asha Srinivasan will be replacing "Uttistha" by Asha Srinivasan
• 10:00 AM — Flute Ensemble Festival Concert - Western Flute Ensemble — 
  • "Romanian Folk Dances" by Bela Bartók (1881-1945) Arr. Nancy Nourse has been added to the end of the program with soloists Margaret Chapel and Ume Lindemeier
  • Updated roster: Aubri Blum, Margaret Chapel, Joey Gasca, Layla Hall, Byanca Holguin, Ume Lindemeier, Addi McAllister, Olivia Mesaros, Gena Mikkelsen, Anna Mitchell, Nora Lindsay, Ike Rosenthal, Addie Whitehill
• 10:00 AM — Cartophonies I —
  • Kelariz Keshavarz is unfortunately no longer attending. The works by Vali, Sahbai, and Mirhosseini will not be performed
  • Gareth McLearnon will now perform the world premiere of his work "Roots" for flute and piano with Pieter-Jan Verhoyen
  • The movements to be performed of the "Stone Suite" with soloist Christine Potter are: I. Cliff Palace Ghost Dance; III. In the Shadow of the Great Sphinx; IV. To Kiss the Blarney Stone.
• 11:00 AM — Picc Tales — Julia Escobar will perform her pieces in the following composer order: Kōda, Price, Viardot
• 11:45 AM — Edges of Imagination I — Elise Blatchford will unfortunately not be attending the convention. Her performance of "Fusain" by Betsy Jolas has been removed from the program
• 1:15 PM — Tingo, Tingo, Tango — "Por Seguir" by Raul Carnota/arr. Gobbo has been removed from the program.
• 1:45 PM — Immersions I — The performers for "Unimagined Bridges" by Andrea Clearfield are: Lisamarie Windwalker (Indigenous Flutes), Judy Dines (Orchestral Flute), and Lenny Foster (Photography)
• 2:00 PM — Oregon Jewels — Elise Blatchford will unfortunately not be attending the convention. Her performance of "Vesper Flight" by Kenji Bunch has been removed from the program
• 2:30 PM — American Creativity — The following piccoloists will also be playing on Mark Starr's "Concert Fantasy on Stars and Stripes Forever": Sabrina Walker, Haylie Wu, Owen Williams, and Alaina Goff
• 2:45 PM — 1+10=BRANT+REICH — Lisa Bost-Sandberg is the soloist on the Brant. Molly Barth is the soloist on the Reich.
• 2:45 PM — High Expressions — "Sonata for Two Violins" by Sergei Prokofiev arranged for piccolo duet by Anke Lauwers will no longer be performed. Instead, Peter Verhoyen (piccolo) and Pieter-Jan Verhoyen (piano) will perform:
  • "Sonatina for Oboe and Piano" by Joseph Ryelandt (1870-1965) transcribed for piccolo and piano. Movements: Aria; Allegretto
  • "Five Melodies" by Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953). Movements: Andante; Lento, ma non troppo; Animato, ma non allegro; Allegretto leggero e scherzando; Andante ma non troppo
• 4:45 PM — Quattro — 
  • "Quartet in D Major K285" by Mozart will no longer be performed.
  • Performers in the Aviary Quartet will include: Nicole Riner, Elizabeth Robinson, Alaunde Copley-Woods (bass flute), and Hannah Porter-Occena (alto flute)
• 5:00 PM — The Professional Military Flute Ensemble — 
  • The composer for "Sound Off!"  is John Philip Sousa (1854–1932) arranged by Boydston
  • Updated roster: MSGT (Ret.) Maria Luisa de la Cerda Rohde, TSGT Candy Tasker, conductors
    Flutes: Spc. Kari Boyer, SFC (Ret.) Heather Schaefer, SFC (Ret.) Jennifer Ware, SSG (Ret.) Darla Wilmot, SMSgt Kristen Hammiel, TSgt Carolyn Muñiz, SMSgt Sandra Tiemens, MSgt Beverly Johnson, PO3 Kylie Teter, Cpl. Howard L. McCullers, SGM (Ret.) Nan Raphael, SFC (Ret.) Andrea Frankenfield, SP6 Wendell Dobbs, BT3 Donald Holm, MSgt Beth Sanders, SSG Leslie Marrs, Sgt. Krystine Smith, John Thomas Smith, SrA Jennifer Nelson Apigian, SPC Isaiah Saxon, Cpl. Brittany Mauricio, SFC Karina Núñez-Hedrick, GySgt Jessica Backes, Cpl. Karen Hansen, Michelle Chavez, SFC Emily Barone, SFC Julia Amadee, SSG Vincenzo Volpe, MSG Barbi Risken, SFC Angela McCuiston, SFC Ashley Mendeke, SFC Heath White, SFC Courtney Martin, Anne Epperly, Natalie Syring, Lucy Snell, CPT (Ret.) Laura Litynski Ropelis.
• 6:30 PM — Immersions II — Douglas Schneider on piano will be replacing Frank Gonzalez for "Tango Suite" by Astor Piazzolla
• 7:00 PM — Flute Ensemble Festival Pre-Gala Lobby Concert — LOCATION — This will be in the Holladay Lobby

Friday 

• 12:30 PM — Introduction to Adaptive Headjoints — Gabriela Alvarado will be leading this workshop; not Francesca Leo
• 12:45 PM — Cartophonies II — Harpist Evelyn Yue-Lin Jhang will be replacing Chao-Pei Chen on "A Bowerbird's Dance" by I-Chuun Lee
• 1:00 PM — Contemporary Horizons — Alicia “Lish” Lindsey will be playing the ryūteki
• 2:15 PM — Flute Ensemble Festival Lobby Concert — The second piece on Texas Tech University Flute Choir's program is properly titled "A Peace of the Acton" by Gareth McLearnon
• 2:30 PM — Dalcrozian Techniques for Teaching the Elementary–Age Flutist — EVENT CANCELLED
• 2:30 - 3:30 PM — Musicianship for Everyone: Making Music More Meaningful Through Movement — NEW EVENT — Room: A107–109 — Description: Musicianship is not reserved for the most advanced performers… It is something every learner can develop. Join Cassandra Eisenreich as she shares how Dalcroze principles can be woven into your teaching to build stronger listening, creativity, expression, and musical understanding.
• 4:30 PM — Flute Ensemble Festival Lobby Concert  — This concert, with Crane Flutes, has been moved to B115-116
• 4:30 — LGBTQIA+ Flute Ensemble — This concert has been moved to the Holladay Lobby
• 5:30 PM — Flute Ensemble Festival Lobby Concert — The name of the ensemble is Song of Angels NOT Song of Angeles
• 6:30 PM — Prisms —
  • "Episode Second for Flute and Piano" by Betsy Jolas has been removed from the program
  • The above piece has been replaced with "Trilfolium" by Betsy Jolas
  • The first three pieces on the program will be performed in the following composer order: Tailleferre; Jolas; Dorff
  • The pianist for "Trilfolium" by Betsy Jolas will be Suyeon Kim
  • The pianist for "Sonatine de Giverny" by Daniel Dorff will be Allison Franzetti
• 7:00 PM — Flute Ensemble Festival Pre-Gala Lobby Concert — LOCATION — This concert has been moved to the Holladay Lobby

Saturday

• 9:30 AM — Lineage — Aralee Dorough's pianist will be Li-Tan Hsu, replaceing Scott Holshouser
• 10:00 AM — Managing Money for Flute Choirs and Flute Clubs — Natalie Syring will be replacing Michael Williams on this panel
• 11:00 AM — Parallel Cannon — For "Puma" by Daniel Cueto, the oboe player is now Mary Lindsey Bailey, and the bassoon player is Paul Rafanelli. The movements of "Canciones de Cuna" include: I. Canción Costeña, II. Canción Andina, III. Canción Amazónica
• 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM — Spotlight Artist Workshop with Mike Mower — NEW EVENT — Room: Oregon Ballroom 203-204 — Description: Mike Mower illustrates some of his music with star performers and shares a few advanced harmonic practice techniques
• 2:30 PM — Melanin Rhapsody Concert — "Transverses" by Judy Nishimura will no longer be performed. It will be replaced by:
  • "On the Shoulders of Giants, Miniatures for Flute Choir" by Henry Bransdorfer. World premiere — Commissioned by the NFA

• 4:30 PM — Six Flutes for One Flutist — EVENT CANCELLED
• 4:30 - 5:15 PM — Latin American Roots: a workshop of styles and possibilities — NEW EVENT — Room: C124 — Description: Partnering education and performance, join Carmen Marulanda to explore melodic and harmonic textures, rhythmic awareness, and ensemble musicianship through Latin American traditional styles. This training maximizes teachers’ planning time and supports Latin American concert music strengthening interpretation and musical flow while encouraging diversity.
• 4:30 PM — Spotlight Recital: Wissam Boustany "Fluid Identities" — "Sonata" by Erwin Schulhoff and "Sonatina" by Walter Gieseking have been added to this program
• 4:30 PM — Las Voces de La Isla...| Tradition and Innovation... — 
  • "Catilena" by Osvaldo Lacerda will no longer be performed
  • The pianists' name is Rosangela Sebba
• 6:00 PM — Cartophonies III — Amelia Lukas will be performing the following three pieces during her portion of the program: Kenji Bunch's "Vesper Flight", Deena T. Grossman's "Snowy Egret, January Messenger", and Kirsten Volness's "Shima Enaga."
• 6:00 PM — Edges of Imagination II — Dietmar Weisner is unfortunately unable to attend the convention. Consequently, this program has been updated to the following. Performer: Lina Andonovska
  • "Glacier" by Dai Fujikura (b. 1977) published by Ricordi
  • "Bioluminescence" by Liza Lim (b. 1966) published by Ricordi
  • "Demons" by Brett Dean (b. 1961) published by Boosey and Hawkes
  • "Couleurs du Vent" by Kaija Saariaho (1952–2023) published by Chester Music Ltd.
  • "Breath of Fresh Air" by Judith Ring (b. 1976) (5’) self-published
  • "The Scolds" by Amanda Feery (b. 1984) (6’) self-published
• 7:00 PM — Flute Ensemble Festival Pre-Gala Lobby Concert — LOCATION — This concert has been moved to the Holladay Lobby
  • Soloists for "Angels and Devils" are Sarah Smith and Jana Lange
  • Updated Roster for the Mountain West Flute Orchestra: Anna Lisa Davidson, Gabriel Gutierrez, Tia Jaynes, Annie Jones, Jana Lange, Natalie Morrison, Katie Parker, Kristian Rust, Jenny Sittig, Lisa Anderson Smith, Sarah Smith, Carrie Taylor, Ashley Tingey, Mary Thompson, Adrienne Tedjamulia, Pollyanna Tullis, Briaunna Young, Katrina Young, Sylvie Warner

Sunday

• 9:30 AM — Flute Ensemble Festival Lobby Concert — EVENT CANCELLED — Fresno State Flute Ensemble
• 10:00 AM — Adult Amateur Flute Choir Concert — ROOM CLARIFICATION This event will be in B115-116
• 12:00 PM — Flute Ensemble Festival Lobby Concert — The composer for "Fluteblazing" is Christian Gerardo
• 2:30 PM — Pacific Northwest Soundscapes — "Images from Mt. Tahoma for Solo Bassoon and Flute Choir" by Deborah J. Anderson has been added to the end of the program. Movements: I. River, II. Forest, III. Wind