The Summer 2025 Issue
In this issue:
Listening is at the forefront this summer: Robert Rabinowitz writes about the lost art of listening—and how we find community in it. We preview the convention, spotlighting some of the numerous performers we’ll be listening to—like Julin Cheung—highlighting the true connectedness we feel when we gather together to listen to, perform, and discuss music. Listening to other traditions is also enlightening, and that’s why we’re giving space to Luz Valdez, who shares that we can learn a lot from the rigorous preparation of mariachi performers. This issue also includes tips from Mercedes Smith on how to dress like a pro onstage, and Stephanie Lupo shares how she finds her favorite piccolo note. The Idea Committee introduces us to a hidden figure in the fight for arts support on a national level, we have another article from the Library of Congress about walking stick flutes (who knew?!), and the New Music Committee has a catch-up with composer/flutist Jennifer Higdon.
Finally, as we wrap up this volume of FQ, the Archives and Oral History Committee’s Elizabeth Buck celebrates 50 years of this very publication with a look back on its history.
There’s a lot more, so read a few articles and then go out and listen—to some music, to nature, to each other. And enjoy the summer!
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The Flutist Quarterly, the flagship member publication of the National Flute Association, was founded more than four decades ago, dating back almost as far as the organization itself. Recognized throughout the international flute community for its quality and visual appeal, The Flutist Quarterly provides information and articles about the performance, study, history, manufacture, and enjoyment of flutes, flutists, and flute music. The magazine features articles written by leading flute performers, scholars, and teachers and news about developments and accomplishments in the NFA membership and flute community at large. Article topics range from breaking discoveries and new insights in research and methodologies to in-depth analyses of new works. Profiles of the world’s leading flutists and pedagogues, significant activities in communities from Boston to China and all points in-between, performance health insights, and developments in flute repair and manufacture are among topics explored in the magazine’s feature articles. Regular departments include reports on flute club activities, Annual NFA Convention news and updates, obituaries, international news, news from and about the NFA, announcements of new products, and reviews of new CDs, music, and books pertaining to flute.