- Flute Choir and Flute Orchestra are combined for Fall Quarter 2025. For rehearsal and concert details, including messages from your conductor, please view the ensemble page for the Combined Flute Ensembles.
- Click here for Conductor’s Messages
Rehearsals will be held on Monday evenings from 6:30 – 8:30 pm. Musicians are expected to arrive and be prepared to rehearse 15 minutes prior to start time.
FALL QUARTER 2025 DETAILS
| Rehearsals | Fall Quarter Dates |
| Mondays from 6:30 – 8:30 pm | 9/22, 9/29, 10/6, 10/13, 10/20, 10/27, 11/3, 11/17 |
| There is no rehearsal on 11/10 (Veteran’s Day). | |
| Rehearsal Location | Drop Off/ Pick Up |
| Odle Middle School | Plan on prompt drop off and pick up to |
| 502 143rd Ave NE | avoid congestion. |
| Bellevue, WA 98007 | |
| Retreat Location | Time & Date |
| Lake Washington High School | Saturday, October 11 |
| 12033 NE 80th St | 10:00 am – 2:00 pm |
| Kirkland, WA 98033 | |
| Concert | Time & Date |
| Benaroya Hall | Sunday, November 23 @ 3:00 pm |
| 200 University St. | ALL DAY. Exact details will be posted here |
| Seattle, WA 98101 | at a later date. |
Student Checklist
- Bring a music stand
- Bring a pencil
- Print your sheet music prior to first rehearsal (using link at top of this page) and bring with you to rehearsal
- Arrive 15 minutes prior to the start of rehearsal to ensure you are in your chair and ready to play at the start of rehearsal
- Have fun!
ATTENDANCE POLICY FOR LAST REHEARSAL BEFORE THE CONCERT
If a Flute Choir student misses the final Monday rehearsal before a concert, their participation in the upcoming concert will be contingent on a music test. They will be required to submit a video of their performance of excerpts (details provided by the conductor) no later than Wednesday at midnight. The conductor will then make a decision whether the student can participate in the upcoming concert. This decision will be communicated by Thursday.
For more details about the absence policy, please see the BYSO Student Handbook.
About
Flute Choir is an advanced intermediate ensemble for flutes. This BYSO ensemble consists of flutists who were placed at the Sinfonia level after auditioning. Because orchestras need only a few flutes at a time, some of these students may take turns playing in Sinfonia during the year while also practicing and performing in the Flute Choir ensemble. The typical Flute Choir student has had some private instruction and school ensemble experience and is developing solid technical skills and musical understanding.
Flute Choir students develop orchestral playing skills in an enriching and unique chamber group setting, learning to produce rhythmic accuracy and clear dynamic contrasts while maintaining appropriate blend, balance and intonation. Since there are usually only one or two players per part in Flute Choir, these flutists gain valuable independence in playing. Past works performed include Castérède’s Flûtes Joyeuses, Adler’s Madrigals for Six Flutes, and the folksong Scarborough Fair.
Recent Flute Choir Performance
