Flute Choir

• Our 2025 Winter Concert Series is just around the corner! Scroll down for details.
• Winter Quarter music was sent out via the newsletter on January 3rd. The newsletter was sent via email to the primary email address we have on file for each enrolled student. To download music, click the following link and enter the password found in that newsletter: Winter Quarter 2025 Music.
• Click here for Conductor’s Messages
• Scroll down for Spring Quarter dates!

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.

WINTER QUARTER 2025 DETAILS

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.

CONCERT DETAILS | Sunday, March 16 @ 3:00 pm

CALL TIME | 1:45 PM
All musicians should arrive promptly 1:45 pm.

LOCATION
Meydenbauer Center Theater: 11100 NE 6th St, Bellevue, WA 98004

DROP OFF
Musicians can be dropped off via the Meydenbauer parking garage. Please see Meydenbauer’s website for prices.

CONCERT ATTIRE
Be sure to check your ensemble’s concert attire requirements. Students must arrive wearing their concert clothing. They will not have a place to change later.

VOLUNTEERS – WE NEED YOU!
Volunteers will be a vital part of a successful day at Meydenbauer for all of our students. We need volunteers to help the check in process and supporting ensembles during their dress rehearsals. Volunteers have early access to reserve their seats in the hall. Click here to sign up now! 

CONCERT TICKETS
Tickets are now available for purchase for families of enrolled BYSO students, limited to 2 tickets per enrolled student per concert. If available, additional tickets will be opened to the public on February 27.

SPRING QUARTER 2025

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