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Long Island Flute Club Holiday Concert

Holiday Harmonies from Festive Flutes!

The Long Island Flute Club is pleased to continue it's tradition of presenting our annual Holiday Concert.  Our sixteen piece  Our Suffolk County Holiday concert will be Saturday, December 7, 2013 at the United Methodist Church of Lake Ronkonkoma.  This is the eighth year that the LIFC will be presenting a Holiday Concert at this charming church in Lake Grove.  In the spirit of the holiday season the Long Island Flute Club will be taking up a collection to benefit local charities.  The sixteen member Flute Ensemble will feature all members of the flute family from piccolo to bass flute.  The ensemble, conducted by Lauren Osnato will play a variety of festive classics including:  The Nutcracker Suite, Winter Wonderland, White Christmas and even Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.  It's a holiday celebration for children of all ages!

In the spirit of the season, the Long Island Flute Club will take up a free will donation that will be donated to the charity Long Island Cares.  Long Island Cares is a local charity that provides food for those in need.  They have also been helping many Hurricane Sandy victims with all kinds of assistance.  Long Island Cares, Inc.  was founded by the musician Harry Chapin in 1980 and has been helping Long Islanders for over 30 years. 

The Holiday Flute Choir is made up of members of the Long Island Flute Club.  This group is made up of a mixture of adults and teens from all over Long Island who play at an advanced level.  They are professional players, teachers and students who all the the flute and enjoy sharing music.  The members of the 2013 Holiday Flute Choir are:  Lauren Osnato-Conductor of Massapequa, Lauren Ausubel of Huntington, Michele Aweh of Riverhead, Danielle Ienna of Garden City, Debra Kalabza of Smithtown, Amy Kempton of Glen Head, Charlotte Loake of Levittown, Martha Loeb of Bay Shore, Grace Michinovicz of Rockville Centre, Frances Piazza of Islip, Christine Saraceno of Holbrook, Danielle Schulman of Shirley, Debra Sherman of Northport, Kathy Solomowitz of Halesite, Leslie Strait of East Northport, Jennifer Travlos of South Setauket and Sandra Vigliotti of Westbury.

The Long Island Flute Club is a member club of the National Flute Association.  In 2014 the group will be celebrating it's 30th Anniversary of enriching the musical lives of flutists in the greater New York area.  Serving both professionals and students the club offers a diverse calendar of events each season.  The acclaimed LIFC concert series has become an intergral part of the Long Island arts scene, attracting an audience of flutists and the general public.


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