Pre-Solo Festival
Saturday, January 3rd, 2026
2:00-4:30PM
Eastman Community Music School
10 Gibbs Street
(Free Event)
Registration deadline: December 28th, 2025
Dear Music Educator and Flute Student,
The Rochester Flute Association is happy to host our popular “Pre-Solo Festival” Performance Clinic. It will be held on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at the Eastman Community Music School, 10 Gibbs St, from approximately 2-4:30 PM. The event will be free of charge.
This is a great opportunity for any flute students to perform their scales, solo, and sight-reading in a mock solo festival atmosphere, and will give flute students an extra opportunity to fine tune their skills through a positive experience in solo festival performing. It is especially helpful to the first timer or the experienced performer who is trying to get a great score for All-State.
Flute students will receive advice from qualified judges/flute instructors. Adjudication sheets with constructive comments will be given to each student. No grade or score will be given. Students playing level 1-4 will be allotted 15 minutes. Students playing level 5-6 will be allotted 20 minutes.
The registration deadline for the "Pre-Solo Festival" is Sunday, December 28, 2025.
Students will be contacted as to their performance time and room assignment by Tuesday, December 30th.
When they arrive at the Eastman Community Music School’s Messinger Hall on January 3rd, performers will sign in at the lobby where they will be given a warm-up space and directions to their assigned room. In the case of a large turnout, performance requests will be honored on a first come, first served basis.
Registration will be online at rfaonline.org. Navigate to the education tab, and fill out the pre-solo festival registration. Please have all solo information ready when filling out the form (title, composer/arranger, level). (Please note that students are not expected to play with a pianist for this event.)
We hope the efforts of the RFA will help you or your students have a successful solo festival.
Sincerely,
Sophia Gibbs Kim
Education Director, RFA
Saturday, January 3rd, 2026
2:00-4:30PM
Eastman Community Music School
10 Gibbs Street
(Free Event)
Registration deadline: December 28th, 2025
Dear Music Educator and Flute Student,
The Rochester Flute Association is happy to host our popular “Pre-Solo Festival” Performance Clinic. It will be held on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at the Eastman Community Music School, 10 Gibbs St, from approximately 2-4:30 PM. The event will be free of charge.
This is a great opportunity for any flute students to perform their scales, solo, and sight-reading in a mock solo festival atmosphere, and will give flute students an extra opportunity to fine tune their skills through a positive experience in solo festival performing. It is especially helpful to the first timer or the experienced performer who is trying to get a great score for All-State.
Flute students will receive advice from qualified judges/flute instructors. Adjudication sheets with constructive comments will be given to each student. No grade or score will be given. Students playing level 1-4 will be allotted 15 minutes. Students playing level 5-6 will be allotted 20 minutes.
The registration deadline for the "Pre-Solo Festival" is Sunday, December 28, 2025.
Students will be contacted as to their performance time and room assignment by Tuesday, December 30th.
When they arrive at the Eastman Community Music School’s Messinger Hall on January 3rd, performers will sign in at the lobby where they will be given a warm-up space and directions to their assigned room. In the case of a large turnout, performance requests will be honored on a first come, first served basis.
Registration will be online at rfaonline.org. Navigate to the education tab, and fill out the pre-solo festival registration. Please have all solo information ready when filling out the form (title, composer/arranger, level). (Please note that students are not expected to play with a pianist for this event.)
We hope the efforts of the RFA will help you or your students have a successful solo festival.
Sincerely,
Sophia Gibbs Kim
Education Director, RFA
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After submitting this application, you will receive a confirmation email within 48 hours. If you do not receive an email, please contact Sophia Gibbs Kim at [email protected]
After submitting this application, you will receive a confirmation email within 48 hours. If you do not receive an email, please contact Sophia Gibbs Kim at [email protected]
