Past Festivals

The first ever annual Chicago Flute Club Flute Fair was held in 1998. The Chicago Flute Club has always provided educational, entertaining, and enlightening clusters of showcases, presentations, performances, masterclasses, competitions, and exhibits at all of its flute fairs. The Flute Fair was an annual event until March 2007, when the first two-day Flute Festival took place in November. The expanded Flute Festival became a biennial event held in November.

Flute Festival November 12-14, 2021 - "From Chicago to the Cosmos and Beyond" 

Location: Online

Guest Artists: Paul Edmund Davis, Cady Coleman, and a special appearance of CSO flute section: Stefán Ragnar Höskuldsson, Emma Gerstein, and Jennifer Gunn

Lifetime Achievement Awards: Paul Edmund Davis and Sam Eugene Gordon

Flute Festival November 8-9, 2019 - "World of Flutes" 

Location: Fourth Presbyterian Church, Chicago

Guest Artist: Demarre McGill

Lifetime Achievement Awards: Katherine Borst Jones and Ervin Monroe

Flute Festival November 3-4, 2017 - "The Versatile Flutist"

Location: Chicago Temple
Guest Artists: Jonathan Keeble and Thomas Robertello
Lifetime Achievement Awards: Patricia George and Lillian Burkart

Flute Festival November 13-15, 2015 - "Where Did I Hear That Tune Before?"
Location: Hilton O'Hare Airport Chicago
Guest Artists: the Cavatina Duo, Paul Edmund-Davies, Nicola Mazzanti, and Mimi Stillman
Lifetime Achievement Awards: Bernard Z. Goldberg and David Straubinger. 

Flute Festival November 9-10, 2013 - "Plays Well With Others"
Location: Hilton Orrington, Evanston
Guest Artists: Claire Chase, Mary Stolper, Molly Barth, Ali Ryerson, and Alexa Still
Lifetime Achievement Awards: Michel Debost and Jim Keefe

Flute Festival November 12-13, 2011 - "The Unconventional Flute"
Location: Hilton Orrington, Evanston
Guest Artist: Jim Walker
Lifetime Achievement Awards: Mary Louise Poor and Bickford Brannen

Flute Festival November 7-8, 2009
Location: Hilton Orrington, Evanston
Guest Artists: William Bennett, Denis Bouriakov, Marco Granados, Matthias Ziegler
Lifetime Achievement Awards: William Bennett and Jack Moore

Flute Festival November 10-11, 2007
Location: Doubletree Hotel, Rosemont
Guest Artist: Emmanuel Pahud
Lifetime Achievement Awards: Walfrid Kujala and Donald Peck (first Recipients of this award)

Flute Fair March 11, 2007
Location: Northeastern Illinois University
Guest Artist: Rhonda Larson

Flute Fair April 30, 2006
Location: Northeastern Illinois University
Guest Artist: Amy Porter
Featured Artists: Celso Woltzenlogel and Karin Ursin

Flute Fair April 10, 2005
Location: Northeastern Illinois University
Guest Artist: Bonita Boyd

Flute Fair April 18, 2004
Location: Northeastern Illinois University
Guest Artist: Robert Langevin

Flute Fair April 13, 2003
Location: Northeastern Illinois University
Guest Artist: William Bennett

Flute Fair April 27, 2002
Location: Elgin Community College
Guest Artists: Jim Walker and Free Flight

Flute Fair April 29, 2001
Location: Wheeling High School
Guest Artist: Mary Stolper

Flute Fair April 9, 2000
Location: Wheeling High School
Guest Artist: Thomas Robertello

Flute Fair June 5, 1999
Location: Mother McAuley High School
Guest Artist: Donald Peck

Flute Fair May 2, 1998
Location: Fermilab National Laboratories
Guest Artist: Paula Robison