Flutefinity performs the Premiere of the
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Festival Schedule

March 7, 2026

7:30 AM Registration Opens
8:00 AM Brian Luce Morning Warmup: Motor Preference and the Breathing Chain for Flutists - BRING YOUR FLUTES!
8:30 AM Josh McCune A Proposal for the Discovery of a Unified Pedagogical Approach and Method to Psychoacoustic Intonation
9:00 AM Flutefinity Cinco Leonardo De Lorenzo: Sinfonietta - Mattinata e Fughetta, Allegro Finale
9:15 AM Nelly Hawley-Hayes Sound Therapy using Tuning forks
9:45 AM Clarissa Tracy Jazz Ensemble: "Autumn Leaves" Johnny Mercer   
10:00 AM Hana Harlverson Music-Thanatology: Easing the Passage at End of Life
11:00 AM Vanessa Mulvey The Rib Cage & Flute Playing: Key to Breathing, Sound, Posture & Confidence
12:00 PM Lunch Break Take a walk and have lunch -OR-
Join flutefinity in a flute choir reading session in the music of Barber, Respighi, Luce, and others!
1:00 PM Rie Tanaka &
Ben Markwart
Reproducing Interpretation: AI, Performance, and Benjamin’s Modernity
2:00 PM Brian Luce Native Flute and Disklavier: Luce - Akimel kuikuḑ
2:10 PM Heratch Touresian The Yamaha Disklavier: A Tool for Performers and Researchers Alike
3:00 PM Clarissa Tracy Hybridized Performance Technology and Artificial Intelligence 
3:45 PM Flutefinity Tres Leonardo De Lorenzo: Capriccio Brilliante – I Tre Virtuosi
4:00 PM Grace Ho Unlocking the Mysteries of Eye-Hand Coordination 
4:45 PM Break
5:00 PM Rachel Adler  The Feasibility, Acceptability, and Benefits of MUSIC CARE©, an Innovative non-Pharmacological Intervention for Pain
6:00 PM Brian Luce & Rie Tanaka

The Timelessness of the Flute and Piano:

 William Linthicum-Blackhorse: Mnicáӄmuŋ 

 Christopher Caliendo-The Hunt 

 Paul McCartney/Hiromi: "Blackbird" 

 Nicholas Hubbell: "Your World" 

 Robert Muczynski:  Sonata

 Nicholas Hubbell:"Your World"

 Niccolò Paganini/Callimahos: Caprice No. 24