For Vice Chair of the Board (an elected position)
A four-year commitment; will serve two years as Vice Chair, two years as Chair.

Kyle Dzapo

STATEMENT
As a member of the NFA since my undergraduate days, I have come to know our organization from different vantage points: I’ve performed at four of our conventions and have served as chair of the research committee (1997-2001), assistant secretary/secretary (2001-03), and program chair (San Diego, 2005). This experience, as well as my work on the executive committee of my university’s senate, has given me useful insights about how to work with people to get things done. I’ve also gained valuable perspective through my participation in the most recent conventions of the German and British flute societies. Ten years ago, I was on the outside looking in. I retain some of that perspective and, because of it, I want to be sure to include you and your ideas. Our organization has made great strides in recent years, and I am confident that I can work effectively with the board, committees, and members to continue the vision of our founders and the fine work of our recent leaders.

BIO
Kyle Dzapo is professor of music at Bradley University, where her work has been recognized with the Caterpillar Award for Teaching and the Rothberg Award for Scholarship. Principal flutist of the Peoria Symphony, she has performed as soloist in works by Bach, Mozart, Martin, and Nielsen and as recitalist in London, Denmark, and on live broadcasts for Wisconsin Public Radio and Chicago’s WFMT. She is a pre-concert lecturer for the Chicago Symphony; has contributed to The Flutist Quarterly, Pan, and the Finnish flute journal, Huilista; authored Joachim Andersen: A Bio-Bibliography; and edited an edition of Andersen’s Fünf leichtere Stücke for Zimmermann Music Publishers. Dzapo earned a DM from Northwestern University, where she was a student and teaching assistant of Walfrid Kujala. She studied with Lois Schaefer at New England Conservatory, receiving an MM with Distinction in performance, and holds a BME degree from the University of Michigan, where she studied with Judith Bentley.

For Chair of the Finance Committee (a ratified position)
A four-year commitment.

Debbie Hyde-Duby

STATEMENT
Although my passion is expressing myself through my flute, I pursued a business career after graduating from the University of Akron. As chair of the finance committee, I aspire to bring my business career skills to play with the National Flute Association. My dynamic management career includes over 28 contiguous years in leadership positions with proven ability to develop effective goals, themes, and strategies to meet objectives.

BIO
Debbie Hyde-Duby is very active in the San Diego music community performing with the Coastal Communities Concert Band, two Chamber Trios, and her church orchestra. Hyde-Duby has taken the opportunity to spread the international language of music to over 65 countries through church music missions as well as performing with the International Flute Orchestra on their past nine tours. Debbie is an active Life Member in the NFA, past committee chair for the Myrna Brown Society, and equipment chair for the San Diego and Albuquerque Conventions.  

For Assistant Secretary/Secretary Elect (an elected position)
A two year commitment; will serve one year as Assistant Secretary and the following year as Secretary. One is elected.

Deanna Little

STATEMENT
The NFA is a conduit through which great ideas and friendships flow. It is an honor to have the opportunity to run for the position of assistant secretary, and I would be proud to serve the organization in this capacity. If elected, it will be my mission to work so that we make a positive impact on the development and growth of the NFA.

BIO
Deanna Little has served the NFA as Chamber Music Competition Coordinator and 2004 Local Arrangements Chair.  She is associate professor of flute at Middle Tennessee State University.  Her past teachers include James Scott, Kate Lukas, Peter Lloyd, Trevor Wye and Angeleita Floyd.

For the NFA Board of Directors (a ratified position)
One board member for a two-year term.

Adrianne Greenbaum

STATEMENT
I have been a fan and supporter of the NFA since my first convention in D.C. over two decades ago. I went with a degree of trepidation, fearing that it was going to be filled with flutists literally cheering in the hallways, complete with pompoms. My fears were fully realized (minus the pompoms)—and I was hooked. Everyone, from the young child who had yet to blow a note to the very seasoned, was there. Many performances were over-the-top for me. I came away refreshed and invigorated. The NFA has continued to inspire with its welcoming arms towards new music and innovations, while paying equal attention to our history of our music and of our flutes. I particularly enjoy our forums that encourage young flutist or amateurs with masterclasses specifically aimed at their levels and interests. NFA offers ways to include the pre-professional and the professional who has less opportunity to perform. I will champion efforts to continue to offer these many opportunities to our wide community.

BIO
Adrianne Greenbaum is an internationally recognized klezmer and classical flutist. As a klezmer she is the founder and leader of FleytMuzik, and of The Klezical Tradition klezmer ensembles. She teaches klezmer technique at many folk camps including  KlezKamp, KlezKanada, Klezmerquerque, and Boxwood, and has performed and given masterclasses throughout the U.S. and Europe in festivals and colleges. She holds degrees from Oberlin (BM: Willoughby) and Yale (MM: Nyfenger) and is solo flutist with the New Haven Symphony, the Wall Street Chamber Players, and Orchestra New England. Adrianne has held faculty positions at Wesleyan and Yale Universities and Smith College, and is currently professor of flute at Mount Holyoke College. Solo recordings include FleytMuzik and Sounds of America. Publications include a string orchestra arrangement of Doppler’s Andante and Rondo (International), Mozart G cadenzas (Southern) and two music books, one being of her own klezmer compositions (self).

Paul Taub

STATEMENT
I am honored to be a candidate for the board of the NFA. I believe strongly in the mission of the organization and have been a long-time active volunteer, most recently as the chair of the New Music Advisory Committee, helping NFA expand its horizons with more regular special project commissions by both American and international composers. My areas of interest include chamber music, contemporary music, and especially, our commissioning program, which makes us an important global player in a much larger world of our living art form, and where the leadership of NFA can contribute to the future by being active in the present. I am proud that the broad spectrum of work we do at NFA—whether through the commissioning programs, the competitions, support we give for the flute industry, or the promotion of opportunities for flutists from students to professionals to amateurs—is simultaneously an appreciation of our past, our present, and our legacy. I look forward to a continued NFA activism!

BIO
Paul Taub is professor of music at Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle and flutist and executive cirector of the Seattle Chamber Players. He was trained at Rutgers University and the California Institute of the Arts; his teachers include Marcel Moyse, Samuel Baron, Michel Debost, James Scott, Karl Kraber, David Shostac, and Robert Aitken. A founding member of SCP, Taub has had a strong musical presence in the Seattle chamber music scene since 1979. He is an active soloist and recitalist, with extensive work in American, Soviet/Russian, and international contemporary repertoire. With SCP, he has appeared at major festivals in Warsaw, Moscow, and St Petersburg. He has given world and U.S. premieres of music by Henry Brant, John Cage, George Crumb, Janice Giteck, Sofia Gubaidulina, Toru Takemitsu, and Peteris Vasks. His solo CD, Oo-ee (Periplum) features 12 pieces commissioned for his 20th year in Seattle. He is currently a member of the board of directors of Chamber Music America.