Benefits

Life members receive all the benefits afforded to active members:

• A subscription to The Flutist Quarterly, the member magazine of the National Flute Association (read the latest issues as well as every issue dating back to the magazine's start in 1976)
• The opportunity to attend the annual convention held each August in rotating cities throughout the U.S. (paid registration required)
• The opportunity to apply for competitions and masterclasses
• Borrowing privileges from the NFA Music Library, our collection of over 15,000 scores, including rare and out-of-print music and special collections that have been donated by flutists throughout the years
• Complimentary access to Naxos streaming music library, which houses music in multiple genres, including jazz, medieval, world, electronic, and the most comprehensive classical music library online
• Directories
  • Membership directory—access to member profiles on the NFA website and to a PDF posting of the annual directory of membership listing contact information for all NFA members
  • Teachers directory
• Boards
  • Job and internship board
  • Instruments for sale + lost or stolen instrument notices
• Discounts
  • Anderson Musical Instrument Insurance Solutions—Take advantage of a discounted rate on outstanding, low-cost, specialized insurance coverage for musical instruments.
  • Principal Chairs—Enjoy an exclusive 50% discount to Principal Chairs, the world’s largest orchestral flute excerpt resource online.
  • Play with a Pro—Get 30% off Play with a Pro’s Full Pahud Bundle, a series of instructional videos presented by Emmanuel Pahud, principal flutist of the Berlin Philharmonic.
  • Oxford University Press music list–Use your 25% discount across OUP’s vast music list.
  • SmartMusic—Save with a 15% discount on SmartMusic, a web-based suite of music education tools that support efficient practice, helping musicians to develop and grow.
• Access to Grove's expansive online music encyclopedia, known as the authoritative resource for music research with over 52,000 articles written by nearly 9,000 scholars charting the diverse history, theory, and cultures of music around the globe
• The opportunity to network with flutists from all over the U.S. and world, including professionals, students, amateurs, teachers, and students

Potential Savings

For some members, life membership is also a way to lock in savings on membership dues.