Wenatchee Valley Mall and even got their picture with Santa!
Concerts or Community Outreach
Many flute choirs choose to play formal concerts. Ours, on the other hand, prefers to play around town, offering up live music to the community. So what types of venues are available for performing in your community?
Performance venues
Church
Mall
Museum
Public Market
School Auditorium, Community College Multi-Purpose Room
Senior Living Facilities
Performing Arts Center/Theater
Winery
Performance events
Apple Blossom Festival Tea
Bird Festival Concert
Church Christmas Luncheon
Community College Faculty Christmas Luncheon
Habitat for Humanity Fundraiser
Holiday Artisan Craft Fair
Mobil Meals Fundraiser
Christmas at the Mall or as lobby music before a Symphony concert
Play for a fee or play for free?
A consideration when planning a performance is whether you want to be paid or not. Different events and venues, will bring this topic to light. The Columbia River Community Flute Choir usually plays for free. It makes us feel like we are doing something for the community and takes away some of the feeling of needing to be really good because we are being paid. We have taken donations on occasion, which we have used to purchase music.
If you decide you would like to be paid, be sure you have a fee schedule showing how much for how long a performance and if that varies by type of gig, i.e. Christmas at the Mall vs. a wedding, or Senior Living location. You will need to have planned whether the money collected goes to the flute choir for music, instruments, gas for travel etc. and whether part of that is a fee for the director. Be sure to track this income as a part of a private studio or the flute choir itself if it is a separate business.