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SEMFA 2025 FESTIVAL 

Saturday May 10, 2024, 8:30 - 5:00 pm

First Congregational Church of Rochester

1315 N. Pine St.
Rochester, MI 48307

Featured Guests
Martha Councell-Vargas &
Dianne Frazer


Festival Registration

To register for the SEMFA 2025 Festival, please complete the following form. Payment will be collected via PayPal within the form. 

Early Bird Member Registration Fee: $35.00 (Before April 10, 2025)
Member Registration Fee: $45.00 (After April 10, 2025)
Non-Member Registration Fee: $60.00 

In addition, we have a limited number of student scholarships available. Please reach out to payments@semfa.org if interested in learning more

Students ages 18 and under are allowed one chaperone with their registration.

Group Registration

SEMFA is pleased to offer Group Discount Registration for students for our Festival. 
 

  • On one registration form, a teacher may register 5 or more students of any level for this discount. 
  • For $20.00 per person, we will offer these students registration for the event and a student membership for the rest of the calendar year. 

SEMFA MEMBERS' SHOWCASE

You are invited to perform a solo or chamber piece at our SEMFA Members' Showcase Recital!  This event is part of the 2025 SEMFA Festival at First Congregational Church of Rochester, in Rochester, MI and will be the final event of our day (approx. start time is 4:00 pm). No pianist will be provided by SEMFA.

To sign up to perform, please fill out the SEMFA Members' Showcase Registration form.

Festival Schedule

Event Artist/Speaker Room Time
Registration Opens
 
  Westminster Presbyterian
 
8:00 a.m.
 
Exhibit Hall
 
  Fellowship Hall
 
9:00 - 4:00 a.m.
 
       
     
 
SEMFA Member Showcase (featuring Mass Flute Choir)
 
 
Sanctuary

 
4:00 - 5:00 p.m.
 
       

 

Martha Councell-Vargas and Dianne Frazer's Recital Program

Sonata in D major, Op. 1 No. 4,  Anna Bon di Venezia (1737-1768)

     Allegro Moderato 
     Andante 
     Allegro Assai 

Three Romances, Op. 22, Clara Wieck Schumann (1818-1896)

     Andante Molto 
     Allegretto (mit zartem vortrage)
     Leidenschaftlich schnell 

Suite pour flute et piano, Clemence de Grandval (1828-1907)

      Prelude: Moderato molto 
      Scherzo: Allegro ma non troppo 
      Menuet: Moderato 
      Romance: Andantino con moto 
      Final: Allegretto moderato 

Intermission

Énergie for solo flute and electronics, Brian Raphael Nabors (b. 1991)

Moonlit Waters, Lawren Brianna Ware (b.1994)

Alma, Tania León (b.1943)

A Romance for Orcia, Yuko Uebayashi (b.1958)

     Blue Dawn 
     Passing