Tucson Flute Club in concert Tuesday

The Tucson Flute Club will be in concert at 7 p.m., Tuesday at the Performing Arts Center, 1250 W. Continental Rd.

Tickets for all series concerts are $15 and are available at Bracker’s Men’s Store in Continental Shopping Plaza, Camilot Flowers in Green Valley Mall, Green Valley Sahuarita Chamber of Commerce, Sunrise Dry Cleaners on Duval Mind Road in Sahuarita Safeway plaza, The Book Shop in Green Valley Mall as well as from the Community Performing Arts and Learning Center 1250 W. Continental Rd.

Tickets may also be ordered at www.cpacfoundation.org.

The TFC was founded in 1970 by then-professor of flute at the University of Arizona, Phillip Swanson, along with several other local flutists.

Within two months its membership had grown to 40 members. The objectives of the club is to enable flutists to meet for ensemble playing for their own enjoyment, to broaden the knowledge of flute literature by providing performing opportunities for members and guest artists and to increase knowledge of the flute through lectures, discussions and related activities.

The current membership is approximately 60 and several of the original members continue to play with TFC today.

For the performance Tuesday, 14 club members will be in concert.

The Chamber Ensemble, which is open by audition, numbers about a dozen regular players. TFC also sponsors a flute choir for younger, beginning flutists.

In addition to presenting programs and concerts for its own public, TFC members regularly perform around the community.

The current director of the Tucson Flute Club is Gwen Powell, music professor emerita at the University of Arizona, where she developed Camerata, a nationally known career development program for musicians.