2018 - 2019 Board Members

Tyler Menzel
President
Young Artist and Masterclass Coordinator

​Flutist,Tyler Menzel, is an active solo, orchestral, and chamber musician. Mr. Menzel is the principal flutist of the Billings Symphony Orchestra & Chorale, and Third Flute and Solo Piccolo with the Great Falls Symphony Orchestra in Great Falls, Montana.

Mr. Menzel holds a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School, where he studied with Robert Langevin. He also holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Eastman School of Music, where he studied with Bonita Boyd and was awarded Eastman’s prestigious Performer’s Certificate, the school’s highest graduation honor. Other studies include lessons with Mark Sparks of the St. Louis Symphony at the Aspen Music Festival and School, and Nancy Stagnitta, at the Interlochen Arts Academy where he graduated with a high school diploma. 

​In his spare time, Mr. Menzel is a serious cook with an obsessive expertise in dishes featuring the pumpkin.  This activity is done in the company of his fiancé and their overly-clingy cocker-spaniel who is always nestled close.  
Vacant
Treasurer


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Pamela Buckheit
Secretary


​Pam Buckheit is an administrative assistant at Great Falls College - MSU and serves as an adjunct flute instructor for their lifelong learning program. She holds degrees from the University of Montana where she studied with Margaret Schuberg. 
Norman Gonzales
MFA Website Developer
​Flute Festival Program Chair​

Filipino-American flutist, Norman Gonzales, joined the Great Falls Symphony of Montana as Principal Flutist in September 2012 and was appointed the same position with Colorado’s Fort Collins Symphony in May 2013. He is an active orchestral, solo and chamber musician and has performed with the Buffalo Philharmonic in New York, the Erie Chamber Orchestra in Pennsylvania, and the Chattanooga Symphony in Tennessee, among others.

An artist dedicated to music education, Gonzales frequently performs as solo flutist of Montana’s premier woodwind quintet, the Chinook Winds and strives to bring live, classical music to rural communities throughout the Northwest. He is on faculty at the Western Nebraska Community College and International Music Festival in Loja, Ecuador. 
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A native of Georgia, Gonzales graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts with a Bachelor of Music degree with Dr. Tadeu Coelho and went on to the Eastman School of Music where he received a Master of Music degree and Performer’s Certificate with Bonita Boyd.  When not playing the flute, Gonzales enjoys cooking, movies, reading and spending as much time as he can with his fiancé and their Cocker-Spaniel, Daphne.
Kirsten McGlynn
Newsletter Editor
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Sheri Johnson
Membership Coordinator

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Emily Nazario
Social Media  
Since childhood, Emily always had a passion for music. Inspired by her grandfather, a former clarinetist in the United States Marine Band, Emily decided to learn the flute at age 10. Since then, family gatherings have always consisted of Emily and her grandfather playing flute and clarinet duets.   

Emily Nazario is a flutist and private flute instructor based in Montgomery County, Maryland. She is currently on the faculty at the International School of Music in Bethesda and on the board of the Montana Flute Association. Emily holds a Master of Music degree in Flute Performance from the University of Wyoming (2018) where she held a Graduate Assistantship, and completed her undergraduate studies from Ithaca College (2015) where she earned a Bachelor of Music Performance. Additionally, Emily spent the Fall 2014 semester of her Bachelor's degree living in The Netherlands, where she studied flute at Conservatorium van Amsterdam.

Dedicated to teaching, Emily teaches private flute lessons in Maryland and also through Skype. While living in rural Wyoming, she began teaching flute lessons through platforms such as Skype and has since developed her presentation "The Virtual Flute: 'Skyping' Your Way to a Successful Studio" which she has presented at the Mid-South Flute Society Fair and the Montana Flute Festival. 

Emily is passionate about traveling, being outside, photography, and experiencing different cultures. When she's not playing the flute, Emily enjoys reading, hiking, long road trips, cooking, planning future trips, and spending time with her friends and family.