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Comments on several musical performances using the flute in New York City in 1985. Musical recitals; Opera; Implications on music.

The article offers information on various musicians in Albany, New York. It says that Monsignor Charles Coen plays flute and whistle and sings in Irish and English. It mentions that Mike McHale was an All-Ireland Champion and teaches whistle and flute at Irish music and arts festivals. It adds that Jimmy Kelly Sr. is a world-class céilí drummer and plays for set dances with the Albany Comhaltas Band.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of buying a Howel Roberts wooden headjoints in a flute shop in New York City.

The article profiles music teacher Judy Katz of Local 802 of the American Federation of Musicians (AFM) in New York City. It states that she took flute lessons and get out of accordion lessons in the Oliver Wendell Holmes Junior High School in Queens as she realized that she has an aptitude for the flute. She states that her creativity in teaching is tapped by working with the best talent of middle school students.

The article features the United Nations Gift Center located at the basement of the General Assembly building in New York City. Items of interest displayed on the counters include products with names such as Chicken Pickers, a toy from Sweden priced at $1 each, Native Timber pencil boxes from New Zealand for $1.75 each and Please Don't Blow Shepherd's Flutes from Yugoslavia at $1.5 each. The United Nations Coöperative runs and manages the gift center.