Originally composed for two oboes and English horn upon his arrival in Vienna, Austria in 1794.
This charming and humorous piece by Ernesto Köhler is entitled, Papillon. The flute captures the seemingly frenetic travels of a butterfly. Köhler was born in Modena, Italy, was a virtuoso flutist and know to many flutists as the composer of many etude studies.
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The famous Largo by Tomaso Albinoni performed at the Mid Atlantic Conference in Washington, DC under the description of “Music that Moves Me”. I heard this, perhaps, for the first time in the movie, Rollerball starring James Cahn where a man
Ah, Undine…the story of a water nymph
Grammy-nominated guitarist and composer has created yet another gem, for the flute literature in the way of “Scenes from the Tropics” for flute and strings. Represented here is only one movement of the nearly completed work, and our premiere performance. Thank you, José.
1 Drop Full by flutist and composer Wissam Boustany performed here for the 3rd Annual Earth Day Celebration at WestSide Presbyterian Church in Ridgewood, NJ. Visit Tetractys Publishing for more details.
“I activated my long-held principle of 'learning to love/value ONE DROP in the glass that I hold in my hand', as the foundational spark that ignites limitless possibilities - 'each drop' serving as a metaphor for 'each note' as well as 'each challenge in life'. This dissolves the fear of failure that is so crippling in our lives. From that point onwards, every smallest step forward paves the way towards the hidden treasures that we are not able to see at the beginning of our journey. This process is hard grasp, yet surprisingly simple...and is applicable to so many of the challenges we face in our lives.”
The London Trio performing Trio Sonata in D Major (Allegro un poco) by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach at the Ringwood Manor, Ringwood, New Jersey.
Performing Court Dances by Amanda Harberg at Flute Immersion, New Mexico.
"When asked to write a piece for the National Flute Convention in Phoenix, I envisioned a piece comprising several short movements. The idea of MASKS appealed to me, for a mask generally makes an impression quickly - it's affect clear at a glance.
I have collected several masks over the years, and looked at many more in museums and art books of various kinds. Three of these movements reflect particular masks that I have seen, one is a generic type, and two are waiting to be constructed.
The three specific masks are: I Haida (Northwest Native American) mask, of commanding presence; II Huichol (Mexican Native) Jaguar mask, completely beaded intricate flower patterns; and III African American death mask of great calmness. IV is a clown mask, the last two are left entirely to your imagination." - Katherine Hoover
Wish Sonatine for flute and piano by Valerie Coleman.
Guest presenter for the National Flute Association Flute Convention in Phoenix, Arizona, 2022
Wish
by Fred D'Aguiar
I wish those tall ships at Africa's shore
Had dropped anchor to plant crops there:
Sugarcane, tobacco, cotton and coffee.
Instead they filled the hungry bellies
Of hulls with Africans and set sail
Wanting nothing from that big place
That wasn't diamond, gold, ivory, flesh.
I wind the clocks back and turn the ships
Around, not a single bullet, whip, or cutlass
Sound to deafen our ears for centuries.
No Atlantic road of bones from people
Dumped into the sea to form a wake.
Wish Sonatine for flute and piano by Valerie Coleman
Guest presenter for the National Flute
Association Flute Convention in Phoenix, Arizona, 2022. –re
Trees for flute and narrator by composer Daniel Dorff presented at the New Jersey Flute Society Members Recital (2025).
The original opera showcases the soprano and mezzo soprano known as the Flower Duet. Here, arranged for flute, violin and piano.
As we celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the Lunar Landing, on July 20, 2019, I was inspired to perform this vocal piece transcribed for flute and piano. Composed in 1900, the Song to the Moon is presented in the first act of Dvorak's successful ninth opera, Rusalka.
As the story is told, Rusalka is the daughter of a a water-goblin (they exist?) who wants desperately to become human after having fallen in love with a prince/hunter who visits the lake in which she resides. Rusalka sings this song to the moon to reveal her love to the prince.
Moon, high and deep in the sky
Your light sees far,
You travel around the wide world,
and see into people's homes.
Moon, stand still awhile
and tell me where is my dear.
Tell him, silvery moon,
that I am embracing him.
For at least momentarily
let him recall of dreaming of me.
Illuminate him far away,
and tell him, tell him who is waiting for him!
If his human soul is, in fact, dreaming of me,
may the memory awaken him!
Moonlight, don't disappear, disappear
~ Jaroslav Kvapil, poet and librettist
Probably the most performed, unaccompanied flute composition ever composed. Written by the great French composer, Claude Debussy in 1913 (best known for his orchestral works like Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun or piano works like Clair de Lune) this piece describes the mythological tale of the goddess, Artemis who is perused by the God, Pan. In her desperation, she asks the nymphs of the river to help her escape his pursuit. They proceeded to transform Artemis into reeds by the river banks where Pan would eventually find, cut down and fashion her new being into pan pipes. The piece, composed by Debussy as incidental music for the play, Psyche by Gabriel Mourey tells the story of this unrequited love.
The name Syrinx has a happier reference, too, however! The name is used by ornithologists (bird experts) as the area of the lower larynx or voice organ of birds. In songbirds, this is very well-developed.
Carla Auld and AnaMaria Rosado performing an arrangement for flute and guitar of Isaac Albéniz' "Granada". Composed before 1900, the work was originally composed for piano. When transcribed for guitar solo by guitar virtuoso Miguel Llobet, it became one of the most important works for the classical guitar. I am very honored to have performed this transcription which so beautifully incorporates the flute voice, as well.
If anyone has ever wondered where the location of the Red River Valley exists, you will now definitively know it is the region in central North America that is drained by the Red River of the North. A French explorer reached the Red River Valley in 1732 ( the year of Franz Joseph Haydn's birth, for relativity) naming it the Red River because of the reddish brown silt it carried. It is significant in the geography of North Dakota, Minnesota, and Manitoba, Canada. Several Scottish families emigrated to the area and became the first permanent settlers to farm in the Red River Valley. They built the first known man-made dam in the Red River Basin, near present day Manitoba. Previously this area was under British control until the second article of the 1818 treaty declared the 49th parallel to be the official border between the US and Canada up to the Rocky Mountains.