I'm going to be in NYC next month for the premiere of Kristofer Svensson's solo alto flute piece, I spirningstidens stillhet. It's part of a concert of his music titled Pale air (oscillating). All the details are below, hope to see you there! Pale air (oscillating) 10-17-17, 8 pm Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue $15 ($10 for … Continue reading Pale air (oscillating)
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PLG Arts Music Festival
This May is the first ever PLG Arts Music Festival. I'm so nervous/excited that our little neighborhood group is doing such a huge projects, but it's going to be amazing. We have so many awesome musicians playing and contributing - definitely something for everyone AND most of the events are free. The classical-leaning events are … Continue reading PLG Arts Music Festival
Composer Highlight: Jesse Diener-Bennett
We're thrilled to be performing two pieces by Jesse Diener-Bennett; Ninth for Two and A The Tree, Tree tomorrow. Jesse Diener-Bennett is a writer and composer writing and composing in Brooklyn, New York, New York. Madly in love with linguistics, he often works in the space between lyrics and poetry, music and words, meaningfulness and meaninglessness. What is … Continue reading Composer Highlight: Jesse Diener-Bennett
Composer Highlight: Dennis Sullivan
Dennis Sullivan is a composer and percussionist in NYC and I'm premiering his new work Uncreation this Saturday. It's been so amazing working with Dennis on this piece I though you all would like to get to know the man behind the sounds. What is something you would like the audience to know about your piece? The … Continue reading Composer Highlight: Dennis Sullivan
Percussive Sounds
I sat down with composer/bassist Chris Van Voorst Van Beest recently to go over some of the extended techniques for the flute. Chris asked me a lot about the percussive sounds available to flutist, and in the spirit of sharing, here some of the things we talked about. Most percussive sounds will only sound in … Continue reading Percussive Sounds