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Tag: Flute

2 to 6 players, Compositions, flute, India related, percussion

Benson Town

13 April 202527 November 2025

Contrabass flute and indian percussion Composed in collaboration with B.C. Manjunath. Duration: ca. 8′   […]

2 to 6 players, Compositions, flute, India related

Cleveland Times

13 April 202527 November 2025

Flute & piano   Duration: 6′ Cleveland Times was commisioned by the National Flute Association […]

2 to 6 players, Compositions, flute, India related

Rickshaw Zip

13 April 202527 November 2025

Piccolo & piano   Duration: 8′Rickshaw Zip refers to those three wheeled taxis in India, which […]

Bantammer Swing
Compositions, contrabass flute, orchestra

Bantammer Swing

13 April 202526 November 2025

Concerto for contrabass flute and chamber orchestra Instrumentation: 1-1-1-1, 1-1-1-1, 4-4-3-2-2, 2 percussion, solo contrabass […]

Rhythm of Life
2 to 6 players, 2023, cello, Compositions, flute, percussion, synthesizer, violin, with Improvisation

Rhythm of Life

13 April 202326 November 2025

flute and contrabass flute, violin, cello, synthesizer to go along with percussion and konnakol part […]

2 to 6 players, Compositions, flute, piano, texts / lyrics

Ik Neem Je Mee

13 April 202328 November 2025

for flute, piano and spoken poetry Duration: 10′ poems by Els van Stalborch 1. Utrecht […]

Found in Translation
Compositions, contrabass flute, India related, large ensemble, orchestra

Found in Translation

13 April 202129 November 2025

Concerto for contrabass flute and ensemble Instrumentation: 2 flutes Bb clarinet 2 soprano saxophones horn […]

Sydney Polypulse
2 to 6 players, Compositions

Sydney Polypulse

13 April 201926 November 2025

Mixed sextet: flute, piccolo clarinet, bass clarinet violin cello percussion piano   Duration: 10′ Written […]

Naruto Strait
Compositions, flute, large ensemble, reed quintet

Naruto Strait

13 April 201727 November 2025

Flute orchestra 2 piccolos+ 2 flutes 3 flutes 2 alto flutes 2 bass flutes contrabass […]

Garden of Iniquitous Creatures
2 to 6 players, Compositions, sextet

Garden of Iniquitous Creatures

13 April 201626 November 2025

Mixed sextet: flute, piccolo clarinet, bass clarinet violin cello percussion piano   Duration: 12′ Garden […]

Earthly Chants
2 to 6 players, Compositions, contrabass flute, India related

Earthly Chants

13 April 201627 November 2025

Six similar instruments Solo instrument and tape  Duration: 24′ Premiered at the 2016 NFA convention […]

Chamundi Hill
2 to 6 players, Compositions, India related, sextet

Chamundi Hill

13 April 201227 November 2025

Flute and harp Flute and piano Duration: 15′ Chamundi Hill is inspired by Indian Classical […]

Compositions, flute, solo

Torrent

13 April 201128 November 2025

Solo flute Duration: c. 4′ 30″ Torrent took me 32 years to prepare for, 4.5 […]

SMAK!
2 to 6 players, Compositions, texts / lyrics, vocal

SMAK!

13 April 201126 November 2025

Woodwind sextet, mezzo soprano and actor Instrumentation: mezzo soprano male voice flute oboe clarinet in […]

Destroy Recycle Construct
2 to 6 players, Compositions, texts / lyrics, vocal

Destroy Recycle Construct

13 April 201126 November 2025

Mixed quintet voice contrabass/alto recorder contrabass flute/flute trumpet piano Duration: 12′ Written for Hexnut, accompanied […]

Sound Becomes Visible in the Form of Radiance
2 to 6 players, Compositions, India related, sextet

Sound Becomes Visible in the Form of Radiance

13 April 201027 November 2025

(bowed) piano flute clarinet violin cello percussion Duration: c. 40′ Written for the Pittsburgh New […]

Chaaya
2 to 6 players, Compositions, India related, vocal, with dance

Chaaya

13 April 200927 November 2025

Collaboration with Hema Barathy Palani Musicians Priya Purushothaman, vocals B. C. Manjunath, indian percussion José […]

Hymn
2 to 6 players, Compositions, strings

Hymn

13 April 200828 November 2025

Improvising string quartet 2 violins viola cello String quartet 2 violins viola cello Saxophone quartet […]

Spectra
Compositions, flute, large ensemble

Spectra

13 April 200726 November 2025

Solo contrabass flute / flute and flute orchestra flutes alto flutes bass flutes contrabass flute […]

Second City
2 to 6 players, Compositions, flute, piano, recorder, texts / lyrics, trumpet, vocal

Second City

13 April 200726 November 2025

voice contrabass/alto recorder contrabass flute/flute trumpet piano Duration: 12′ Written for Hexnut Commissioned by the […]

Wood Burn
2 to 6 players, Compositions, Recordings, reed quintet

Wood Burn

13 April 200526 November 2025

Reed quintet: oboe clarinet soprano saxophone bass clarinet bassoon Chamber ensemble: recorders / soprano instrument […]

Workshop
Compositions, recorder, Recordings, solo, with fixed media

Workshop

13 April 200426 November 2025

Recorder and tape alto recorder tape playback Flute and tape flute tape playback Duration: 12′ […]

Annabel
2 to 6 players, Compositions, Recordings, texts / lyrics

Annabel

13 April 200426 November 2025

Text: Annie M.G. Schmidt Narrator and chamber ensemble: narrator recorder trumpet contrabass flute piano Narrator […]

Tools
2 to 6 players, Compositions, Recordings, with Improvisation

Tools

13 April 200326 November 2025

Mixed quartet 1 sopranino, tenor and bass recorders flute trumpet piano Mixed quartet 2 violin […]

In the Land of Cheese
Compositions, flute, large ensemble

In the Land of Cheese

13 April 200228 November 2025

Flute octet piccolo / flute 3 flutes 2 alto flutes bass flute contrabass flute subcontrabass […]

Tusk
2 to 6 players, Compositions, India related, Recordings, sextet

Tusk

13 April 200127 November 2025

flute clarinet violin cello percussion Duration: 11′ Written for Interval Chamber / Non Sequitur Commissioned […]

Urban Turban
2 to 6 players, Compositions, percussion, Recordings

Urban Turban

13 April 200126 November 2025

Two marimbas Written for Duo Vertigo Alto saxophone and marimba Arranged for Duo Koleva / […]

Stone Soup
Compositions, improvising band, India related, large ensemble, Recordings

Stone Soup

13 April 200127 November 2025

Jazz ensemble violin flute  bass clarinet  trumpet  synthesizer  bass  2 percussion Duration: 9’30” Written for […]

Ios Duo
2 to 6 players, clarinet, Compositions, flute, Recordings

Ios Duo

13 April 199927 November 2025

Flute and clarinet Two soprano instruments  Duration: 12′ The Ios Duo was a result of […]

Moonrise
Compositions, flute, Recordings, solo

Moonrise

13 April 199827 November 2025

Solo flute Duration: 11′ “Moonrise (1998), the earliest piece recorded here, is a haunting and […]

Melting Igloos
2 to 6 players, Compositions

Melting Igloos

13 April 199726 November 2025

flute trumpet accordion contrabass Duration: 10′ Finalist Gaudeamus Prize, 2000 

Tubular Tunes
2 to 6 players, Compositions

Tubular Tunes

13 April 199726 November 2025

for flute and trombone Duration: 5 minutes Written for my nephews Clint and Berkeley Bidwell […]

Why?
Compositions, flute, solo

Why?

13 April 199426 November 2025

Solo flute Duration: 7 minutes Why? was written in 1994 after reading about all the […]

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