FLUTE SOLO


Andante Appassionato for flute solo (1996). Duration: 5'20"
Commissioned by Tallon Sterling Perkes, principal flutist of the San Antonio Symphony.
World premiere by Tallon Perkes at the San Antonio Museum of Art, TX, in November 1996.
Asian premiere by Tallon Perkes at the Oguni Art Museum in Kumamoto, Japan, in April 1998.

FLUTE & PIANO

Sonata for flute and piano (1996). Duration: 15'. Commissioned by Tallon Perkes, principal flutist of the San Antonio Symphony.
World premiere by Tallon Perkes and the composer at the New Music Festival at the University of Texas at San Antonio in March 1997.
New York premiere by Tallon Perkes and the composer at the 1996 National Flute Convention in New York City in August 1996.
European premiere at the Lochotinsky Pavilon in Plzen, Czechoslovakia in December 1996.
Asian premiere of the first movement at the United Nations Conference on Women's Rights in Beijing, China: Kuumba Stage in Huiarou (September 8,1995) and Lon Shan Auditorium in Huiarou (September 7, 1995) performed by flutist Barbara Siesel and the composer.

I. Allegro con spirito
II. Largo
III. Scherzo
IV. Allegro molto con brio

Performance History
Published by Alphonse Leduc &Cie.

FLUTE & GUITAR

Goyescas for flute and guitar (2008). Duration: 20'
Written for flutist Marina Piccinini and guitarist Emanuele Segre
To be premiered this Fall 2008 in various European venues, and in early 2009 at the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society on January 23, 2009.

I.     Pregón
II.    La familia de Carlos IV (The family of Charles IV)
III.   Las majas en el balcón (The maiden on the balcony)
IV.   El sueño (The dream)
V.    Toque
VI.   La gallina ciega (The blind man's bluff)
VII.  La fragua (The foundry)
VIII. El entierro de la sardina (The burial of the sardine)

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Published by Hidden Oaks Music Co. Available for sale in 2009.

FLUTE, CELLO & PIANO

Voices of the Rainforest for flute, cello and piano (2008). Duration: 23'
Written for the Meininger-Trio.
Premiered by the Meininger-Trio at Nachtmusik - WDR Broadcasting Station in Cologne (Germany) on March 15, 2008.

I.   Awakening
II.  Sago gatherers
III. Evening storm
IV. Voices of inside night
V.  Night spirits

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Voces de mi tierra for flute, cello and piano (2003). Duration: 18'30"
Written, for the Meininger-Trio.
Premiered at the 15th International Bodensee Festival in Meersburg, Germany, on May 24, 2003.
Published by Friedrich Hofmeister Musiverlag Leipzig
Performance History
Voces de mi tierra is a tribute to my native country and to the Spanish music that I love so much. Even though the melodies are distinctively Spanish I have not borrowed from Spanish music folklore.

I.    El Cortejo (Courtship)
II.   Noche en la Alhambra (Night in the Alhambra)
III. La moza y el gitano (Scherzando) (The peasant and the gypsy)
IV. Gigue

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Published by Friedrich Hofmeister Musik Verlag


CLARINET, VIOLIN, CELLO & PIANO

Portraits II for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1999). Duration: 17'
Commissioned and premiered by SOLI Chamber Ensemble at Ruth Taylor Concert Hall in San Antonio, TX, in January 2000.

I. Image
II. Capriccio
III. Cantilena and Dance
IV. Finale

"Its tonal harmony, traditional forms and romantic sensibility mark "Portraits II" as conservative, but the composer's individuality shows through in yearning dissonances, quirky juxtapositions of thematic material and a pervasive sensuality not unlike that of her native Barcelona. "San Antonio Express-News

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Portraits II for flute, violin, cello and piano (1999/2003). Duration: 17'.
Version of Portraits II for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (see above)
Arranged for Quarteto Sereno and premiered on June 11, 2003, by the Quarteto Sereno at the Gustav Luebcke Museum Hamm (Germany) in honor of a Picasso Exhibition.

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CLARINET & PIANO

Winged serpent for clarinet and piano (2001). Duration: 10' 30"
Written for and premiered by Kevin Schempf and the composer at the Bowling Green New Music Festival in October 2001.

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