Daniel Kessner

Composer, Conductor, Flutist.


  Contact Information
 Coming Events
 Biography
 Catalog of Works

CONTACT INFORMATION

E-mail: dkessner@csun.edu

Address: Music Department
California State University, Northridge
Northridge, CA 91330-8314
Telephone: 818-677-3184
Fax: 818-677-3164

TO OBTAIN SCORES/CDs:

Scores:
Theodore Front Musical Literature
CDs:
Amazon Classical Music

 

RECENT NEWS

 

RELEASE OF NEW CD

Crystal Records CD 301

Brahms: Two Sonatas for Clarinet and Piano

Mitchell Lurie – clarinet, Leona Lurie – piano

and - Daniel Kessner: Dances for Clarinet and Guitar

Richard Lesser – clarinet; Jordan Charnofsky – guitar

 

May 2008: winner of the Music08/eighth blackbird Composition Competition

winning work Harmonic Space (2003) for flute, clarinet, viola, violoncello, and percussion

performed June 20 at Music08, Cincinnati, by eighth blackbird

*****

Fall 2008: major article on Kessner's flute music by British flutist Carla Rees published in

The Flutist Quarterly, official magazine of the National Flute Association

 

COMING EVENTS:

 

June 15, 2009 - U.S. premiere of Toccata for Piano (2007) performed by Dolly Eugenio Kessner at Christ and St. Stephen's Church, New York, also performances of Kessner’s Natural Cycles, for bass flute and piano, and Max Lifchitz' Yellow
Ribbons No. 44
, for flute and piano, by the Duo Kessner.

June 16, 2009 - premiere of Chamber Concerto No. 6-A, "Speed Games," in New York by the North/South Chamber Orchestra, Max Lifchitz - conductor, Christ and St. Stephen's Church.

June 23, 2009 - performance of Tornando al Mare (Returning to the Sea) by soprano Bianca Manoleanu and pianist Remus Manoleanu in Prague.

June 27, 2009 – performance of Cantiones duarum vocum, for two alto flutes, by rarescale, London

July 6-11, 2009 – performance of Dances for Clarinet and Guitar at the Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival, Vermont, by Mark Margulies and William Anderson

August 2, 2009 – Duo Kessner in recital at l’Église St-Merry in Paris, including the World Premiere of Sonatina Bassa, for bass flute and piano, performance of Prière et scherzo, for bass flute and piano, and works by Poulenc, Foote, Bach, Debussy, and Nicolas Zourabichvili.

August 12, 2009 – performance of Interconcerto, for oboe, clarinet and wind ensemble during Clarinetfest09, Porto, Portugal, with soloists Richard Kravchak, Julia Heinen and the Banda de Espinho

January 10, 2010 – World Premiere of Singing Together by the Olympia Youth Orchestra, Fung Ho, Music Director and Conductor

 

RECENT CDs:

Circling for Clarinet and Piano with Julia Heinen, clarinet; Shari Raynor, piano; Centaur CRC 2861

In the Center; Daniel Kessner at Forfest

Capstone Records CPS 8704

to order: www.capstonerecords.org

 This recording includes five of Kessner's compositions performed at the 1998 and 2000 editions of Forfest Kroměříž (Czech Republic): Prière et scherzo, for bass flute and piano; Simple Motion, for alto flute and piano; In the Center, a chamber cantata for soprano, strings, and piano; tous les matins ..., for solo bass flute; and String Quartet. Performers: Kristýna Valoušková, soprano; the Moravian Quartet; Daniel Kessner, flutes and conductor; Dolly Eugenio Kessner, piano.

 

RECENT APPOINTMENTS:

Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant, Residency at The Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, October 27 - November 11, 2007 - including flute-piano recital, workshops, lectures, and concert with Trondheim Sinfonietta.

Adjunct Professor, Thornton School of Music, University of Southern California, Fall Semester 2006

Visiting Professor of Composition, University of Hawaii - Manoa, Spring Semester 2006

Guest Conductor, Moorpark Symphony Orchestra, Spring Semester 2005

Fulbright Senior Scholar Award, March-July, 2003, to perform and lecture at the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen, Germany.

 

RECENT EVENTS:

May 29, 2008 - performance of Tornando al Mare at the 18th Week of Contemporary Music by soprano Bianca Manoleanu and pianist Remus Manoleanu in Bucharest, Romania.

June 5 & 6, 2008 - two performances of Reverberance in Vervins and Barisis-aux-Bois, France, by the Quatuor de Guitares de Versailles.

June 19, 2008 - Duo Kessner flute and piano recital in Bergen, Holland, including Prière et scherzo, for bass flute and piano, along with works by Debussy, Willem de Fesch, Enescu and Poulenc.

June 20, 2008 - Harmonic Space performed by eighth blackbird at Music08, Cincinnati.

June 20, 2008 - Intercurrence, for percussion and tape, performed at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin, by Roberto Oliveira

June 21-24, 2008 - sixth appearance at the festival Forfest Kromeriz, Czech Republic; premieres of Toccata for Piano (2007) and Poème exotique (2008), for flute and piano; performances of Natural Cycles, for bass flute and piano, and Rhapsody, for oboe/English horn, clarinet, and piano; Daniel Kessner - flutes, Dolly Eugenio Kessner - piano, Richard Kravchak - oboe/English horn, Shari Raynor - piano.

July 11, 2008 - Six Aphorisms performed at the Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival, Irasburg, Vermont, by Mark Margolies - clarinet, and William Anderson - guitar

July 30 & 31, 2008 - two performances of Interconcerto by Richard Kravchak - oboe, Julia Heinen - clarinet, and the Orquesta Sinfónica de El Salvador, Raúl García - Guest Conductor.

August 10 & 24, 2008 - two performances of Prière et scherzo by Christine Potter at the National Flute Association convention in Kansas City and at the British Flute Society convention in Manchester, England.

October 5, 2008 - premiere of ... from primitive sounds (2005) on the CSUN Faculty Composers Recital; Daniel Kessner - flute/alto flute, John Magnussen - percussion, and Matthew Cooker - violoncello.

October 26 & 30, 2008 - two performances of Prière, for bass flute and piano, on the "Concerts at the Bend" series in Southold, New York, and at the Peconic Landing Community Center, Greenport, Long Island, by Linda Wetherill and Charlotte Day

October 30 & 31, 2008 - premiere performances of Undercurrent/Current (2008), for oboe, clarinet, violoncello, and piano, at West Chester University, Philadelphia, and on the Bargemusic Series in Brooklyn; Richard Kravchak - oboe, Julia Heinen - clarinet, Ovidiu Marinescu - violoncello, and Dmitry Rachmanov - piano.

November 23, 2008 - performance of Celebrations for Flute and Orchestra by Catherine De Vos and the Holy Names University Symphony Orchestra, Steven Hofer - conductor, Oakland, California

December 8, 2008 - performance of Genera, for flute/alto flute/bass flute and clarinet/bass clarinet at All Saints Arts Centre, London, by Carla Rees and Sarah Watts

January 24, 2009 - premiere of the chamber version of Celebrations, for solo flute, string quartet, piano, and percussion, by Julie Long and Ensemble Green, Pasadena Conservatory of Music

February 8, 2009 - premiere of Flight (2008) for solo clarinet, by Julia Heinen on CSUN Faculty Artist Recital.

February 12, 13, 14, 15, 2009 – four lectures on the Upbeat Live series at Walt Disney Concert Hall, including interviews with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet

March 1, 2009 – performance of Reverberance on the concert series “i Concerti della Domenica” in Codroipo (near Udine) Italy, by the Quartetto Apeiron

March 4, 2009 - premiere of Canto, for flute quartet, at the Royal Holloway University of London, by the Rarescale Flute Academy, Windsor Building

March 7, 2009 – performance of Reverberance at l’Université permanente de Nantes, France, by the Quatuor de Guitares de Versailles

March 7, 2009 – performance of Tous les matins ..., microtonal version, at UK Microfest3 in London, by flutist Carla Rees

March 14, 2009 – performance of Reverberance in Sussex, England, by the Quatuor de Guitares de Versailles

March 28, 2009 - performance of Tornando al Mare (Returning to the Sea) by soprano Bianca Manoleanu and pianist Remus Manoleanu at the contemporary music festival in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

April 4, 2009 – performance of Natural Cycles, for bass flute and piano, at the College Music Society Pacific Southwest Chapter Meeting, CSUN, performed by the Duo Kessner

April 20, 2009 – performances of Studies in Melodic Expression, by clarinetist Erin Law, and of Lament for Clarinet and Tape, by clarinetist Diana Martinez, at CSUN Recital Hall

May 31, 2009 – performance of Les Nymphéas, for string orchestra, by the Chamber Strings of the Los Angeles County High School of the Arts, Fung Ho – conductor

June 4, 2009 – performance of Divertimento, for flute, alto flute, vibraphone, and piano by the ensemble Contempo/Flux, Gloria Cheng – Director, at UCLA.

 

 

 

BIOGRAPHY AND ACADEMIC CAREER

Born in Los Angeles in 1946, Daniel Kessner studied with Henri Lazarof at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he received his Ph.D. with Distinction in 1971. In 1970, he was appointed to the music faculty of California State University, Northridge. He is currently Emeritus Professor of Music.

Biographical articles appear in at least 15 reference works, the most important of which are Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (New York), The International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory (Cambridge, England), Dictionary of International Biography (Cambridge, England), Who's Who in the West (Chicago), Contemporary American Composers (Boston), and Who's Who in American Music; Classical (New York).

AS COMPOSER

To date he has produced more than 100 compositions, including 12 orchestral works, 9 choral and stage works, 8 pieces for symphonic band, more than 70 works for various chamber ensembles, solos, and duos.

16 of his compositions have been issued on recordings: Chamber Concerto No. 1 (1972) on "The Contemporary Soprano," Orion Master Recordings ORS 78302; Equali II (1970) on "Los Angeles: Music from the 60s and Beyond," Orion Master Recordings ORS 80397; Circle Music II (1985) and Intersonata (1987), Centaur Recordings CRC 2234; Circle Music I-B (1986), Capstone Records CPS 8628; Lyric Piece for Piano and Orchestra (1994) on "Tonus Tomis," Capstone Records CPS 8627; Icoane Româneşti; Images of Romania (1996) on "Black Sea Idyll," Capstone Records CPS 8648; Two Visions (1991) on "Elan," North/South Recordings N/S R 1020; Studies in Melodic Expression on "Soliloquy," Centaur Recordings CRC 2426; Prière et scherzo (2000), Simple Motion (1993), In the Center (2000), Tous les matins ... (1997), and String Quartet (1990) on "In the Center; Daniel Kessner at Forfest," Capstone Records CPS 8704; Piano Sonata I-B on "Contemporary Eclectic Music for the Piano," Jeffrey Jacob, piano, New Ariel Recordings AE 007; Circling on Centaur Records CRC 2861.

18 of his works have been published by Alexander Broude (New York), Studio 4 Music (Van Nuys, California), Belwin Mills (New York), Columbia Music Company (Chapel Hill, North Carolina), and North/South Editions (New York), and all of his music is distributed by Theodore Front Musical Literature (see link above).

His compositions have received numerous prizes, the most important of which are the Queen Marie-José International Composition Prize (Geneva, 1972), two Broadcast Music Prizes (New York, 1970 & 1971), four CSUN President's Associates Prizes for Creative Achievement (1975, 1989, 1994, 2001), selection as one of three winners of the New Works for Music Theater Project, an international competition co-sponsored by the Netherlands Opera Foundation, Utrecht Symphony Orchestra, Gaudeamus Foundation, and Holland Festival (Amsterdam, 1980), and most recently winner of the Music08/eighth blackbird Composition Competition 2008, Cincinnati.

He was appointed Fulbright Senior Scholar in 2003 to lecture and perform at the Musikhochschule in Trossingen, Germany. In 2007 he received a Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant for a two-week residency at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim.

For his compositions, he has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (1974, 1977), the American Music Center (New York, 1981), Arts International (1996), and the CSUN Office of Research and Sponsored Projects (1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1997, 2001, and 2003). Fourteen individual pieces have been commissioned by organizations and performers including The Chamber Ensemble of St. Luke's (New York, 1991), the College Band Directors National Association (1973 & 1996) and the Jugendorchester "Nota Bene" (Zurich, 1998).

His works have received over 500 public performances throughout the the Americas, Canada, Asia, and Europe.

AS CONDUCTOR

Kessner has appeared three times as Guest Conductor of the Black Sea Philharmonic of Constanţa, Romania, and he has conducted six concerts with the Black Sea New Music Ensemble during Romanian-American Music Days. He also conducted five concerts with the Los Angeles Philharmonic New Music Group during the 1984 through 1991 seasons, including the West Coast Premiere of Elliott Carter's In Sleep, In Thunder, and individual concerts with the Eastman Wind Ensemble, Monday Evening Concerts Ensemble (Los Angeles), the North/South Consonance Ensemble (New York), and many others. He made his first appearance as Guest Conductor of the Louisiana Sinfonietta in November of 1999. He is also the Founder and former Director of The Discovery Players (formerly the New Music Ensemble) of California State University, Northridge, with whom he presented more than one hundred concerts since 1970. For the Spring 2005 semester he was appointed Guest Conductor of the Moorpark Symphony Orchestra.

AS FLUTIST

Following many years as a chamber musician, primarily as a clarinetist, his recent activities have focused upon the flute, alto flute, and bass flute as solo instruments. His first flute-piano recital was at the Festival de Música Contemporánea de El Salvador in 1996, and in recent years he has performed as soloist in festivals in Céret (France), Constanţa (Romania), Kroměříž (Czech Republic), Darmstadt (Germany), and he has given recitals for the Portsmouth District Composers' Alliance in London, at Brooklands College, Weybridge (England), the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik Trossingen, the Goethe Institut Inter Nationes, on the Interensemble concert series in Padua (Italy), a flute-guitar recital in San Salvador, and flute recitals on the Louisiana Sinfonietta Solo Series and at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim.

AS ADMINISTRATOR

Over the past three decades he has gained extensive experience in concert production, organization, and administration. In addition to his duties with his The Discovery Players at CSUN, he has produced numerous concerts for many other organizations, including the National Association of Composers/USA and the College Music Society. He also served as Artistic Director of the Music on Main concert series at the Santa Monica Heritage Museum, 1987-1990, and in 1997 and 1998 he served as American Artistic Director of Romanian-American Music Days. He is currently President of the National Association of Composers/USA.

AS LECTURER

Since 1983 he has been a regular lecturer on the Los Angeles Philharmonic's pre-concert series "Upbeat Live" and "Symphony Preview," having given more than one hundred lectures to date. He has also made numerous appearances on the "Composition Forum" series at the University of Southern California, and given individual lectures for the Pasadena Symphony, Orange County Performing Arts Center, Festival Spaziomusica in Cagliari, Sardinia (in Italian), Rencontres Internationales Musicales en Catalogne, Céret, France (in French), and the Deutsch-Amerikanisches Institut Tübingen. He has also done numerous programs and interviews on various radio stations in the U.S. and Europe, including three appearances on KFAC's "Luncheon at the Music Center." In 1989, he served as Guest Artist at CSU Summer Arts in Northern California.

CATALOG OF WORKS

Abbreviations:

AB = published by Alexander Broude, NY

S4M = published by Studio 4 Music, Van Nuys CA

BM = published by Belwin Mills, NY

CM = published by Columbia Music Co, Chapel Hill,

distributed by Theodore Presser, Bryn Mawr

NA = recorded on New Ariel Recordings

NS = published by North/South Editions, New York

CAP = recorded on Capstone Records (CD)

CEN = recorded on Centaur Records (CD)

ORS = recorded (phonorecord) on Orion Master Recordings

TF = distributed by Theodore Front Musical

Literature, Van Nuys CA

            ORCHESTRAL

Strata (1971) 14'; AB.

Mobile (1973) 10'.

Romance; Orchestral Prelude No. 1 (1979) 10'; TF.

Raging; Orchestral Prelude No. 2 (1981) 9'; TF.

The Two Orchestral Preludes may also be performed

          together as a two-movement work.

Piano Concerto (1984-86) 33'.

Breath for Violoncello and Orchestra (1991); short version 14'-15', full version 21'-22'; TF.

Lyric Piece for Piano and Orchestra (1994) 14'; CAP, TF.

Icoane Româneşti (Images of Romania) (1996) 14'; orchestra with narration; CAP, TF.

Celebrations for Flute and Orchestra (1998) 10-11'; also reduction for flute and piano; TF.

River of Time (2001) 15'; TF.

Interconcerto (2004-2005) 18'; oboe, clarinet and orchestra (also version for oboe clarinet & wind ensemble); TF.

Les Nymphéas (l'ensemble de l'Orangerie) (2006) 12'; string orchestra; (also version for clarinet choir).

Singing Together (2008) for community/youth orchestra; 12'.

            CHORAL / STAGE

Madrigals (1970) 9', chorus and organ; -- version for chorus, winds & brass (1972) 9'; AB.

Ritual Music (1974) 18', chamber choir with percussion instruments.

The Telltale Heart (1975-78) 35'-40', monodrama for tenor and chamber orchestra; TF.

Alea-luia (1978) 7'-11', mixed chorus (SATB) a cappella.

The Masque of the Red Death; a Tale in Music, Dance, and Light after Edgar Allan Poe for Dancer, Conductor, and Seven Players (1979) 22'.

Texts for Nothing; a musical-literary-theatrical stream after Samuel Beckett (1980-1982) 26', soprano, flute, trombone, viola, violoncello, and conductor.

Tre Solfeggi per Coro (1990) 9', mixed chorus (SATB) a cappella; TF.

In the Center, a chamber cantata for soprano, strings, and piano (2000) 23', CAP, TF.

On a Mountain; Cantata No. 2 for soprano and baritone soli, mixed choir, and organ (2001) 36'; TF.

            SYMPHONIC BAND

Wind Sculptures (1973) 10'; AB.

Variations for Symphonic Band (1977) 12'.

Sky Caves (1984-85) 13'-14'; TF.

Symphonic Mobile II (1996) 11'; TF.

Balkan Dance (1999) 7'; TF.

Interconcerto (2004-2005) 18'; oboe, clarinet, and wind ensemble; TF.

Celebrations, version for flute and wind ensemble (2006) 10-11'; TF.

Les Nymphéas (l'ensemble de l'Orangerie) (2007) 12'; version for wind ensemble; (also version for clarinet choir).

             CHAMBER ORCHESTRA AND LARGE CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

Equali I (1968-69) 13', 4 fl, vn, va, vc, cb.

Chamber Concerto No. 1 (1972) 10', recorder, high voice & oboe soli with string quartet, piano & percussion; ORS.

Nebulae: Equali III (1972) 8', string trio, 2 guitars & harpsichord; AB.

Equali VI (1978) 7', marimba orchestra or marimba ensemble; S4M.

Chamber Concerto No. 2 (1978) 8', solo marimba and percussion ensemble; NS.

Chamber Concerto No. 3 (1980) 10', solo piano, alto fl, eng.hn, bass cl, bn, string quintet or string orchestra.

Equali V (1977-82) 10', six horns.

Chamber Concerto No. 4 (1989) 15', woodwind quartet and string quintet; TF.

Chamber Concerto No. 5 (1992) 15', cl, hn, bn, string quintet; TF.

Chamber Concerto VI-A ("Speed Games") (1994-95) 12'-13', fl/a fl, e hn, vn, va, vc, pf.

Symphonic Mobile I (1995) 16', 6fl (2 picc), 2 a fl, bass fl.

Chamber Concerto No. 7 (1997) 10'-11', 2 tp, 3 hn, tbn, b.tbn, euph, tuba; TF

Chamber Concerto No. 7B (2003) 12'; fl, ob, cl, bn, string quintet; TF

            SMALL CHAMBER ENSEMBLES

Ensembles (1968) 11', violin, clarinet & harp.

Equali II (1970) 8', piano/celeste and 3 percussionists; AB, ORS.

Interactions (1971) 11', flute, cello, piano and tape.

Array; Pieces for 2, 3, and 4 Guitars (1973) 30'; BM.

Solennité (1975) 9', bass flute, viola and percussion.

-- version for alto flute, violin and percussion.

Trio for Violin, Guitar and Cello (1976) 7'; BM.

Triform: Variations for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano (1976) 13'.

Equali IV (1977) 9', brass quintet.

The Bells of Poe (1978) 15', percussion quartet.

Ancient Song (1980) 12', alto recorder, viola and prepared guitar.

Two Old English Songs (1988) 16', soprano voice, flute, viola, and guitar.

Rondo for Two Guitars and Harpsichord (1989) 7'.

String Quartet (1990) 15'; TF, CAP.

Two Visions (1991) 14', flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano; NSR.

One Voice, Alone (1993) 16', fl, eng.hn, cl, hn, bn; TF.

Chamber Concerto VI-B (1994) 13', perc, harp, & piano.

Divertimento (1997; rev. 2000) 8', fl, alto fl, vibe, piano; TF.

Repercussions and Reflections (2002) 13-14', fl, bn, piano; TF.

Harmonic Space (2003) 12'; fl, cl, va, vc, perc; TF.

String Quartet No. 2 (2004); 17'; TF

String Quartet No. 3 (2004) 12; TF.

Free Counterpoint (2004) 9'-10'; 4 pianos (acoustic and/or electronic); TF.

... from primitive sounds (2005) 13'-14'; flute/alto flute, violoncello, percussion.

Reverberance (2005) 11'-12'; four guitars.

Paths (2006) 11'; flute, violin, horn, and piano.

Canto (2007) 10-11'; flute quartet

Rhapsody (2007) 10'; oboe/english horn, clarinet, & piano

String Quartet No. 4 (2007) 18'.

Undercurrent/Current (2008) 10'-11'; oboe, clarinet, violoncello, and piano;

            also version for violin, viola, violoncello, and piano

            SOLOS AND DUOS

Sonatina for Solo Harp (1969) 8'; AB.

Intercurrence, solo with tape, 10':

I - harp & tape (1972)

II - piano & tape (1974)

III - percussion & tape (1975)

Movements from A (1975) 10', violin and piano.

Six Aphorisms (1975) 6', clarinet & guitar; BM.

Circling (1981-82) 12', clarinet and piano.

Continuum (1981-82) 12', solo marimba; S4M.

Arabesque (1983) 9', alto saxophone and vibraphone.

Incantations (1984) 12', trombone and percussion.

Circle Music I (1985) 6'-9', for piano and solo instrument (flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, or viola).

Circle Music I-B (1986) 6'-9', contrabass and piano; CAP.

Circle Music II (1985) 6'-11', flute and guitar; CM, CEN.

Piano Sonata I (1987) 12'; NS, TF.

Piano Sonata I-B (1987) 12' (variant of I); NS, TF, NA.

Five Preludes for Piano (1987) 12'; NS, TF.

Intersonata (1987) 13', solo guitar; NS, TF, CEN.

Droning (1988) 10', clarinet and viola; TF.

Studies in Melodic Expression (1990-91), for solo instruments; versions currently completed are:

          Seven Studies for Solo Flute or Alto Flute, TF

          Seven Studies for Solo Clarinet, TF

          Eleven Studies for Solo Violoncello, TF, CEN.

Lament for Clarinet and Tape (1991-92) 9'.

Shades of Pastel (1993) 9', alto flute & prepared guitar; TF.

Simple Motion (1993) 10', alto flute and piano, TF, CAP.

Dueling (1993) 8', viola and violoncello, TF.

Cantiones Duarum Vocum (1996) 6', for two instruments of similar register.

Tous les matins ... (1997) 9', for solo bass flute, TF, CAP. Version for quarter-tone bass or alto (2007)

Dances for Clarinet and Guitar (1997) 11'-12', TF.

Sonata, 4 timpani, bongos, & susp.cym (1999) 10'; S4M

Prière et Scherzo (2000) 6', bass flute and piano, TF, CAP.

Nuance (2000-2001) 10'; bass flute and viola, TF.

Stream (2001) 11'; bass flute/alto flute/flute and harpsichord, TF.

Genera (2002) 10'; flute/alto flute/bass flute and clarinet/bass clarinet, TF.

Micro-Images (2003-04) 9', for solo flute, TF.

Natural Cycles (2006) 11'-12'; bass flute and piano.

Tornando al Mare (Returning to the Sea) (2007) 18'; soprano voice and piano.

Toccata for Piano (2007) 12'.

Poème exotique (2008) 8'-9'; flute and piano

Sonatina Bassa (2008) for bass flute and piano; 9'; also version for viola and piano.

Flight (2008) 6'-7'; solo clarinet