Daniel Kessner
Composer, Conductor, Flutist.
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E-mail:
dkessner@csun.edu
Address: Music Department
California State University, Northridge
Northridge, CA 91330-8314
Telephone: 818-677-3184
Fax: 818-677-3164
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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:
April 6, 2010 – performance of Flight, for
solo clarinet, by Julia Heinen at California Institute of the Arts, Valencia
April 15, 2010 - performance of Flight, for solo clarinet, by Julia
Heinen at Cal State Dominguez Hille
June 3, 2010 – performance of Interconcerto
by Richard Kravchak, Julia Heinen, and the Wind Ensemble of the University of
California, San Diego, Robert Zelickman, conductor
July 23, 2010 – performance of Flight, for
solo clarinet, by Julia Heinen at the International Clarinet Society Conference
in Austin, Texas.
August 6, 2010 – recital by the
Duo Kessner in Bergen, Holland, including the premiere of a new work for flute
and piano and works by Arthur Foote, Willem de Fesch, and J.S. Bach.
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 (the past 12 months):
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 2, 2009 – performance of Genera, for flute/alto flute/bass flute
and clarinet/bass clarinet, at the rarescale concerts, Raasay Community Centre,
London, by Carla Rees and Sarah Watts
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.
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, Hélder Tavares –
conductor
September 19, 2009 – inaugural concert of the new ensemble,
TEMPO/Epicenter, at Cal State Northridge; works by Chen Yi, John Mackey, Liviu
Marinescu, Dan Hosken, the West Coast Premiere of Kessner’s Harmonic Space,
and Contrasts
by Bela Bartok
October 15 & 18, 2009 – two performances of Undercurrent/Current,
for oboe, clarinet, cello & piano, by the Tapestry Ensemble at Cal State
Dominguez Hills and Cal State Northridge
October 23, 24, 28, 2009 – West Coast Premiere performances of Toccata for Piano,
performed by Dolly Eugenio Kessner at three concerts of the Los Angeles Chapter
of the National Association of Composers USA, Pasadena Public Library, Santa
Monica Public Library, and Los Angeles Valley College (also performance of Prière et scherzo);
Duo Kessner to perform other works by local composers
January 10, 2010 – World Premiere of Singing Together by the Olympia Youth
Orchestra, Fung Ho, Music Director and Conductor, San Gabriel Mission Playhouse
January 29, 30 & 31, 2010 – 3 pre-concert lectures for
the Los Angeles Philharmonic at Disney Concert Hall
February 6, 2010 – performed and conducted second concert with
the ensemble TEMPO in works by George Crumb, Frank Campo, Vera Ivanova, Greg
Steinke, Henry Cowell, and Carlos Rodriguez.
March 20, 2010 – performances of Dances, by oboist Richard Kravchak and
guitarist Scott Morris, and Poème exotique, by the Duo Kessner, at the regional meeting of the
College Music Society, Cal State Dominguez Hills.
March 21, 2010 – performance of Dances, by oboist Richard Kravchak and
guitarist Scott Morris, at a concert of the American Guitar Society, Cal State
Northridge.
March 25, 2010 - performance of Dances, by oboist Richard Kravchak and
guitarist Scott Morris in Ensenada, Mexico.
March 28, 2010 – performance of Poème exotique by the Duo Kessner at the
annual Faculty Composers Recital, Cal State Northridge; also premiere of Echoes, for
flute and electronic sounds by Liviu Marinescu.
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 14 orchestral works, 9 choral and stage works, 8 pieces for symphonic band, more than 70 works for various chamber ensembles, solos, and duos.
17 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; Dances for Clarinet and Guitar on Crystal Records CD 301.
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 600 public performances throughout 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. Last year, he inaugurated the ensemble TEMPO (The Epicenter Music Performance Organization), in which he serves as flutist and conductor.
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 in Prien-am-Chiemsee (Germany), l’église Saint-Merry in Paris, 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.
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'.
Romp for Piano and Orchestra (2009); 13’-14’.
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
Music in Uncommon Modes (2009) 17’; shakuhachi, quarter-tone bass flute, and
guitar
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; version for flute/alto flute
& guitar (2009)
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
Idyll (2009)
9’-10’; solo oboe
