Welcher's fascinating work for soprano sax is both a refraction of Mendelssohn's music for A Midsummer Night's Dream and his own incidental music to Shakespeare's comedy. The work's

Previously known only through a spurious edition in G Major, the authentic Concertino in F was recently discovered in Italy by Pedro Diaz, English Hornist of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Diaz

Premiered in October 2018 by the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, principal tubist David Saltzman as soloist, the Concerto features three movements with a cadenza between the second and third. Adler likens the

Inspired by the alluring human-like sound of the Ney (a Persian bamboo flute), Ranjbaran aimed not only to highlight the modern flutist's ability to play agile and brilliant passages, but also to emulate

This 14-minute work was co-commissioned of 19 saxophone/piano duos. Matheson cites the irony that humans throughout time find new ways to connect with each other, while distancing themselves in other ways.

in Court Dances, Amanda Harberg's musical palette sparkles with her trademark sense of imaginative energy, warmth, and lyricism. The three-movement work is a joyful and soulful celebration,

DC was commissioned by Nan Raphael (Solo Piccolo, US Army Field Band, retired) who premiered it in an all-Schocker concert at the 2015 NFA convention in Washington DC, with Schocker at the piano.

Dark Lake, the second movement of Somers' Flute Sonata is available in its original scoring for bass flute and piano. The composition of this tone poem was inspired in part by a

This fiendishly virtuosic concert piece was written for trombonist Brian Diehl 1994. There are two main types of music, one in the lower range, with quick, tongued notes, and the other a "limping" waltz in

Pann's Differences is originally a suite for cello and piano, comprised of five short movements, very much like a Baroque suite or partita. The individual pieces, however, are radically different from each

Double Espresso! was written as a gift to flutist Christina Jennings in 2017. It is a 2-minute encore piece flung forward at break-neck speed. True to the work's title, the flutist zips through a

A solo flute with piano reduction of Robert Russell Bennett's "A Dry Weather Legend" for orchestra.

The title Fanmi Imen is Haitian Creole fir Maya Angelou's famous work, Human Family. Both the musical and literary poems acknowledge differences within mankind, either due to ethnicity,

Originally for Clarinet and Piano, Robert Schumann's deep yet delightful set of three Fantasiestucke, Op. 73 has long been a staple of the repertoire, with transcriptions occasionally seeping

Premiered by Jeffrey Khaner and the Philadelphia Orchestra, this tour-de-force work has received rave reviews from players and critics alike. Fast, energetic and spiritual, the concerto is rewarding for

Commissioned by Texas Woman's University in 2018 as a tribute to a flute pedagogue and professional, Dr. Pamela Youngblood, this concerto is in a standard three-movement form, with the first and third

Commissioned by flutist Cindy Anne Broz in celebration of her granddaughter Elise, Dorff's Elise is a portrait of a delightful 3-year old, as well as a recital piece in the slow-fast model of

Giantess was commissioned by the Flute New Music Consortium for simultaneous "co-premieres" by many consortium members in early March 2018. The composer has written, "The flute presents a

Imaginary Folksongs presents six diverse movements, three each for alto and soprano saxophone, which " runs the gamut from virtuosic to melancholy to humorous," says the composer. For advanced