Repertoire for Unaccompanied Solo Flute
(87 pieces by 50 composers as of July 19, 2024)
Directory compiled by Flute Repertoire Specialist Dr. Jen Kennard of the National Flute Association and Managing Editor, Head Researcher & Writer Dr. Megan Hill for the RBP Foundation.
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These are pieces intended for solo performer. The vast majority are unaccompanied, but may include electronics, narration, or other auxiliary actions performed by the soloist (auxiliary actions are noted when relevant).
Please let us know of any other works that should be added to this list, or if you know of any additional information or resources to complete this catalog!
And if you perform one of these pieces and have an audio or video recording that you would be willing to share, please let us know right away!
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Solo Piccolo
Allison Loggins-Hull (b. 1982)
USA
Member of Flutronix
Say Can You (2020)
INSTRUMENT: Solo piccolo, electronics
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
DEDICATEE: commissioned by the National Flute Association for the 2020 Piccolo Young Artists Competition
LENGTH: 5′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase from Flutronix
RECORDING: on YouTube
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Joseph Jones
USA
Minature for Solo Piccolo, Op. 35 (2020)
INSTRUMENT: piccolo
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 3′
SHEET MUSIC: request from composer
RECORDING: on YouTube
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Edewede Oriwoh (b. 1981)
Nigeria, United Kingdom
For Piccolo (2021)
INSTRUMENT: piccolo
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 1′
SHEET MUSIC: included in Castle of Our Skins Black Composer Miniature Challenge Anthology Vol. 2
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: research in progress
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Solo C Flute
Ahmed Alabaca (b. 1984)
USA
The Gold Finch (2021)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 5′
MOVEMENTS: 1. Morning, Just Waking Up; 2. Fluttering Fun; 3. End of Day
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Jorge Enrique Amado Molina (b. 1997)
Cuba
Fantasia VII (2020)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
DEDICATEE: José Lázaro Álvarez Pizzorno, el Pepe Ondina
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 4′
SHEET MUSIC: contact composer
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY: hard- (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Ed Bland (1926–2013)
USA
Dancing Through the Walls (prior to 1998)
INSTRUMENT: C flute and recorded percussion ensemble
ENGRAVING: unknown
LENGTH: 50′
MOVEMENTS: 1. Solar Wind; 2. Ostrich Walk; 3. Naja Naja; 4. Digital Safari; 5. Voices of the Amazon; 6. Cotinga; 7. Hypnotic Dreams; 8. Mating Dance; 9. Moon Dancers; 10. Primeval Spirit; 11. Sunrise; 12. Swahili Strut; 13. Perfect Spiral
SHEET MUSIC: research in progress
RECORDING: on YouTube: movement 1, movement 2, movement 3, movement 4, movement 5, movement 6, movement 7, movement 8, movement 9, movement 10, movement 11, movement 12, movement 13
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
For Flute (1980)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
DEDICATEE: Eberhardt Blum
ENGRAVING: unknown
LENGTH: 6′
SHEET MUSIC: order from Osmund Music
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college) – extended techniques
For Flute No. 2
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 3′
SHEET MUSIC: order from Osmund Music
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
For Flute No. 3
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 3′
SHEET MUSIC: order from Osmund Music
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Che Buford (b. 2000)
USA
In Thought (2020)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 3′
SHEET MUSIC: request from composer
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
LEARN MORE: on the composer’s website
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Valerie Coleman (b. 1970)
USA
Danza de la Mariposa (2008)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 5′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Matisseries (2018)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
DEDICATEE: Trudy Kane
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 5′
MOVEMENTS: 1. Odalisque, Henriette, Harmony in Red; 2. Odalisque: Purpole Robe and Anemones; 3. Cut Out: Celestial Jerusalem; 4. Cut Out: Tree of Life; 5. Cut Out: Creole Dancer
SHEET MUSIC: request from composer
RECORDING: on YouTube: mvt. 1, mvt. 2, mvt. 3, mvt. 4, mvt. 5
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Avril Coleridge-Taylor (1903–1998)
England
Élegie (before May 1921)
INSTRUMENT: C flute (or violin)
SHEET MUSIC: unknown; presumed lost (catalogued by Leah Broad)
RECORDING: none
The Fairy Flute (before December 1921)
INSTRUMENT: C flute, “Flute obligato for Fyleman’s poem, for recitation”
TEXT: Rose Fyleman
ENGRAVING: manuscript, unknown legibility
SHEET MUSIC: contact Leah Broad
RECORDING: none
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Roque Cordero (1917–2008)
Panama, USA
Soliloquios #1 (1975)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 3’30”
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Flute World level 3; hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for composer’s bio.
Jessie Cox (b. 1995)
Switzerland, USA
DReamality (2016)
INSTRUMENT: C flute and electronics
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 5’30”
SHEET MUSIC: request from composer
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard- (serious high school / college); a good intro to limited extended techniques
Afronaut (2017)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
DEDICATEE: commissioned by Eva Redamonti
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 6′
SHEET MUSIC: request from composer
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Spiritus (2018)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 10′
SHEET MUSIC: request from composer
RECORDING: on Bandcamp
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for composer’s website and bio.
Tyson Gholston Davis (b. 2000)
USA
Tableau III, for solo flute (2019)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
DEDICATEE: Dayna Hagstedt
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 3’50”
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for composer’s website and bio.
Julius Eastman (1940–1990)
USA
Comp 1 (1971)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
LENGTH: 14’20”
SHEET MUSIC: unknown if extant
RECORDING: exists in Music Library in University at Buffalo
Click here for composer’s bio.
Flutronix
See C flute works by Flutronix members, Nathalie Joachim and Allison Loggins-Hull.
Sharon Freeman
USA
Flute-thing (1968)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: unknown
LENGTH: unknown
MOVEMENTS: unknown
SHEET MUSIC: published by Nzinga Music Productions (listed in Helen Walker-Hill’s Music by Black Women Composers: A Bibliography of Available Scores)
RECORDING: research in progress
Click here for the composer’s bio.
James Furman (1937–1989)
USA
Deux Mouvements (1982)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
DEDICATEE: Don Wells
ENGRAVING: unknown
LENGTH: 5’30”
MOVEMENTS: 1. Roulade (1975); 2. Le cornemuseur solitaire (1982)
SHEET MUSIC: research in progress
RECORDING: on Soundcloud
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Brittany J. Green (b. 1991)
USA
Sonatina for Flute (2017)
INSTRUMENT: C flute, optional electronics
ENGRAVING: computer, modern; non-standard notation
LENGTH: 6′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
There is Only You and I (2020)
INSTRUMENT: C flute with live electronics
ENGRAVING: printed non-standard notation
LENGTH: 5′-7′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Adolphus Hailstork (b. 1941)
USA
The Pied Piper of Harlem (1980)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 5’30”
MOVEMENTS: 1. Here Come de Piper; 2. Wid a Twinkle in His Eye; 3. Git on Board (the “A” Train) Lil Chillin
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: intermediate (high school); Flute World level 2
Flute Set (2003)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 5′
MOVEMENTS: 1. Moderato con anima; 2. Vivo; 3. Lento e teneramente; 4. Allegretto
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college); Flute World level 3
Yuhwa (The Goddess of the Willow Trees) (2020)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
DEDICATEE: Hyorim Kim
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 5′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college); Flute World level 3-3+
Flight (2022)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
DEDICATEE: Laurel Zucker
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 4’30”
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college); Flute World level 3
St. Paul’s Blues (2023)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
COMISSIONER: St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 2’30”
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college); Flute World level 3
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Ella Jarman-Pinto (b. 1989)
United Kingdom
Lesser Trefoil (2012)
INSTRUMENT: C flute, voice (flutist)
DEDICATEE: commissioned by Clare Whistler
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 2′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on Soundcloud
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Nathalie Joachim (b. 1983)
USA
Member of Flutronix
Aware (2009)
INSTRUMENT: C flute, recorded voices, electronics
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 7′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Wander (2010)
INSTRUMENT: C flute, recorded voice, electronics
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 5’30”
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on Flutronix website
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for composer’s website and bio.
Joseph Jones
USA
Miniature for Solo Flute, Op. 15 (2020)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 3′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: intermediate (high school)
Soliloquy, Op. 22 (2020)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 4′
SHEET MUSIC: request from composer
RECORDING: none
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: research in progress
Click here for composer’s website and bio.
Scott Joplin (1867–1917)
USA
(Flute versions derived from piano works)
Combination March (1896)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 3’15”
SHEET MUSIC: free download from flutetunes.com
RECORDING: MIDI on flutetunes.com
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: intermediate (early high school)
Maple Leaf Rag (1899)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 2’50”
SHEET MUSIC: free download from flutetunes.com
RECORDING: MIDI on flutetunes.com
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: intermediate (high school)
Original Rags (1899)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 4’45”
SHEET MUSIC: free download from flutetunes.com
RECORDING: MIDI on flutetunes.com
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: intermediate (high school)
The Easy Winners (1901)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 4′
SHEET MUSIC: free download from flutetunes.com
RECORDING: MIDI on flutetunes.com
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: intermediate (high school)
The Entertainer (1902)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 3’50”
SHEET MUSIC: free download from flutetunes.com
RECORDING: MIDI on flutetunes.com
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: intermediate (high school)
Elite Syncopations (1902)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 3’20”
SHEET MUSIC: free download from flutetunes.com
RECORDING: MIDI on flutetunes.com
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: intermediate (high school)
Fig Leaf Rag (1908)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 3’25”
SHEET MUSIC: free download from flutetunes.com
RECORDING: MIDI on flutetunes.com
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: intermediate (high school)
Sugar Cane (1908)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 3′
SHEET MUSIC: free download from flutetunes.com
RECORDING: MIDI on flutetunes.com
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: intermediate (high school)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Blasio Kavuma
England
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (1976) The Kestrel Paced Round the Sun (before March 2012)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: unknown
LENGTH: 5’50”
MOVEMENTS: 3 short movements; titles unknown
SHEET MUSIC: contact composer
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college); some easy extended techniques
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Ulysses Simpson Kay (1917–1995)
USA
Prelude for Unaccompanied Flute (1943)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
DEDICATEE: Martin Heylman
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 2-3′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Flute World level 3; hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Yaz Lancaster
USA
Floater (2020)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
DEDICATEE: Devan Jaquez
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 4′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on Bandcamp
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college); extended techniques
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Cynthia Cozette Lee (b. 1953)
USA
African Bird Fly Home (1985)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 5′
MOVEMENTS: through-composed
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: contact composer
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college) – flutter tonguing, trills, humming
Nigerian Treasures in Three Movements (1982)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 7′
MOVEMENTS: 1. Ancient Treasures Lost; 2. The Marketplace; 3. The Scar-Faced Figure
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: contact composer
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Apartheid Will End and They Shall be Free (2021)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 4′
MOVEMENTS: through-composed
SHEET MUSIC: research in progress
RECORDING: contact composer
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college) – flutter tonguing, trills, humming
Rivers: An African Tribute (1985)
INSTRUMENT: C flute, spoken word, percussion (all by soloist)
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 6′
MOVEMENTS: 1. The Niger; 2. The Congo; 3. The Nile
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: contact composer
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college) – harmonics, percussion sounds and humming
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
James Lee, III (b. 1975)
USA
Chôro sem tristeza (2011)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
DEDICATEE: Demarre McGill
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 4’30”
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Principal Brothers No. 1 (2020)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 6′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: research in progress
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
George Lewis (b. 1952)
USA
Emergent (2014)
INSTRUMENT: C flute, electronics
DEDICATEE: commissioned by the Pnea Foundation for flutist Claire Chase’s “Density 2036” – a 23-year project begun by her in 2014 to commission an entirely new body of repertory for solo flute each year until the 100th Anniversary of Edgard Varèse’s groundbreaking 1936 flute solo.
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 11′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: advanced (college/professional); Flute World 4/4+ (extended techniques: molto vibrato, lip buzz, timbre trill, key clicks, jet whistle, tongue ram, various glissandi, inhalations and exhalations)
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Allison Loggins-Hull (b. 1982)
USA
Member of Flutronix
Bit of Everything (2008)
INSTRUMENT: C flute, electronics
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 3’40”
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Stacked (2008)
INSTRUMENT: C flute, recording
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 4′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Pray (2010)
INSTRUMENT: C flute, electronics
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 5’30”
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Homeland (2018)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 6’30”
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Have and Hold (2020)
INSTRUMENT: C flute, singing flutist, electronics
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 3′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Transformation (2020)
INSTRUMENT: C flute, recorded sounds
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 4′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on bandcamp
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Gifts (2021)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
DEDICATEE: commissioned by the Juilliard School PreCollegiate
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 4′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
Click here for composer’s website and bio.
Joshua Mallard (b. 1998)
USA
Perennial (2019)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
DEDICATEE: Francesca Arnone
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 4′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Carman Leroy Moore (b. 1936)
USA
Deep Night with Tree (1986)
INSTRUMENT: C flute and taped C flute
ENGRAVING: manuscript
LENGTH: 5′
SHEET MUSIC: request from composer
RECORDING: request from composer
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: research in progress
Bird of Civitella
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: request from composer
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Joe M. Moore, III
USA
Solis Ortis (2013)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
DEDICATEE: Holly Brewer
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 4′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Joyce Solomon Moorman (b. 1946)
USA
Three Pieces for Flute (1980)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 4’30”
MOVEMENTS: 1. Andante; 2. Allegretto; 3. Moderato
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: intermediate+ (high school)
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Jeffrey Mumford (b. 1955)
USA
Morning Thunder (1980)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 8′
SHEET MUSIC: contact composer
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: research in progress
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Andre Myers (b. 1973)
USA
Falling Skyward (2001)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 6′
MOVEMENTS: I; II; III
SHEET MUSIC: request from composer
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Brian Raphael Nabors (b. 1991)
USA
Énergie (2015)
INSTRUMENT: C flute and electronics
DEDICATEE: Kenneth Cox
ENGRAVING: computer, modern; nontraditional figures
LENGTH: 6’30”
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Bongani Ndodana-Breen (b. 1975)
South Africa
Visions 1& 2 (2000; published in 2008)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: manuscript
LENGTH: part 1, 6′; part 2, 4′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube: part 1, part 2
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
James W. Newton, Jr. (b. 1953)
USA
65th Psalm (2003)
INSTRUMENT: C flute, or C flute and voice
DEDICATEE: Dorothy Stone
ENGRAVING: computer, modern + extended techniques
LENGTH: research in progress
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Six Wings (2015)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
DEDICATEE: Nicole Mitchell
ENGRAVING: computer, modern + extended techniques
LENGTH: research in progress
SHEET MUSIC: free download
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: intermediate (high school)
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Shawn E. Okpebholo (b. 1981)
USA
On a Poem by Miho Nonaka: Harvard Square (2013)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
DEDICATEE: Caen Thomason-Redus
ENGRAVING: computer, modern + extended techniques
LENGTH: 11’30”
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on Soundcloud
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: research in progress
On a Painting by Henry Ossawa Tanner: The Thankful Poor (2020)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
DEDICATEE: commisioned by Astral Artists and composed for flutist Beomjae Kim
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 9′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: research in progress
Click here for composer’s website and bio.
Fred Onovwerosuoke (b. 1960)
Ghana, Nigeria, USA
Six Variations on a Pende folk Tune (before 2008)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 10′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: intermediate+ (high school)
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson (1932–2004)
USA
Sonata A’La Baroque (1994)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 9′
MOVEMENTS: 1. Allegro; 2. Allemande; 3. Rondo
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube – movement 1, movement 2, movement 3
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Flute World level 3; hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s bio.
Godwin Sadoh (b. 1965)
Nigeria, USA
Three Pieces for Flute (2012)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 4’30”
MOVEMENTS: research in progress
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on ReverbNation
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
Carlos Simon (b. 1986)
USA
move it (2020)
INSTRUMENT: C flute or alto flute
DEDICATEE: commissioned by Brice Smith for the NFA
ENGRAVING: computer, modern + extended techniques
LENGTH: 4′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
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Alvin Singleton (b. 1940)
USA
Argoru III (1971)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
DEDICATEE: commissioned by Sara Vargas-Barritt
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 5′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
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Hale Smith (1925–2009)
USA
Hale to the King: Three Brevities (1969)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
DEDICATEE: mvt 1: Nancy Turetzky; mvt 2: Wallingford Riegger; mvt 3: Jerome Richardson
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 5′
MOVEMENTS: 1. Allegro; 2. Slowly; 3. Fast
SHEET MUSIC: research in progress
RECORDING: on YouTube – movement 1, movement 2, movement 3
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
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Justinian Tamusuza (b. 1951)
Uganda
Okwanjula Kw’ Endere (Introduction of the Flute) (1995)
from Ekivvulu Ky’ Endere for flute, viola, harp, marimba, and maracas
INSTRUMENT: C flute
ENGRAVING: research in progress
LENGTH: 7′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
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Joshua Uzoigwe ((1946–2005)
Nigeria
Ilulu (1995)
INSTRUMENT: C flute
DEDICATEE: Wendy Hymes
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 5’30”
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: research in progress
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Evan Williams (b. 1988)
USA
if/else (2017)
INSTRUMENT: C flute and electronics
DEDICATEE: Lindsey Goodman
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 6’30”
SHEET MUSIC: request from composer
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
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Pamela Z (b. 1956)
USA
Louder Warmer Denser (2019)
INSTRUMENT: C flute (or bass flute or contrabass flute), tape, and processing
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 9′
SHEET MUSIC: digital score and media available from beth@beauchampartistservices.com
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
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Solo Alto Flute
Regina Harris Baiocchi (b. 1956)
USA
Autumn Night (1991)
INSTRUMENT: alto flute
ENGRAVING: research in progress
LENGTH: 3′-4′
SHEET MUSIC: request from composer
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Praise Dance (2017)
INSTRUMENT: alto flute
ENGRAVING: research in progress
LENGTH: 2’30”
SHEET MUSIC: request from composer
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: research in progress
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Tyson Davis (b. 2000)
USA
Absolute Zero (2017)
INSTRUMENT: alto flute
ENGRAVING: manuscript
LENGTH: 6’30”
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
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Kennedy Dixon (b. 1998)
USA
first promise (of Cadillac Mountain) (2021)
INSTRUMENT: alto flute
DEDICATEE: Laura Lentz
ENGRAVING: manuscript, legible
LENGTH: 1’40”
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on Soundcloud
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
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Flutronix
See alto flute works by Flutronix member Allison Loggins-Hull.
Allison Loggins-Hull (b. 1982)
USA
Member of Flutronix
Color Wheels (2017)
INSTRUMENT: alto flute and electronics
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 3′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
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Brian Raphael Nabors (b. 1991)
USA
Theme and Variations (2018)
INSTRUMENT: alto flute
DEDICATEE: Lizzie Darling
ENGRAVING: computer, modern + extended techniques
LENGTH: 7’30”
MOVEMENTS: theme and eight variations
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: advanced (college/professional); Flute World 4-
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Margaux Simmons (b. 1952)
USA
Garland-Rose (2020)
INSTRUMENT: alto flute
DEDICATEE: “to my Granddaughter, Garland-Rose Delphine Shields”
ENGRAVING: research in progress
LENGTH: 3’50”
SHEET MUSIC: please contact University of Orange’s Music City team
RECORDING: on Soundcloud
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: intermediate (high school)
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Carlos Simon (b. 1986)
USA
move it (2020)
INSTRUMENT: C flute or alto flute
DEDICATEE: commissioned by Brice Smith for the NFA
ENGRAVING: computer, modern + extended techniques
LENGTH: 4′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
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Shirley Thompson
England
Mighty Mandela (1994)
INSTRUMENT: alto flute or bass flute
DEDICATEE: Rowland Sutherland
ENGRAVING: research in progress
LENGTH: 9’40”
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: research in progress
Blue Iris (1990, arr. 2020)
INSTRUMENT: alto flute (originally for cello)
DEDICATEE:
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 14′
SHEET MUSIC: available for purchase
RECORDING: version for violin on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: research in progress
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Solo Bass and Contrabass Flute
Jessie Cox (b. 1995)
Switzerland, USA
Sounds of Alterdestinies (2022)
INSTRUMENT: contrabass flute
DEDICATEE: commissioned by the Paul Fromm Foundation at Harvard University
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: research in progress
SHEET MUSIC: request from composer
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: research in progress
Black Breathing (2022)
INSTRUMENT: contrabass flute
DEDICATEE: commissioned by the Paul Fromm Foundation at Harvard University
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: research in progress
SHEET MUSIC: request from composer
RECORDING: research in progress
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: research in progress
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Pamela Z (b. 1956)
USA
Louder Warmer Denser (2019)
INSTRUMENT: C flute, bass flute, or contrabass flute; tape; and processing
ENGRAVING: computer, modern
LENGTH: 9′
SHEET MUSIC: digital score and media available from beth@beauchampartistservices.com
RECORDING: on YouTube
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: hard (serious high school / college)
Click here for the composer’s website and bio.
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