AT A GLANCE
Style
Virtuosic • Energetic • Colorful
Selected Performances & Recognition
🏆 2024 Flute New Music Consortium Composition Competition Honorable Mention
2025 Colorado Flute Association Competition Piece
What Makes It Unique
Performed without pause from beginning to end, the work contrasts ripping technical passages with simple extended techniques to create a compelling rhythmic recital piece that works especially well between longer works on a program.
Musical Influences
Eighth Blackbird
Andy Akiho
Nico Muhly
Antonio Vivaldi – Summer from The Four Seasons
Why I Wrote This Piece
Commissioned by Dr. Megan Lanz (Colorado State University) to expand the contemporary flute repertoire with a work that embraces both technical brilliance and rhythmic vitality.
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PROGRAM NOTE
When Dr. Megan Lanz first brought up the idea to collaborate on a new piece for flute, she was insistent and energetic about her willingness to try nearly anything. Unbroken explores the unique ability of both the flute and piano to perform both percussively and lyrically. The piece is written in a way that keeps the music in constant, restless, motion while creating contrast through unexpected moments, colors and techniques unique to the flute.
Overall, Unbroken attempts to capture the spirit of musicians like Megan who are willing to jump into unknown territory and support new music with unrelenting enthusiasm.
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