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Music selection is a very personal thing. I have tried to give some information about the difficulty level of the music listed, but just because a piece is listed as "Easy", it doesn't necessarily mean that it's not worthy of being played by a professional ensemble. Good music is good music. What I've tried to list here is music that I like and think is well-written and well-scored for flute ensembles. My taste is pretty eclectic, and you'll find a mixture of arrangements of familiar tunes, transcriptions, as well as a LOT of original music written for flute ensembles.
EASY INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ADVANCED
GOOD OPENERS/CLOSERS POPS & LIGHTER FARE
| NAME | COMPOSER | ARRANGER | PARTS | PUBLISHER | PLAYTIME | COMMENTS |
EASY |
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| A Child is Born | Wilder, Alec & Jones, Thad | Annicchiarico, Michael | c1-4,a,b | ALRY | 4-5 min. | Beautiful w/jazz harmonies. Good for general concerts or Christmas. |
| American Patriotic Music for Flexible Flute Ensemble | Traditional | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | 2-5 flutes, opt. a/b | ALRY | 13 pieces, 1:30-3:00 min. each | Great for student groups or easy to put together gig music. Can be played with 2 parts, up to 5 parts plus alto & bass. |
| Brother James Air | Kile, Nora | c1-4,opt. b | ALRY | |||
| Classical Music for Flexible Flute Ensemble | Various | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | 2-5 flutes, opt. a/b | ALRY | 12 pieces, 1:30-3:00 min. each | Great for student groups or easy to put together gig music. Can be played with 2 parts, up to 5 parts plus alto & bass. |
| Echoes in the Wind--A Native American Soliloquy | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p,c1-3,a,b | ALRY | 5 min. | This makes a good opener, especially when it's performed antiphonally with the players surrounding the audience. The ""echoes"" go from side to side and front to back over the audience. Very effective. | |
| Flute Symphony | Holmes, G.E. | c1-4 | Rubank? | a nice variety of tunes in this collection. Suitable for student groups or adult groups. | ||
| Holberg Suite (Gavotte & Sarabande) | Grieg | Jicha, Victoria | c1-4 | ALRY | simplified, but very effective | |
| Irish Music for Flexible Flute Ensemble | Various | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | 2-5 flutes, opt. a/b | ALRY | 14 pieces, 1:30-3:00 min. each | Great for student groups or easy to put together gig music. Can be played with 2 parts, up to 5 parts plus alto & bass. |
| Jewish Music for Flexible Flute Ensemble | Various | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | 2-5 flutes, opt. a/b | ALRY | 15 pieces, 1:30-3:00 min. each | Great for student groups or easy to put together gig music. Can be played with 2 parts, up to 5 parts plus alto & bass. |
| Kumbaya | Rice-Young, Amy | c1-4,5/a,6/b | ALRY | |||
| Morning Has Broken | Rice-Young, Amy | c1-4,5/a/b | ALRY | |||
| Pie Jesu from Requiem | Faure, Gabriel | Behnke, Bruce | c1-4,a,b | ALRY | 2.5 min. | Gorgeous! This one is also good for Christmas concerts. |
| Sacred Music--Hymns for Flexible Flute Ensemble | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | 2-5 flutes, opt. a/b | ALRY | Arrangements of 17 Christian Hymns | ||
INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED |
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| A Child is Born | Wilder, Alec & Jones, Thad | Annicchiarico, Michael | c1-4,a,b | ALRY | 4-5 min. | Beautiful w/jazz harmonies. Good for general concerts or Christmas. |
| Abfahrt Einer Dampflokomotive (Departure of a Steam Engine) | Medek, Tilo | p,c1-2,a1-2,b | 4 min. | Really sounds like a train leaving the station. Uses some extended techniques: jet whistle & headjoint only. | ||
| Academie of Dance, The (Pavane, Chante, Ecossiase, Galliarde) | McMichael, Catherine | c1-2,a,b, piano | ALRY | Beautiful! One movement (Ecosaisse) is just for flutes--no piano | ||
| Alexander's Ragtime Band | Berlin | Holcombe, Bill | c1-4,a,b | Musicians Publ. | 3 min. | Fun and jazzy! Great audience pleaser and fun to play. |
| Allegro from Symph. #5 in Bb Maj. | Schubert | Scott, Austin | p,c1-3,a,b | 6 min. | ||
| Alleluja--Exultate, Jubilate | Mozart, W.A. | Axtell, Michael | c1-3,a,b | ALRY | ||
| American Flute Salute | Holcombe, Bill | c1-4,a,b/stg.bass | Musicians Publ. | Medley of American tunes with a jazzy twist. | ||
| Angstrom | Anthony Holland | p,c1-7,a,b | 5 min. | Contemporary, but accessible. | ||
| Appalacian Suite (4 movements) (Wayfaring Stranger, The Bridle and Saddle, Come all Ye Fair and Tender Maidens, Fiddle Tunes) | Via, Kelly | p, c1-4,a,b | Nourse Wind | 11 min. | Wonderful arrangement of the four tunes in this suite. | |
| As Eagles Flew | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p,c1-3,a,b,opt. cb | ALRY | 7-8 min. | Begins with lovely and poignant slow melody, segues into march section with jig melody and ends with reprise of slow theme | |
| Barber of Seville | Rossini | McHenry | c1-4,a,b | Southern? | 8-10 min. | |
| Birdland | Zawinul, Josef | Lombardo, Ricky | p/1,c1-3,4/a/b | Fun and jazzy! I think there's also an opt. string bass part. We've also added drums to this arrangement. | ||
| Blue Danube | Strauss, Johann | Holcombe, Bill | c1-4,a,b,stg. Bass | Musicians Publ. | ||
| Brandenburg Concerto #3 | Bach | Nourse, Nancy | c1-7,a,b | Nourse Wind | ||
| Camptown Races | Foster, Stephen | Holcombe, Bill | c1-4,a,b | Musicians Publ. | ||
| Cassation | Feld, Jindrich | p1-2,c1-6,a | Contemporary, but accessible. As I recall, the two picc parts are pretty high in the range. | |||
| Cimerosa Suite | George, Thom Ritter | c1-3 | Composer | approx. 5-7 min. | Really nicely written. Our group loves to play this because all of the parts are fun. | |
| Cloud Images (Rising Above the Clouds, Billowing Clouds, Oh Look! There's an Alligator!, With Your Head in the Clouds, Through a Sea of Clouds) | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p,c1-3,a,b | avail. from composer | 12 min. | Programmatic original piece in 5 movements. | |
| Comedians Gallop | Kabalevsky | Lombardo, Ricky | p, c1-2,a/c3,b | LMP | 2 min. | Makes a good opener or closer to a program. |
| Danza Mexicana No. 2 | Datshkovsky | Ephross, Arthur | p,c1-4,a,b | Southern? | 2 min. | Well written and very rhythmic. Is written in 6/8, with some interspersed measures of 3/4. |
| Dawn Carol | Lowe, Margaret | antiphonal (all same part) |
This makes a great opener to a program with the flute choir surrounding the audience. Each player's entrance is staggered, which produces a great antiphonal effect. | |||
| Earle of Oxford's March, The | Byrd, William | Via, Kelly | p1-2,c1-4,a,b, contra |
Nourse Wind | Good arrangement of one of my favorite tunes. | |
| Echoes in the Wind--A Native American Soliloquy | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p,c1-3,a,b | ALRY | 5 min. | This makes a good opener, especially when it's performed antiphonally with the players surrounding the audience. The ""echoes"" go from side to side and front to back over the audience. Very effective. | |
| Eine Kleine Nachtmusik--4 mvmts. (Serenade, Romanze, Menuetto, & Rondo) | Mozart | McWayne, Dorli | c1-2,c/a,b (w/div. parts) |
ALRY | 5+4-8+1-2+4 | Well done arrangement. |
| Fanfare | Anderson, Deborah J. | c1-4,a,b | ALRY | Beautiful melodies. | ||
| Fanfare 20 | Christensen, James | p,c1-4,a,b | 1.5 min. | Good opener. | ||
| Fantasia on a Newfoundland Folk Tune | Nourse, Nancy | p,c1-5,a,b | Nourse Wind | 3.5 min. | Beautiful! You need a good expressive piccolo player for the gorgeous solo passages. | |
| Flute Fiesta | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p,c1-3,a,b | ALRY | 5 min. | Spanish March with optional castanets & triangle parts. This makes a good opener, or closer. | |
| Fountain, The | Kirlin, June | p,c1-4 (1-2 players); c5-6,a,b |
ALRY | 8 min. | Beautifully written--really sounds like the ""burbles"" of a fountain. | |
| Four Renaissance Motets (O Magnum Mysterium, O Quam Gloriosum, O Vos Omnes, Ave Maria) | Victoria, Tomas Luis de | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | c1-3,a, opt. picc & bass |
avail. from arranger | 10-12 min. | This works well for flute choir and sounds gorgeous. |
| Gaelic Offering, A | McMichael, Catherine | c1-4 | ALRY | One of our group's favorite. This piece is an arrangement of four Irish songs in separate movements (two are fast and two are slow and gorgeous). Well scored with all parts of equal difficulty. | ||
| Gay Nineties Medley | Holcombe/Parente | c1-4,a,b | Musicians Publ. | 6-7 min. | Medley with jazzy rhythms and fun to play and listen to. | |
| George M. Cohan Medley | Cohan, George M. | Nagle, Paul | c1-4,a,b | Musicians Publ. | Medley with jazzy rhythms and fun to play and listen to. | |
| Gigue Fugue | Bach | Warner | p,c1-3,a,b | 4 min. | ||
| Greek Tableaux (Endymion, the Shepherd, Pan and the Dryads, Marsyas, the Satyr, Alpheus and Arethusa, the Two Rivers, Pegasus, the Winged Horse) | Molnar-Suhajda, Alexandra | p1-2,c1-3,a,b | Flute.Net | 3+,2,2,3,2 | Lovely original piece. One movement features the altos and 1st Flutes. Nice variety of styles in the 5 movements. | |
| He Never Sleeps | Lombardo, Ricky | c1-3,a,b | ALRY | gospel | ||
| Holberg Suite, The (Aus Holberg Zeit)--5 mvmts. (Prelude, Sarabande, Gavotte, Air, Rigadon) | Grieg, Edvard | Nourse, Nancy | p,c1-6,a,b | ALRY | 2.5+1.5+3+2.5+3 | Nancy Nourse's arrangements are always well done--this is one of my favorites. |
| Hopak | Moussougsky, Modest | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p,c1-3,a,b | ALRY | Good opener or closer to a program. | |
| I'll Love My Love | Holst, Gustav | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p,c1-3,a,b | Nourse Wind | 5 min. | Based on a Cornish folk song. Gorgeous arrangement with a lovely piccolo part. This is the same tune used by Gustav Holst in the 2nd movement of his 2nd Suite for Band. |
| Innes Glas Mor | Lemay, Lisa | c1-4,a,b (plus tin whistle) |
Falls House | Lovely programmatic piece with an Irish theme, including one movement where you can see the cliffs by the sea and hear the sea gulls, a solemn movement and a lively jig. | ||
| Jamaican Rhapsody | Traditional | Nowak | c1-4,a,b | Musicians Publications | 3-4 min. | Medley with jazzy rhythms and fun to play and listen to. |
| Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair | Foster, Stephen | Holcombe, Bill | c1-4,a,b | Musicians Publications | 4-5 min. | This is great coupled with arrangements of two other Stephen Foster tunes by Bill Holcombe (Camptown Races and Oh Susanna) |
| Jewish Folk Dance Suite (Mayim Mayim, Hinei Mah Tov, Havah Nagilah) | Traditional | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p,c1-3,a,b | ALRY | 2+3.5+4.5 min | Three Jewish folk tunes arranged for flute choir--movements 1 and 3 are fast and the middle movement is slow and beautiful. |
| Jupiter from the Planets | Holst, Gustav | Pierce, Rick | p1,c1/p2,c3-5,a,b | Falls House | ||
| La Caccia (Quartet)--2 mvmt. | Telemann | Gatti | c1-4 | 2+2.5 min | We usually use the 2nd movement. It makes a great opener--it's like a fanfare. | |
| Marche Militaire | Schubert, Franz | Ephross, Arthur | p,c1-5,a,b | Southern | 4.5 min. | |
| Masques | McGinty, Anne | p,c1-3,a,b??? | ALRY | 5 min. approx. | A wonderful original piece starting with a slow section that segues into a fast section. | |
| Memories of East Tennessee (Cades Cove in '43, The White Frame Church near Tater Branch, Rhododen-dance | Scott, Austin A. | p,c1-3,a,b | ALRY | 6+3.5+3 min | One of the best original flute choir works out there--great use of the different instruments in a fun and beautiful 3 movement piece. | |
| Mission Impossible | Schifrin, Lalo | Custer | (c1-5/picc, 6, guitar, bass) |
5 min. approx. | ||
| Night | Abt | Scott, Austin | c1a&p,c1b,c2a, c2b,a,b |
Little Piper | Beautiful slow melody | |
| A New Beginning | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p,c1-3,a,b, opt. cb | 5.5 min. | Written to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, Virginia | ||
| Of Wizards and Witches (The Sorcerer's Spell, Gnomes in the Garden, Zoom Goes the Broom) | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p,c1-3,a,b | ALRY | 9 min. | Original piece inspired by the Harry Potter books. | |
| Oh Susanna | Foster, Stephen | Holcombe, Bill | c1-4,a,b | Musicians Publications | ||
| Peter & the Wolf | Prokofieff | ALRY | p1-2,c1-3,a1-3,b,cl, ob,perc.,narr.,stg.bass |
ALRY | 20-25 min. | |
| Pie Jesu from Requiem | Faure, Gabriel | Behnke, Bruce | c1-4,a,b | ALRY | 2.5 min. | gorgeous |
| Planets, The | Holst, Gustav | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | c1-4,opt. a,b | Falls House | 21 min. | All 7 movement of The Planets in an abbreviated form. All the themes are there, but it is a true arrangement, rather than a transcription. Can be performed with as few as 4 flutes, but the addition of alto and bass gives it more depth. |
| Prelude & Rondo | McGinty, Anne | p,c1-4,a,b | 4 min | This is out of print, but there is a quartet arrangement of the same music published by ALRY, called Ambage. | ||
| Reveries | Anderson, Deborah J. | c1-4,a,b | ALRY | Beautiful melodies. | ||
| Rhumba for Flute Sextet/Flute Choir | Coolen, Michael | p,c1-4,a/b | ALRY | Fun little Latin number. This makes a good closer or encore to a program. | ||
| Russian Sailors Dance | Gliere | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p,c1-3,a,b | avail. from arranger | 3 min. | Makes a good opener or closer to a program--well scored and fun to play. |
| Sails, Winds & Echoes, Op. 54 | Gates, Crawford | p1-2,c1-6,a1-2,b | 11 min. | Contemporary but accessible. Our group enjoyed playing this. | ||
| Scarborough Fair | Traditional | ALRY | c1-4,a,b | ALRY | 2-3 min. | Beautiful! |
| Scenes from the West--3 mvmts. | Walters, Harold L. | c1/Eb,c2-4,c5/a, c6/b |
2+1.5+3 min. | Nice original piece--reminds me of cowboys. | ||
| Sellingers Round | Byrd | Behnke | p,c2-6,a,b | ALRY | 3-4 min. | Beautiful Renaissance piece with good color changes in the different variations. |
| Sermonette | Hendricks, Jon & Adderly, Julian | Edmondson, John | p,c1-4,a/b (stg. Bass) |
3 min. | Like an old time gospel meeting. | |
| Sextet for Flutes | Doran, Matt | c1-5,a | ALRY | approx. 10 min. | Three or four movements, probably Level 4 difficulty. Lots of rhythmic interest. | |
| Shadowlands (Out of the Darkness, Into the Shadows, Moving Toward the Light) | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p,c1-3,a,b | avail. from composer | 8 min. | First movement is in a minor key, 2nd movement opens with a beautiful bass & alto flute duet and uses quartal harmony, 3rd movement is in a major key. | |
| Silver Celebration | McMichael, Catherine | p,c1-3,a,b | ALRY | 2:30min | this makes a good opener. | |
| Silver Winds | Borwick, Doug | p,c1-3,a,b | ALRY | 10 min. | Programmatic work in 3 movements. | |
| Simple Gifts | Traditional | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | c1/p,c2/p,c3-4, opt. a,b |
ALRY | 5 min. | Can be played with as fe as 4 parts. |
| Slumber My Darling | Foster, Stephen | Thibodeau, Norman | c1-3,a,b | ALRY | 4-5 min. | Gorgeous! |
| Sonata for Eight Flutes | Downes, Andrew | c1,c2, solo c2/p, c3-5,a1-2,b |
approx. 15-20 min. | Five movement work--well written and well-scored. Nice meaty parts for the big flutes. | ||
| Sonata in F | Sheidler | Lisa Ochoco | c1-3,a | Falls House | ||
| Sonnets | Uber, David | p,c2-6,a,b | ALRY | Nicely done suite of 4 or 5 movements--lots of variety in style. | ||
| Sound of Music, Selections from | Hammerstein | Holcombe & Dorsey | c1-4,a,b | Musicians Publications | 12 min. | I love this arrangement! |
| Stars & Stripes Forever | Sousa, John Philip | Holcombe, Bill | c1-4,a,b | Musicians Publications | ||
| Sudeley Castle (Queen Katherine Parr, St. Mary's Church, The Queen's Garden, Sudeley Castle) | Amos, Keith | p,c1-6,a,b | 12 min. | |||
| Sugarplums & Mistletoe | Isaacson, Michael | p/c1,c2-3,a/b | ALRY | approx 3 | Cute and sort of retro sounding--something different for the holidays. | |
| Suite Butterfly--3 mvmts. (Caterpillar, Chrysalis, Butterfly) | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p/c1,c2-3,c4/a/b | ALRY | 3+3+2 min. | Programmatic work in 3 movements describing the life cycle of the butterfly. | |
| Suite No. 2 | Mayne, Kathleen | c1-6,a1-2,b1-2 | ||||
| Temple of Heaven (Temple of the Sun, Temple of the Moon, Temple of Earth, Temple of Heaven) | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p,c1-3,a,b | ALRY | 12 min. | Programmatic piece in 4 movements written in various forms of pentatonic scales. | |
| There Is No Rose | Stroope, Z. Randall | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p,c1-4,a,b, opt. contra/String Bass |
ALRY | 6 min. | gorgeous |
| Three Blind Mice Scherzo | Colby, Carleton | c1-3 | 2 min | cute! Might be out of print. | ||
| Three Children's Dances (Gay Dance, Melancholy Dance, Mirror Dance)* | Zaninelli, Luigi | p,c1-3,a,b | ||||
| Three Korean Folk Songs | Via, Kelly | p1-2,c1-4,a,b | Nourse Wind | Really nice arrangement. Kelly Via does a wonderful job with this piece. | ||
| Three Pieces (Eastern Serenade, Slumber Hour, Tango) | Howland, Russell | c1-3,a,b | 1.5, 2, 4.5 | Three original pieces with good stylistic contrast. | ||
| Trio for Flutes (Flotentrio)--3 mvmts. | Zempleni, Laszlo | c1-3 | 2+3+2 min. | One of our group's favorites. | ||
| Trios for Fun (Sailor's Hornpipe, American Patrol, Can Can) | Lombardo, Ricky | c1-3 | ALRY | Good piece for variety or for less formal venues. | ||
| Turkey in the Straw (Quartet) | Traditional | Leeuwen | c1-3,a | 5-7 min. | ||
| Twelfth Street Rag | Bowman, Euday | Nagle, Paul | c1-4,a,b | Musicians Publications | Jazzy and fun | |
| Under the Big Top (At the Circus, On the Flying Trapeze, Clowning Around) | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p,c1-3,a,b | ALRY | Fun! | ||
| Une Chanson du Printemps | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p,c1-3,a,b | ALRY | 5 min. | Lovely pastoral melody, mostly in 6/8. | |
| Winter's Journey | Kocher, Lewis A. | c1-4, a,b | ALRY | Lovely piece for a winter concert or any time. | ||
| Yorkshire Ballad | Barnes, James | Ephross, Arthur | p,c1-4,a,b1-2 | Southern | 4 min. | Beautiful |
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| Jazz Divertimento | Guiot, Raymond | c1-3,a | Lemoine | 7:30 min. | Fun and jazzy 3 movements | |
| Over the Edge | Boone, Benjamin | p,a,b & 3-4 flute parts |
ALRY | One of the best flute choir pieces written--very rhythmic. Also has a section with 3 misc. percussion parts. | ||
| Poem | Griffes, Charles | Ben Meir, Shaul | c1-6,a,b | Megido | Nicely arranged piece--the solo part is passed around between all the parts. | |
| Sextet for Flutes | Doran, Matt | c1-5,a | ALRY | 10 min. | Nicely written piece in 4 movements | |
GOOD OPENERS OR CLOSERS |
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| Comedians Gallop | Kabalevsky | Lombardo, Ricky | p, c1-2,a/c3,b | LMP | 2 min. | |
| Danza Mexicana No. 2 | Datshkovsky | Ephross, Arthur | p,c1-4,a,b | Southern | 2 min. | |
| Dawn Carol | Lowe, Margaret | antiphonal (all same part) |
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| Echoes in the Wind--A Native American Soliloquy | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p,c1-3,a,b | ALRY | 5 min. | ||
| Fanfare | Anderson, Deborah J. | c1-4,a,b | ALRY | |||
| Fanfare 20 | Christensen, James | p,c1-4,a,b | 1.5 min. | |||
| Flute Fiesta | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p,c1-3,a,b | ALRY | 5 min. | Spanish March with optional castanets & triangle parts. This makes a good opener, or closer. | |
| Hopak | Moussougsky, Modest | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p,c1-3,a,b | ALRY | ||
| Jewish Folk Dance Suite | Traditional | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p,c1-3,a,b | ALRY | 2+3.5+4.5 min | |
| La Caccia (Quartet)--2 mvmt. | Telemann | Gatti | c1-4 | 2+2.5 min | 2nd movement is like a fanfare | |
| Mission Impossible | Schifrin, Lalo | Custer, Calvin | (c1-5/picc, 6,a,b) | 5 min. approx. | ||
| Silver Celebration | McMichael, Catherine | p,c1-3,a,b | ALRY | 2:30min | ||
| Tico Tico No Fuba | See: Flauta Vol. 1 | Woltzenlogel, Celso | c1-3,a,string bass | ALRY | ||
CHRISTMAS/HOLIDAY |
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| A Child is Born (2) | Wilder, Alec & Jones, Thad | Annicchiarico, Michael | c1-4,a,b | ALRY | 4-5 min. | Beautiful w/jazz harmonies |
| Alleluia (2) | Manuel, Ralph | Jicha, Victoria | ALRY | |||
| Alleluja--Exultate, Jubilate (3-3+) | Mozart, W.A. | Axtell, Michael | c1-3,a,b | ALRY | ||
| Angels We Have Heard (3) | Sobaje, Martha | C1-4 | 4 min. | |||
| Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella (3) | Traditional | Melicharek, Martin III | c1-3,a,b | ALRY | 3-4 min | |
| Christmas and Hanukah Songs for Flexible Flute Ensemble (12 carols) (1-3) | Traditional | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | c1-3,4/a/b, descant (can perform with as few as 2 parts and up to 5 parts, plus alto & bass) |
ALRY | ||
| Christmas Concerto (3) | Corelli | Inglefield | solo c1-2,a & p,c1-3, c4/a,c5/b |
ALRY | approx. 5-7 min. | |
| Christmas Jazz Suite (3+) | Holcombe, Bill | C1-4, a,b | Musicians Publ. | Christmas medley with a jazzy twist. Fun! | ||
| First Nowell, The (2-3) | English Carol | Young, Amy Rice | p,c1-3,a,b | ALRY | 2.5 min. | |
| For Unto Us A Child Is Born (3) | Handel | Maddox, Robert | c1-6,a,b | ALRY | ||
| Four Renaissance Motets (O Magnum Mysterium, O Quam Gloriosum, O Vos Omnes, Ave Maria) (2-3) | Victoria, Tomas Luis de | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | c1-3,a, opt. picc & bass |
Unpublished | This works well for flute choir and sounds gorgeous. | |
| Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah) (3) | Handel | Maddox, Robert | c1-6,a,b | ALRY | ||
| Hanukah Suite (Maoz Tsur, Mi Y'Malel, Hanukah, On Hanukah) (3) | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | c1-4, opt. alto, bass |
ALRY | 12 min. | 4 Hanukah Songs | |
| Joyeux Noel (He is Born, the Divine Child; O Come O Come Emmanuel; Masters in this Hall) (2-3) | Traditional | Rice-Young, Amy | p/c1,c2/Eb,c3-4, a,b |
ALRY | You can't go wrong with Amy Rice-Young's arrangements. | |
| Lyric Noel, A (Bring a Torch Jeannette Isabella, Still Still Still, Angels We Have Heard on High, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear) (3-3+) | McMichael, Catherine | c1-4 | ALRY | Catherine McMichael does a beautiful job with this arrangement. | ||
| Messiah Overture & Pastorale (2-3) | Handel | Maddox, Robert | c1-3,a,b | ALRY | 6.5+1.5 min. | |
| Noel Suisse (3) | Daquin | Ephross, Arthur | P,C1-4,a,b | Southern | 3 min. | This one is bouncy and fun. |
| Nutcracker Overture Miniature (3+) | Tschaikowsky | Nourse, Nancy | p,c1-6,a,b | Nourse Wind | 4 min. | |
| O Come All Ye Faithful (2-3) | Traditional | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p,c1-3,a,b | ALRY | ||
| Parade of the Tin Soldiers (3-3+) | Jessel | Cavally, Robert | C1-3,a | 5 min. approx. | ||
| Pie Jesu from Requiem (2-3) | Faure, Gabriel | Behnke, Bruce | c1-4,a,b | ALRY | 2.5 min. | gorgeous |
| Renaissance Noel, A (Good King Wenceslas, Lo How a Rose Eer Blooming, Patapan, What Child is This) (3-3+) | McMichael, Catherine | c1/p,c2-3,a/b | ALRY | Catherine McMichael does a beautiful job with this arrangement. | ||
| Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer (3) | Christiansen, James | C1-4 | 2.64 | |||
| Santa's Symphony (3) | Lombardo, Ricky | p,c1-4,a,b | LMP Publications | |||
| Silent Night (2-3) | Pearce, Ann Cameron | c1-4,a,b | ALRY | approx 3 | ||
| Silent Night (2-3) | Howland, Russell | c1a-b,2a-b,3a-b,a,b | RCFC | |||
| Simple Gifts (3) | Traditional | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | c1/p,c2/p,c3-4,a,b | ALRY | 3-5 min. | |
| Six Holiday Carols for Trio (2) | Bowen, Steven | c1-3 | ||||
| Sugarplums & Mistletoe (3) | Isaacson, Michael | p/c1,c2-3,a/b | ALRY | approx 3 | Original piece for the holidays… cute. | |
| There Is No Rose (3) | Stroope, Z. Randall | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p,c1-4,a,b, opt.contra/String Bass |
ALRY | 6 min. | gorgeous |
| Three by Tschaikovsky (from Nutcracker Suite) (3) | Tschaikovsky | Morland | c1-4 | Nicely done arrangement with only 4 parts. | ||
| Twelve+ Days of Christmas, The (3) | Traditional | Rice-Young, Amy | p,c2-4,a(5),b(6) | ALRY | 4-5 min. | Fun, with opportunities to add percussion, too. |
| Two Paraphrases on Walloon Christmas Carols (3+) | Jongen | c1-3,a | 5-7 min. approx. | |||
| We Three Kings/Carol of the Bells (2-3) | Traditional | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p,c1-3,a,b | ALRY | Combines We Three Kings and Carol of the Bells. | |
| We Wish You a Merry Christmas (2-3) | Pearce, Ann Cameron | c1-4,a,b | ALRY | Nice arrangement--the ending always makes me smile. | ||
| Winter's Journey (2-3) | Kocher, Lewis A. | c1-4,a,b | ALRY | Beautiful | ||
POPS & LIGHTER FARE |
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| Alexander's Ragtime Band (3+) | Berlin | Holcombe, Bill | c1-4,a,b | Musicians Publ. | 3 min. | |
| American Flute Salute (3+) | Holcombe, Bill | c1-4,a,b/stg.bass | Musicians Publ. | |||
| American Music for Flexible Flute Ensemble (1-3) | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | c1-3,4/a/b, descant (can be performed with as few as 2 parts) |
ALRY | |||
| Baby Elephant Walk (3) | Mancini | Amy Rice Young | p/Eb,c2-3,a,b, stg.bass,drum |
ALRY | ||
| Birdland (3) | Zawinul, Josef | Lombardo, Ricky | p/1,c1-3,4/a/b | LMP | ||
| Black and White Rag (Quartet) (3) | Botsford | McLeod, Red | c1-4 | 4 min. | ||
| Camptown Races (3-3+) | Foster | Holcombe, Bill | c1-4,a,b | Musicians Publ. | 2 min. | |
| Cascades, The (3) | Joplin | Inglefield, Kenny | p,c1-4,a,b | ALRY | 4-5 min. | |
| Drunken Sailor (3) | Cowles, Colin | c1-3 | 3-4 min. | |||
| Flauta Vol. 1 (Brazilian Music) (Asa Branca, Manha de Carnaval, Tico Tico, Odeon,Girl from Ipanema, Carinhoso, Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, Aquarela do Brasil) (3) | Woltzenlogel, Celso | c1-3,a,string bass | ALRY | |||
| Gaelic Offerings (3-3+) | McMichael, Catherine | c1-4 | ALRY | |||
| Gay Nineties Medley (3+) | Holcombe/Parente | c1-4,a,b | Musicians Publ. | 6-7 min. | ||
| George M. Cohan Medley (3+) | Cohan, George M. | Nagle, Paul | c1-4,a,b | Musicians Publ. | ||
| He Never Sleeps (3) | Lombardo, Ricky | c1-3,a,b | ALRY | |||
| Jamaican Rhapsody (3+) | Traditional | Nowak | c1-4,a,b | Musicians Publ. | 3-4 min. | |
| Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair (3+) | Foster, Stephen | Holcombe, Bill | c1-4,a,b | Musicians Publ. | 4-5 min. | |
| Jungle Dance for Bottles & Flutes (2-3) | Offermans, Wil | solo fl,c1-5,b1-2,bottles (high, low,bass), bird whistle |
Zimmermann | 4 | ||
| Mission Impossible (3-3+) | Schifrin, Lalo | Custer | (c1-5/picc, 6,a,b) | 5 min. approx. | ||
| Oh! Susanna (3+) | Foster | Holcombe, Bill | c1-4,a,b | ALRY | 2 min. | |
| Peter Gunn (3) | Mancini | Rice-Young, Amy | p/c1,c2/Eb,c3-4,c5/a,c6/b | 2 min. | ||
| Pink Panther Suite (book 2) --Village Inn, Shades of Sennett (3-3+) | Mancini, Henry | Rice-Young, Amy | c1-4,a1-2,b (st.bass, drums) |
ALRY | ||
| Pink Panther Suite--3 mvmts (Pink Panther, It Had Better Be Tonite & Royal Blue) (3-3+) | Mancini | Rice-Young, Amy | p/c1,c2-4,c5/a,c6/a,c7/b | ALRY | 3+2.5+3 min | |
| Scarborough Fair (2-3) | Traditional | Rice-Young, Amy | c1-4,a,b | ALRY | 2-3 min. | |
| Sermonette (2-3) | Hendricks, Jon & Adderly, Julian | Edmondson, John | p,c1-4, a/b (stg. Bass) |
2.5 | ||
| Simple Gifts (3) | Traditional | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | c1/p,c2/p,c3-4, a,b |
ALRY | 3-5 min. | |
| Sound of Music, Selections from (3-3+) | Hammerstein | Holcombe & Dorsey | c1-4,a,b | Musicians Publ. | 12 min. | |
| Three Blind Mice Scherzo (3) | Colby, Carleton | c1-3 | 2 min | cute… might be out of print | ||
HALLOWEEN |
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| Casper the Friendly Ghost (2) | David & Livingston | Rice-Young, Amy | p/1,2/Eb,c3-4,c /a,c/b |
2 min. | ||
| Danse Macabre (3+) | Saint-Saens | Floyd, Angelita | p1-2,c1-5,a1-2, b1-2 |
ALRY | 6 min. | |
| Magic & Mystery Suite (3) | Amy Rice-Young | p,c2-4,a,b | ALRY | 7 min approx. | ||
| Masques (3) | McGinty, Anne | p,c1-3,a,b??? | ALRY | 5 min. approx. | ||
| Minuet & Dance of the Blessed Spirits (3) | Gluck | McWayne, Dorli | solo fl,c2(div.),c3/a,c4/b | ALRY | 5-6 min. | |
| Night (2-3) | Abt | Scott, Austin | c1a&p,c1b,c2a, c2b,a,b |
Little Piper | 3 min. | |
| Night on Bald Mountain (3+) | Moussorgsky, Modest | Ben-Meir, Shaul | Megido | |||
| Of Wizards and Witches (The Sorcerer's Spell, Gnomes in the Garden, Zoom Goes the Broom) (3) | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | p,c1-3,a,b | ALRY | 9 min. | Original piece inspired by the Harry Potter books. | |
| Suite Butterfly, movement 2 (3) | Louke, Phyllis Avidan | c1-3,4/a/b | ALRY | 3 min. |
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