Commissioning
Want a brand new work from me? Good news: you have options!
- Commission your own work: my commissions are currently open. Contact me to discuss and get a quote.
- Join a commissioning project already in process. Right now, active projects are Festive Flute Choir December and the Caprice Project. Scroll down for more information about both.
Festive flute choir december
I've long wanted to write a fun, 5-7 minute holiday piece for flute choir. Think Leroy Anderson's A Christmas Festival but replace every non-flute instrument with a flute and throw in even more holiday tunes. Join my Festive Flute Choir December commissioning project, and challenge your audiences at the end of the year to have a blast catching all the melodies.
Commissioners can sign up as individuals or groups. The fee is $200 per commissioner and includes:
Commissioners can sign up as individuals or groups. The fee is $200 per commissioner and includes:
- Performance exclusivity through 2023
- Your name or the name of the group in the score
- Complimentary PDF and hard copies of the finished score and parts
- 50% discount for coachings and workshops with me through 2024
The Caprice Project
Over the last several years, many flutist colleagues have mentioned to me the real need for teaching pieces containing extended techniques. The Caprice Project is my answer to that need.
Inspired by Sigfrid Karg-Elert's (in)famous 30 Caprices for flute, his Gradus ad Parnassum of flute technique, the Caprice Project will unfold in three volumes. Volume 1, available now on the Catalog page, contains ten caprices, each 1-2 minutes, meant for beginning flute players. Volume 2 will contain ten additional caprices, each 1.5-2.5 minutes, meant for intermediate players. Volume 3 will contain ten final caprices, meant for advanced players. The first nine of these will be 2.5-3.5 minutes, while the final piece will function as a longer capstone piece (approximately 5 minutes), the same function filled by Karg-Elert's 30th caprice, Chaconne.
Each caprice except the capstone will contain an accompanimental flute part for teachers to use in lessons. Caprices will be written at the rate of one per month, starting in November 2020 for Volume 1. Composition for Volume 2 is estimated to begin in November 2021. When each volume is finished, it will be published in full.
If you agree that we need more teaching literature that highlights extended techniques, especially at the beginner and intermediate levels, this project is for you. See below for information on commissioning a piece from Volume 2. Commissions for Volume 3 will open in 2023.
Inspired by Sigfrid Karg-Elert's (in)famous 30 Caprices for flute, his Gradus ad Parnassum of flute technique, the Caprice Project will unfold in three volumes. Volume 1, available now on the Catalog page, contains ten caprices, each 1-2 minutes, meant for beginning flute players. Volume 2 will contain ten additional caprices, each 1.5-2.5 minutes, meant for intermediate players. Volume 3 will contain ten final caprices, meant for advanced players. The first nine of these will be 2.5-3.5 minutes, while the final piece will function as a longer capstone piece (approximately 5 minutes), the same function filled by Karg-Elert's 30th caprice, Chaconne.
Each caprice except the capstone will contain an accompanimental flute part for teachers to use in lessons. Caprices will be written at the rate of one per month, starting in November 2020 for Volume 1. Composition for Volume 2 is estimated to begin in November 2021. When each volume is finished, it will be published in full.
If you agree that we need more teaching literature that highlights extended techniques, especially at the beginner and intermediate levels, this project is for you. See below for information on commissioning a piece from Volume 2. Commissions for Volume 3 will open in 2023.
Volume 2: 10 Caprices for Intermediate Flutists
Estimated completion date: August 2022
Commissioning fee: $200 USD per caprice (1.5-2 minutes apiece)
Your $200 fee entitles you to the following:
Estimated completion date: August 2022
Commissioning fee: $200 USD per caprice (1.5-2 minutes apiece)
Your $200 fee entitles you to the following:
- PDF copy of each of the 10 caprices, with accompaniments, as it is finished
- Acknowledgement by name above your commissioned caprice and in the introduction to the published volume
- Choice of extended techniques to focus on in your commissioned caprice (first-come, first-served)
- Signed hard copy of Volume 1 upon publication
- Signed hard copy of Volume 2 upon publication