DR. ELIZABETH ROBINSON, FLUTIST AND TEACHER
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Anne McKennon
Flamingo! for flute quartet (2020)

From a distance, the flamingo is tall, elegant, and graceful. Up close, they’re a very unbalanced bird - impossibly thing legs and an outsized beak. I was drawn to their bright, unnatural coloration; composer Anne McKennon was fascinated by their mating dance.

Sometimes called the “flamingo ballet” this dance entails a horde of male flamingos, each stomping and waddling in tandem to attract the attention of the female birds, before engaging in a prolonged and elaborate “dance” en masse.


Flamingo! was recorded before its live premiere at the 47th Annual Florida Flute Association Convention in Orlando, Florida in January 2023. It will receive a subsequent performance at the NFA Convention in Phoenix, Arizona, and the 2023 CMS National Convention, also in Orlando.

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Headshot Photo Credit: Mitzi Starkweather Photography 
Additional Headshots: Tammie Mohr at Chokecherry Photography
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  • About Me
    • Performance Schedule
    • Repertoire
  • Ensembles
    • Chamber Winds of South Dakota
    • Aviary Quartet
    • Topeka Symphony
    • Colorado MahlerFest
  • Albums
  • Media
  • Commissions
    • Lisa Bost-Sandberg
    • Nicole Chamberlain
    • Gay Kahkonen
    • Anne McKennon
    • Kimberly Osberg
    • Nicole Piunno
    • Partnerships: FNMC
    • Partnerships: OFS
  • Projects
    • Music Crush Podcast
    • Flute New Music Consortium
    • FNMC Composition Competition
  • Contact Me