Flute New Music Consortium
A commitment to new repertoire is at the heart of my identity as an artist. To that end, much of my service work centers around serving the Flute New Music Consortium. FNMC focuses its efforts on expanding the repertoire through the commission and amplification of new works. As a co-founder and long-time board officer, I am especially proud of the works we have helped to create through our commission process, as well as the composer mentorship, and a variety of other board-led initiatives.
Valerie Coleman, GRAMMY-nominated flutist and composer, is a fixture in the flute community in both capacities. Her work, Amazonia was FNMC's third large-scale commission. This piece for flute and piano is a commemoration of a poem about the Amazon rainforest, describing the progressive destruction of this natural wonder.
Amazonia was FNMC's 2019 large-scale commission. The group premiere was in January 2020, culminating with a residency at Stony Brook University.
Amazonia was FNMC's 2019 large-scale commission. The group premiere was in January 2020, culminating with a residency at Stony Brook University.
Colorado-based Cherise Leiter was a winner FNMC composition competition in 2017 with her piece A Life in the Day. FNMC later commissioned her to write .... a voice silenced .... a voice sings ..., a work for solo flute that juxtaposes the music of Hildegard of Bingen with Ella Fitzgerald. a voice silenced ... was intended to premiere as the final-round work for FNMC's Flute Artist Competition in 2021, although the festival was cancelled due to pandemic-related concerns.
a voice silenced premiered in February 2023 at the South Dakota State University campus, and will be performed at the New Music Gathering in Portland this summer.
a voice silenced premiered in February 2023 at the South Dakota State University campus, and will be performed at the New Music Gathering in Portland this summer.
Pulitzer Prize winner Zhou Long's concerto was the subject of co-founder Shelley Martinson's dissertation, and of the inspirations for FNMC's creation. The resulting commission, Confluence combines elements of Western classical music and Chinese folk music. It uses a wide range of extended techniques, as well as several forays into the fourth octave of the flute.
The group premieres occurred in 2015, culminating in a residency at the University of Oklahoma.
The group premieres occurred in 2015, culminating in a residency at the University of Oklahoma.
Lauren was the first recipient of FNMC's Composer Mentorship program in 2020. This project resulted in the completion of two works: Fantasy for solo flute and Moods of Movement for flute and cello.
Fantasy was premiered by flutist-mentor Nicole Riner. Moods of Movement was premiered by flutist-mentor Emlyn Johnson and her duo partner, Daniel Ketter.
Fantasy was premiered by flutist-mentor Nicole Riner. Moods of Movement was premiered by flutist-mentor Emlyn Johnson and her duo partner, Daniel Ketter.
Pulitzer-Prize nominee Carter Pann was FNMC's second commissioned composer. Premiered in 2018, Giantess is a tour de force for both flutist and pianist, exploring the full range of both instruments.
The FNMC residency occurred at the Indiana University - Pennsylvania. Giantess has since been performed at NFA Conferences and commercially recorded by flutist Jennifer Oh.
The FNMC residency occurred at the Indiana University - Pennsylvania. Giantess has since been performed at NFA Conferences and commercially recorded by flutist Jennifer Oh.
Paul Richards and his piece Tomorrow in Australia were finalists in FNMC's 2014 composition competition. In 2019, Paul was commissioned to write Yussel's Prayer.
Yussel premiered as part of the secondFlute Artist Competition, at the New Music Festival hosted at Stony Brook University. It draws on a children's book by Barbara Cohen, which tells the tale of an orphan boy on Yom Kippur.
Yussel premiered as part of the secondFlute Artist Competition, at the New Music Festival hosted at Stony Brook University. It draws on a children's book by Barbara Cohen, which tells the tale of an orphan boy on Yom Kippur.
FNMC commissioned Bekah Simms, winner of the 2015 composition competition, to write a new work for flute and fixed media for the final round of the inaugural FNMC Flute Artist Competition. The resulting work was Skinscape, premiered by the four finalists in 2018 during the final round competition at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Hannah Porter Occeña was awarded the prize for best performance of the commissioned work.
FNMC encountered flutist, harpist, and composer Yoshi Weinberg (they/them) when they applied for the Composer Mentorship program. Yoshi wasn't the right fit for an FNMC membership, but we knew we needed to give this voice a platform.
Some people are flowers ... (2021) was part of group premires overlapping 2021 and 2022. It pairs the poetry of Will Farris with a variety of multiphonics, timbral trills, and other beautiful effects.
Some people are flowers ... (2021) was part of group premires overlapping 2021 and 2022. It pairs the poetry of Will Farris with a variety of multiphonics, timbral trills, and other beautiful effects.
FNMC's fourth large-scale commission was this duo for two flutes by composer Samuel Zyman. It combines energetic rhythms from Zyman's native Mexico between the two flutes, for an elaborate, 2:3 melody.
Group premieres occurred in February 2022, and were intended to be paired with a residency at the University of Arizona.
Group premieres occurred in February 2022, and were intended to be paired with a residency at the University of Arizona.