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I Am Nobody (2021), by Christian Mechem
Feat. Emily Cook, clarinets
No I Am Not Roaming Aimlessly, by Anahita Abbasi
Clepsydra, by Devon Osamu Tipp
Feat. Choreography & Movement by Christopher J. Staley

Sonic Cartography, by Devon Osamu Tipp
Feat. Choreography & Movement by Christopher J. Staley
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Spiritus, by Jessie Cox 
Recorded August 26, 2020
Spiritus explores the Dauist philosophy that one's physical self is an important component of one's spiritual self. The work also examines breathing as a spiritual idea, wherein  inhalation and exhalation are two contrasting ideas that are equally essential to making the whole. 

The vocal and flute drones represent the inhalation; the microtonal scales that follow these gestures represent the exhalation. 

Source: a conversation with the composer


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Laconisme de l'aile, by Kaija Saariaho 
Recorded March 6, 2020
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Of Laconisme de l'aile, Ms. Saariaho writes...

"The possibility to move from secret whispers into clear, beautiful and 'abstract' sound was one of the starting points for Laconisme de l'aile, started in Freiburg and finished in Paris in 1982. Another important image on which I focused my mind was that of birds, not really their song but rather the lines they draw in the sky when flying."
Sequenza I for solo flute, by Luciano Berio
Recorded August 24, 2020
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Luciano Berio composed the first of his Sequenzas in 1958 for flute with the intention of writing multi-voiced music for a solo instrument. On composing the Sequenzas, Berio wrote the following:

 
"Writing for a single-voice instrument today means that the composer must thoroughly re-establish the relationship between open and concealed, linear and melodic counterpoint from the ground up; this touches a central nerve-point of musical intention." 

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Flute(s) Alone 
31 Ways of Looking at a Truffle, by Devon Osamu Tipp
Recorded April, 2021
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Tokeru Reibo, by Devon Osamu Tipp
A quartet for flutes doubling piccolo;
​Recorded using multitracking

Recorded January-March 2021
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Trillium, by Elizabeth Brown 
Recorded live, November 16, 2019
Confluence, by Zhou Long
Recorded October 2017
Separation Logic, by Roger Dannenberg
Recorded live, December 1, 2016
Chamber 
Le soleil ne sait rien de l'ombre, by Jean-Patrick Besingrand 
Featuring Kamratōn
​       Sarah Steranka, contrabass flute
       Emily Cook, bass clarinet
       Cecilia Caughman, cello
Recorded live, May 5, 2017
Ko-Lho (movement 1), by Giacinto Scelsi
Featuring Emily Cook on clarinet
Recorded live, February 18, 2017
Flute & Piano
Fanmi Imen, by Valerie Coleman
​Featuring Grace Burns on piano
Recorded live, November 16, 2019
Three Romances for Violin and Piano, Op. 22, by
Clara Schumann
      I. Andante molto
      II. Allegretto
      III. Leidenschaftlich schnell
Featuring Grace Burns on piano
Recorded live, November 16, 2019
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