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Combining his graceful charm with occasional surprises, Gary Schocker has added twelve more Christmas favorites to flute players' repertoire for Christmas concerts and church services. Two duet scores are

Acadian Dreams is a rollicking tribute to the folk songs and dances of the Acadians, originally French explorers who settled in Eastern Canada, later relocating in Louisiana and known as

Three movements based on chant melodies, Ave Maria, Stabat Mater and Salve Regina, for this new duo for the pairing of flute and organ. Written for the 125th anniversary of the Basilica

A beautiful, highly melodic piece for a dynamic flute, featuring long, singing phrases. The Piano accompaniment is not demanding. Schocker notes that A Gaspar was modeled after Hahn's A

In the U.S., this hornpipe is most commonly known as the opening theme to classic Popeye cartoons. Across the pond, it is more closely associated with the British Navy. On Last Night at the Proms, the

Schubert's time in Hungary brought forth several important works for piano, four hands. Of these, Webster focuses on the Divertissement a l’hongroise, D.818, a rather lengthy affair that can exceed

Using the beautiful Musetta's Waltz from Puccini’s La Boheme as a jumping-off point, Daniel Dorff offers flute quartets an opportunity to swing like a big band from the

The 1975 flute solo One Hour to Madness and Joy is an ultradynamic performance piece - a study of tension and release, skittering and calm, with a final push to a forceful finale.

This is a straightforward yet beautiful arrangement of the famous tune.  It will require sensitive musicianship and good technique, but is such a fine piece, it practically plays itself.

Faure's most celebrated orchestral work, the Pavane is well-known for its haunting flute solo - as beautiful as it is challenging at times in the authentic key of F-sharp minor. Within one

Amanda Harberg's Prayer is a rarity in the modern concert repertoire, beautiful romanticism built of a haunting aria for solo flute. Within the reach of younger players, the work was inspired as a