For this holiday season, I wanted to create a simple and festive arrangment of popular Christmas carols for flute quartet (4 C flutes). “Four Flutes A-Caroling” includes 12 holiday carol arrangments that are easy to play and easy to put together, and should be accessible to many levels of player, including high school students and adult amateurs.
Read MoreMy newest arrangement is of J.S. Bach’s “Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben” from “St. Matthew Passion,” BWV 244.
Read MoreThis arrangement of Mozart’s Rondeau (from the A Major Flute Quartet, K. 298) for flute choir was premiered on January 17, 2020 by the Hawaii Flute Society conducted by Candi McDonald. I finally got around to making my own recording of this charming piece for flute ensemble for my YouTube channel.
Read MoreBill Holcombe’s “A Christmas Jazz Suite” for flute quartet puts a festive (and jazzy) take on classic holiday tunes including “Deck the Halls,” “Silent Night,” “Jingle Bells,'“ “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen,” and of course “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.”
Read MoreIn this simple arrangement, I paraphrase Aaron Copland’s setting of the Shaker Hymn, “Simple Gifts” from “Appalachian Spring.”
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