Recordings

Click the below titles to hear clips of pieces as performed by the Metropolitan Flute Orchestra and the Florida Flute Orchestra.

Metropolitan Flute Orchestra

Scherzo from Symphony No 5
composed by Alexander Glazunov
arranged by Martin Melicharek III
Copyright 2005 Camellia Flutes Publishing Co. Fair Oaks, CA

The Academie of Dance
composed by Catherine McMichael 
Copyright 2000 by Alry Publications, Inc. PO Box 36542, Charlotte, NC 28236  

Commissioned by The New England Conservatory Metropolitan Flute Orchestra, Catherine McMichael's award winning composition The Academie of Dance is a modern French Suite of old stylized dances with a modern flavor.  The ensemble commissioned the work to take with them on their French concert tour in 2001.  The first movement Chante 'is reminiscent of the early preludes - slow, setting the stage for what is to come.  The Ecossaise is a lively two-step, virtuosic and humorous, with a few corny harmonies to keep you smiling.  The Pavane has a dignified, lovely melody, set in the style of a sarabande, but with four beats to the measure instead of three.  The final movement, Galliarde, is a wide open breeze of a piece, characterized by shifting meter between 6/8 and 3/4.

Innes Glas Mor  
composed by Lisa LeMay, published by Falls House Press

St. Paul's Suite
 composed by Gustav Holst, arranged by Lana Behrens, published by Falls House Press

Spanish Dance
composed by Manuel De Falla, arranged by Shaul Ben-Meir
Copyright  2005  Megido Music Publications

Cat Pause from Helen's Backyard  
composed by Jonathan Cohen, published by Falls House Press

From the score:  "Helen's Backyard is a celebration of life told through a backyard day, presented by five movements.  Dawn Processioanl paints a sunrise and the sun's triumphal march across the land.  Tentative but enthusiastic birds then attempt to sing as an ensemble in Boid Dance but can never quite get it together.  Cat Pause is the swing-beat swagger of a very cool cat, complete with meows and purrs.  The frenetic Squirrels follows.  Finally, Evening Chorale brings the day to a satisfying close."

Florida Flute Orchestra

The Stars and Stripes Forever
composed by John Phillip Sousa
arranged by Paige Dashner Long
This arrangement is 'contra-powered' with the contra flutes playing the piccolo descant at the end.

As Eagles Flew
composed by Phyllis Avidan Louke, ASCAP.  
Copyright 2006 ALRY Publications, Etc., Inc.,  Charlotte, NC