A composition adapted from traditional Scottish melodies attested in 
eighteenth century books.

Copyright 2025 by Jon Corelis.  The audio file was created with software as a demo.  Audio version of 25 March.

Please note that while this composition is based on traditional melodies in the public domain, my adaptation is an original creative work under copyright.  For performance permission, please see:

https://sites.google.com/view/jon-corelis-permissions

Image: Scottish lake landscape in front of mountains Painting by Frank E Jamieson
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Scottish Suite For Alto Flute And Cello

Jon Corelis was born in California and grew up in and around Chicago, where he earned a degree in Classical Languages and Literatures at the College of the University of Chicago. He later took a doctorate in Classics at Stanford, and taught Classics and Humanities at Stanford, the University of California, and the University of Minnesota. After a subsequent career as a software specialist in Silicon Valley, he now lives in Wisconsin. His poetry and other writings have been published in print and on web sites in eight countries, and he has given lectures and readings by invitation in America and Europe. 
He more recently has turned to composing songs and instrumental pieces.  His music has been featured on the web site The Flexible Persona, has been performed in concert by the Wisconsin ensemble a very small consortium, by the New York State flute quartet Party of Four, by the Opus Chorale of West Virginia, and at Denison University's TUTTI 2019 Festival, and has been recorded by flutist Robin Meiksins for her YouTube recording project 365 Days of Flute, and by clarinetist Emily Mehigh for her YouTube recording project The Miniature Month of May.

If you are interested in recording or publicly performing his compositions, please see his permissions page.