This flute duet is a repurposing of five sketches written in 2010. In this setting the alto flute plays the original sketches as written while the piccolo traces the sketches in reverse order. The two instruments alternately play amorphous passages and interlocking rhythms.

Wayla Chambo, piccolo
Lisa Bost, alto flute

Recorded live on 4-28-13 at Foet Ex Machina, Denton, TX.

Broken Circles (piccolo + alto flute)

I'm a composer. I'm currently an associate professor of music and chair of the music program at Sweet Briar College in central Virginia. I have degrees from Appalachian State University, Brigham Young University, and the University of North Texas. 

My music is grounded in a fascination with visual art, textures, sound spectra, non-linear narratives, and extreme temporal manipulations, and it has been heavily influenced by studio techniques of electroacoustic composers. I've been commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition, the Nova Ensemble at UNT, Akropolis Reed Quintet, Virginia Wesleyan University, and many amazing performers. I've composed two feature film scores—King Rat (2017) and HUM (2020), and my concert works have been performed throughout the United States as well as South Korea, and is available on the SEAMUS and Ravello record labels.

Check out additional pieces at my YouTube channel (link below).

Email me at jkharriscomposer@gmail.com

Broken Circles (piccolo + alto flute)

Joshua Harris