Elasticity for flute, viola, and cello

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"Stridulation" was written for flutist Matthew Angelo’s final Masters recital at the Hartt School at the University of Hartford in Hartford, CT on March 2, 2014. The other two musicians, flutist Mary Matthews and cellist Pablo Issa Skaric, will assist in premiering the work have successfully previously collaborated with the composer on multiple projects.

The flute has been type cast in the music world as the bird. As a flutist herself, the composer found the flute is well suited in the role of a cricket. Through the use of flutter tonguing and other extended techniques the flute is able to imitate the stridulation of crickets.


Stridulation for two flutes and cello

Performed by Mary Matthews (flute), Nicole Chamberlain (flute), and Pablo Issa Skaric (cello)

Trajectory was written for the Dahlia Flute Duo. After a successful premiere and first meeting in Flagstaff, Arizona at the IAWM World Congress 2011, the duo requested a piece for the duo and cello in the hope to perform more at Chamber Music Festival. The piece reflects the dexterity and flexibility of the duo as well as some misadventures getting lost in the backwoods of Flagstaff, Arizona.

Trajectory

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The Atlanta Flute Club commissioned Nicole Chamberlain to compose a fanfare to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Atlanta Flute Club’s Flute Choir Extravaganza. A bronze monument by James Sieglar found in Atlanta’s Woodruff Park depicts a female figure holding the legs of a flying phoenix. The mythological creature of the phoenix is often used to symbolize Atlanta. After Atlanta was burned during the Civil War, the city rebuilt and today has become an important international city. This fanfare illustrates that flight of the rising and soaring phoenix.

The Phoenix

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Dizzy was commissioned by Dr. Eileen Yarrison and premiered at the 2016 National Flute Association Convention in San Diego, California as a part of the convention’s Youth Day.

Each movement focuses on a particular extended technique. Shake uses flutter tonguing, Blend pitch bends, Swirl uses jet whistles, and Bop uses beatboxing.

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Dizzy, III.Swirl

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Performed by Dr. Mary Matthews, Matthew Angelo, and Nicole Chamberlain

"Orion’s Belt" was commissioned by Areon Flutes. The namesake of Areon Flutes is a combination of Orion and aria which led to the inspiration of this trio for Areon Flutes’ 10th anniversary. “Orion’s Belt” is a suite of three dances based on the stars found on the belt of the constellation Orion.

Each movement is named after a star. The first movement is named after the brightest star, Mintaka, and is based around the foot strikes found in flamenco called zapateo. The second movement is Alnilam, translated into string of pearls, illustrated as a Sarabande. The final movement is named for the star Alnitak, actually made up of three stars, and this movement is a Troika, a dance with three dance partners.

Orion's Belt, I.Mintaka

http://nikkinotes.com/InCahoots.html

Performed by Dr. Mary Matthews and Matthew Angelo

In Cahoots was composed for flutists Dr. Mary Matthews and Matthew Angelo and premiered at the 2016 National Flute Association Convention in San Diego, California. This is not the first collaboration between the composer and these two flutists. A long history of scheming and working together has created a great friendship between the three. This is just the latest of projects in a list of hijinks and misadventures and hopefully not the last!


In Cahoots

http://nikkinotes.com/Wail.html

Performed by Dr. Shelley Martinson, flute, and Philip Martinson, trombone

Wail was commissioned by flutist Dr. Shelley Martinson to perform with her husband trombonist Philip Martinson. The work is separated into three movements allowing each player to play out and exhibit the possibilities available on each instrument and displaying similarities between two completely different instruments. The first is “Rusty Gate” which is slang for someone who can’t swing. The second movement, “Noir”, is inspired by the film scores found in the film noir movement in the 1940’s and 50’s. Finally, the last movement is “Bender” which is a play of words of having a wild time and bending of pitches.

Wail, III.Bender

http://nikkinotes.com/Percolate.html

Performed by Viviana Guzman, Fluterscooter, and Alice K. Dade

Awarded Honorable Mention in Chamber Works for Flute Category in the 2016 National Flute Association's Newly Published Music Competition

Percolate was composed for The Flute View’s 2015 Composition Competition and was awarded first prize. The Flute View Trio includes Viviana Guzman, Andrea “Fluterscooter” Fisher, and Barbara Siesel. The piece was premiered on July 10, 2015 at the Flutes by the Sea in Half Moon Bay, California. The piece makes use of extended techniques such as beatboxing and jet whistles to portray an upbeat, fun, and bubbling experience.

Percolate

Asphyxia was commissioned by the Oklahoma Flute Society for the final round of the 2016 Collegiate Competition on April 1, 2016 at the University of Oklahoma at the Oklahoma Flute Society Flute Fair.

Winner of the National Flute Association's 2017 Newly Published Music Competition in the Solo Flute Category

Honorable Mention for Flute New Music Consortium's 2016 Composition Competition in the solo category.

The word asphyxia is a medical term for a person's inability to breathe and lack of oxygen in the body. The symptoms of asphyxia can be light headedness or dizziness. Playing the flute is an instrument that requires plenty of air supplied by the performer. Many young flutists will complain about being dizzy when first learning to play the flute, but after a few weeks the young flutist adjust to the new demands and the dizziness subsides. A verteran flutist will seldom experience dizziness. However, when relentless extended techniques are added, new athletic demands can bring the most experienced to gasp for air.

Asphyxia

Recording by Dr. Mary Matthews, flute, and Jessica Nilles, piano.

Finalist in the Flute with Accompaniment Category for the 2016 Flute New Music Consortium Composition Competition

"Three-Nine Line" is an aviator's slang for the invisible line that runs from one wing to the other of a plane. Each of the four movements reflect an aspect of flying. The first movement, "Flathatting", is the daredevil stunt of flying low and fast to the ground. The second and slow movement is "Deadstick". Deadstick is when the plane loses power and the plane is left to glide through the air. The third movement called "Trim" is somewhat of a minuet. In aviation, its used to relieve pressure and keep the nose of the plane in position. The final and fastest movement of the sonata is "Jink". Jink is another aviation slang term used by aviators to describe quick and sometimes violent maneuvering used by pilots to escape a threat. Please put your chairs and tables in the upright position and enjoy the ride!

Three-Nine Line

Mimics was commissioned by the Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra, Paul Bhasin, Music Director. It is based on the original Mimic for two piccolos that was written for the Wilderness Act Performance Series in Atlanta, Georgia as part of the 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Wilderness Act of 1964. During the residency, the composer spend days exploring the West Atlanta Watershed Alliance's nature preserves which included Hampton-Beecher Nature Preserve, Cascade Springs Nature Preserve, and Bush Mountain at the Outdoor Activity Center. There are abundance of birds living in the parks which became the inspiration for this piece.

As a flutist and piccoloist, the composer spends quite a bit of time practicing. On nice days she practices with the windows open. It feels as though sometimes the birds respond to the piccolo. The idea blossomed into composing a piece of birds responding to each others calls. Mimics uses calls from the Eastern Towee, Tufted Titmouse, and the Brown Headed Nut-hatch to capture the spirit of the native Georgia birds responding to one another. Each musician is placed around the performance space in order to replicate a forest's canopy.

Mimics for four antiphonal piccolos/flutes

Nicole Chamberlain (b. 1977) is a composer and flutist living in Atlanta, GA. In 2010, Nicole won "Audience Favorite" at the Atlanta Opera's first 24-Hour Opera Project for her opera "Scrub-A-Dub Raw" which resulted in the the Atlanta Opera's first ever commission of the children's opera, "Rabbit Tales", which received over 50 performances and kicked started her career as a composer. Nicole has also been commissioned by groups such as the Georgia Symphony Orchestra, Oklahoma Flute Society, Atlanta Flute Club, Flute Choir of Atlanta, Cuatro Puntos, Dahlia Flute Duo, Clibber the Jones Ensemble, and Hopewell Middle School Symphonic Band among others. She has had works performed at the 2013 and 2015 National Flute Association Conventions. She also won the 2013 Areon Flutes International Composition Competition, 2nd place in the 2014 Flute New Music Consortium, and 1st place in the 2015 The Flute View's Composition Competition. Nicole received her Bachelors in Music Composition from University of Georgia where she studied with Dr. William Davis, Dr. Leonard Ball, Dr. Lewis Nielson and Dr. Roger Vogel and was selected for masterclasses with Charles Wuorinen and Joan Tower.


Nicole, as a flutist, she has appeared with such groups as Georgia Symphony Orchestra, LaGrange Symphony, Gwinnett Ballet, duoATL, Mercury Season, Terminus Ensemble, Chamber Cartel, Perimeter Flutes, neoPhonia, Capitol City Opera, and Orchestra Atlanta. Nicole has participated in Masterclasses with Bradly Garner, Paul Edmund-Davies and Dr.Gordon Cole. Nicole's former flute teachers have included Donna Orbavich (Hong Kong Symphony), Lisa Wienhold (Alabama Symphony), Dr. Ronald Waln (University of Georgia) and Atlanta Symphony Orchestra's principal flutist, Christina Smith.

Currently she balances her time composing, teaching students, performing, and avoiding graphic design work as much as possible. Nicole lives in Doraville with her husband, guitarist and composer Brian Chamberlain. For more information visit her website: www.nikkinotes.com

Nicole Chamberlain

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