FLUTE SOLO & FLUTE CHAMBER MUSIC
American Folk Song Suite (1996)
1. The Erie Canal
2. Shenandoah
3. The House Carpenter
4. Blow the Candle Out
5. Come Life Shaker Life/Simple Gifts
Scoring: flute, cello & piano
Commissioned: The Temple Trio
Premiere: The Temple Trio: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute; Julian Tryczynski, cello & Elizabeth Temple, piano
Ireland Tour, May-June 1996
Duration: 13’
Published by: ALRY Publications AY.CM56
1. The Erie Canal
2. Shenandoah
3. The House Carpenter
4. Blow the Candle Out
5. Come Life Shaker Life/Simple Gifts
Scoring: flute, cello & piano
Commissioned: The Temple Trio
Premiere: The Temple Trio: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute; Julian Tryczynski, cello & Elizabeth Temple, piano
Ireland Tour, May-June 1996
Duration: 13’
Published by: ALRY Publications AY.CM56
A Sacred Collection, Vol. 3; Four Southern Folk Hymns (1987)
1. So Fades the Lovely Blooming Flower
2. Brethren, We Have Met to Worship
3. Evening Shade
4. The Morning Trumpet
Scoring: four flutes or flute choir (opt. alto/bass flutes)
Premiere: Shenandoah Conservatory Flute Choir, Frances Lapp Averitt, conductor
Emmanuel Chapel, Boyce VA, April 1989
Duration: 11’
Published by: ALRY Publications FC-82
1. So Fades the Lovely Blooming Flower
2. Brethren, We Have Met to Worship
3. Evening Shade
4. The Morning Trumpet
Scoring: four flutes or flute choir (opt. alto/bass flutes)
Premiere: Shenandoah Conservatory Flute Choir, Frances Lapp Averitt, conductor
Emmanuel Chapel, Boyce VA, April 1989
Duration: 11’
Published by: ALRY Publications FC-82
Auburn Memory (2018)
1. Child’s Play
2. Toy Trains
3. Music and Memories
4. Model Planes
5. Night - A Sigh of Pines
Scoring: flute, cello & piano
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute; Clyde Thomas Shaw, cello & Elizabeth Temple, piano
The Chapel at Orchard Ridge, Winchester VA, March 2018
Duration: 30’
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1. Child’s Play
2. Toy Trains
3. Music and Memories
4. Model Planes
5. Night - A Sigh of Pines
Scoring: flute, cello & piano
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute; Clyde Thomas Shaw, cello & Elizabeth Temple, piano
The Chapel at Orchard Ridge, Winchester VA, March 2018
Duration: 30’
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Blest Morn: Three American Hymns (2018)
1. Hail the Blest Morn
2. Mary Had a Baby
3. Ye Nations All
Scoring: flute & keyboard
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute & Elizabeth Temple, piano
The Chapel at Orchard Ridge, Winchester VA, December 2018
Duration: 6
Published by: ECS, #8763
1. Hail the Blest Morn
2. Mary Had a Baby
3. Ye Nations All
Scoring: flute & keyboard
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute & Elizabeth Temple, piano
The Chapel at Orchard Ridge, Winchester VA, December 2018
Duration: 6
Published by: ECS, #8763
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Darkling Light (2013)
Scoring: flute & piano
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute & Elizabeth Temple, piano
The Chapel at Orchard Ridge, Winchester VA, July 2014
Duration: 7’30”
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Scoring: flute & piano
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute & Elizabeth Temple, piano
The Chapel at Orchard Ridge, Winchester VA, July 2014
Duration: 7’30”
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Eight Epigraphs (1996)
1. Prelude
2. Scherzo
3. Reflection
4. Rondo
5. Serenade
6. Melody with Divisions
7. Grotesque March
8. Epilogue
Scoring: flute & guitar
Commissioned: Virginia Music Teachers’ Association
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute & Glenn Caluda, guitar
Concert Hall, VCU Performing Arts Center, Richmond VA, November 1996
Duration: 18’
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1. Prelude
2. Scherzo
3. Reflection
4. Rondo
5. Serenade
6. Melody with Divisions
7. Grotesque March
8. Epilogue
Scoring: flute & guitar
Commissioned: Virginia Music Teachers’ Association
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute & Glenn Caluda, guitar
Concert Hall, VCU Performing Arts Center, Richmond VA, November 1996
Duration: 18’
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Elegy (1977; rev. 1998)
Scoring: flute solo, string quartet, 4 perc & string orchestra
Commissioned: National Endowment for the Arts
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute; Florida State University Symphony Orchestra, Philip Spurgeon, conductor
Opperman Music Hall, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL, May 1977
Premiere of Revision: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute; Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, Ray Fowler, conductor
Armstrong Auditorium, Shenandoah Conservatory, Winchester VA, April 1998
Duration: 16’30”
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A recording of this work is available in the Orchestra & Wind Ensemble list
Scoring: flute solo, string quartet, 4 perc & string orchestra
Commissioned: National Endowment for the Arts
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute; Florida State University Symphony Orchestra, Philip Spurgeon, conductor
Opperman Music Hall, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL, May 1977
Premiere of Revision: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute; Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, Ray Fowler, conductor
Armstrong Auditorium, Shenandoah Conservatory, Winchester VA, April 1998
Duration: 16’30”
Published by Dorn (OP) - Available from the Composer
A recording of this work is available in the Orchestra & Wind Ensemble list
Fantasia (1977)
Scoring: solo flute
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute
Armstrong Auditorium, Shenandoah Conservatory, Winchester VA, February 1978
Duration: 4’15”
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Scoring: solo flute
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute
Armstrong Auditorium, Shenandoah Conservatory, Winchester VA, February 1978
Duration: 4’15”
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From Heaven High: Four Carols from the British Isles (2019)
1. From Heaven High
2. To Drive the Cold Winter Away
3. Forest Green
4. Awake, Awake Ye Drowsy Souls
Scoring: flute & keyboard
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute & Elizabeth Temple, piano
The Chapel at Orchard Ridge, Winchester VA, December 2019
Duration: 9’
Published by: ECS, #8746
1. From Heaven High
2. To Drive the Cold Winter Away
3. Forest Green
4. Awake, Awake Ye Drowsy Souls
Scoring: flute & keyboard
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute & Elizabeth Temple, piano
The Chapel at Orchard Ridge, Winchester VA, December 2019
Duration: 9’
Published by: ECS, #8746
Intonation (1998)
Scoring: solo flute
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute
Harlaxton Manor, Grantham England, July 1998
Duration: 8’30”
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Scoring: solo flute
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute
Harlaxton Manor, Grantham England, July 1998
Duration: 8’30”
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Midsummer Music (1982)
Scoring: flute, harp & cello
Commissioned: National Endowment for the Arts
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute; Peter Spurbeck, cello & Marjorie Tyre, harp
Sewanee Summer Music Center, July 1984
Duration: ca. 12’
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Scoring: flute, harp & cello
Commissioned: National Endowment for the Arts
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute; Peter Spurbeck, cello & Marjorie Tyre, harp
Sewanee Summer Music Center, July 1984
Duration: ca. 12’
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Night Piece (1974)
Scoring: flute & piano
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute & Elizabeth Temple, piano
Armstrong Auditorium, Shenandoah Conservatory, WInchester VA, October 1974
Duration: ca. 8’
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Scoring: flute & piano
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute & Elizabeth Temple, piano
Armstrong Auditorium, Shenandoah Conservatory, WInchester VA, October 1974
Duration: ca. 8’
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Permutations (1971)
Scoring: flute & harpsichord
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute & John Boda, harpsichord
Opperman Music Hall, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL, May 1971
Duration: ca. 7’
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Scoring: flute & harpsichord
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute & John Boda, harpsichord
Opperman Music Hall, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL, May 1971
Duration: ca. 7’
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Quat’sous (2004)
1. Plaint
2. Imaginary Dance
3. Chasing Terpsichore
4. Berceuse
Scoring: flute & bassoon
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute & Danny Phipps, bassoon
Armstrong Hall, Shenandoah Conservatory, WInchester VA, January 2005
Duration: 11’
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1. Plaint
2. Imaginary Dance
3. Chasing Terpsichore
4. Berceuse
Scoring: flute & bassoon
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute & Danny Phipps, bassoon
Armstrong Hall, Shenandoah Conservatory, WInchester VA, January 2005
Duration: 11’
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Refractions (2014)
1. Velocity
2. Romantics
3. Old Fashioned
Scoring: flute, cello & piano
Commissioned: Virginia Music Teachers Association
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute; Camilo Pérez-Mejía, cello & Elizabeth Temple, piano
VMTA Conference, Wintergreen VA, July, 2014
Duration: ca. 14’
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1. Velocity
2. Romantics
3. Old Fashioned
Scoring: flute, cello & piano
Commissioned: Virginia Music Teachers Association
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute; Camilo Pérez-Mejía, cello & Elizabeth Temple, piano
VMTA Conference, Wintergreen VA, July, 2014
Duration: ca. 14’
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Requiescat (after “Prospect”) (2011)
Scoring: solo flute
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute
Premiered at Hood River OR
Duration: ca. 3’
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Scoring: solo flute
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute
Premiered at Hood River OR
Duration: ca. 3’
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Sonata (1992)
1. Moderato
2. Tombeau
3. Caccia con Brio
4. Song and Dance
Scoring: flute & piano
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute & Elizabeth Temple, piano
Shenandoah Conservatory, Winchester VA, October 1992
Duration: 25’
Published by: Little Piper, FP-A3
1. Moderato
2. Tombeau
3. Caccia con Brio
4. Song and Dance
Scoring: flute & piano
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute & Elizabeth Temple, piano
Shenandoah Conservatory, Winchester VA, October 1992
Duration: 25’
Published by: Little Piper, FP-A3
Suite (1974)
1. Allemande
2. Courante
3. Sarabande
4. Gigue
Scoring: flute duo
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt & Nancy Francis, flutes
Armstrong Auditorium, Shenandoah Conservatory, Winchester VA, November 1975
Duration: ca. 9’
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1. Allemande
2. Courante
3. Sarabande
4. Gigue
Scoring: flute duo
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt & Nancy Francis, flutes
Armstrong Auditorium, Shenandoah Conservatory, Winchester VA, November 1975
Duration: ca. 9’
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The Golden Harp (1998)
Scoring: soprano & flute
Premiere: Janet Davis, soprano & Frances Lapp Averitt, flute
Harlaxton Manor, Grantham England, July 1998
Duration: 2’30”
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Scoring: soprano & flute
Premiere: Janet Davis, soprano & Frances Lapp Averitt, flute
Harlaxton Manor, Grantham England, July 1998
Duration: 2’30”
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The Memory of Shadows (2007)
1. Starry Night, Tropical Breeze
2. Erratic Dances
3. ...where the wind cries...
4. Night Coach
Scoring: flute, violin, viola & cello
Commissioned: Virginia Music Teachers’ Association
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute; Akemi Takayama, violin; Doris Lederer; viola & Clyde Thomas Shaw, cello,
Goodson Recital Hall, Shenandoah Conservatory, WInchester VA, November 2007
Duration: 23’
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1. Starry Night, Tropical Breeze
2. Erratic Dances
3. ...where the wind cries...
4. Night Coach
Scoring: flute, violin, viola & cello
Commissioned: Virginia Music Teachers’ Association
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute; Akemi Takayama, violin; Doris Lederer; viola & Clyde Thomas Shaw, cello,
Goodson Recital Hall, Shenandoah Conservatory, WInchester VA, November 2007
Duration: 23’
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The Truth from Above (1993)
[Anonymous Medieval Poems of the British Isles]
1. The Truth Sent from Above
2. The Wexford Carol
3. I Saw Three Ships
4. The Christ Child’s Lullaby
5. The Truth Sent from Above
6. Gower Wassail
Scoring: soprano, flute & piano
Commissioned: Sonus Ensemble
Premiere: Sonus: Carole Schaffer, soprano; L. Billie Witte, flute; Thew Elliott, piano
Meridian International Center, Washington DC, December 1993
Duration: 18’
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[Anonymous Medieval Poems of the British Isles]
1. The Truth Sent from Above
2. The Wexford Carol
3. I Saw Three Ships
4. The Christ Child’s Lullaby
5. The Truth Sent from Above
6. Gower Wassail
Scoring: soprano, flute & piano
Commissioned: Sonus Ensemble
Premiere: Sonus: Carole Schaffer, soprano; L. Billie Witte, flute; Thew Elliott, piano
Meridian International Center, Washington DC, December 1993
Duration: 18’
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Three Medieval Carols (2013)
1. Nova, Nova
2. Love Begotten
3. Angelus ad Virginem
Scoring: solo flute
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt
St. James Episcopal Church, Leesburg VA, December 2013
Duration: ca. 4’30”
Published by: ECS, #8765
1. Nova, Nova
2. Love Begotten
3. Angelus ad Virginem
Scoring: solo flute
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt
St. James Episcopal Church, Leesburg VA, December 2013
Duration: ca. 4’30”
Published by: ECS, #8765
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Transversions (with Ecstasy) (2006)
1. Refracted Harmonies
2. Interlude #1 (Chromatic Ecstasy)
3. Voluptuous Dance
4. Interlude #2 (Polymetric Ecstasy)
5. Veiled Melodies
6. Interlude #3 (Simple Ecstasy)
7. Reflected Harmonies
Scoring: flute, viola & cello
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute; Doris Lederer, viola & Clyde Thomas Shaw, cello
Duration: 29’
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1. Refracted Harmonies
2. Interlude #1 (Chromatic Ecstasy)
3. Voluptuous Dance
4. Interlude #2 (Polymetric Ecstasy)
5. Veiled Melodies
6. Interlude #3 (Simple Ecstasy)
7. Reflected Harmonies
Scoring: flute, viola & cello
Commissioned: Frances Lapp Averitt
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute; Doris Lederer, viola & Clyde Thomas Shaw, cello
Duration: 29’
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Trifles (2012)
1. Flutterings
2. Tempest
3. Poetically
4. Waves
5. Placid Harmonies
6. Bon Vivant
7. Quiet Music at the Close
Scoring: flute, clarinet & bassoon
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute; Garrick Zoeter, clarinet & Ryan Romine, bassoon
Armstrong Concert Hall, Shenandoah University, Winchester VA, November 2012
Duration: ca. 12’
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1. Flutterings
2. Tempest
3. Poetically
4. Waves
5. Placid Harmonies
6. Bon Vivant
7. Quiet Music at the Close
Scoring: flute, clarinet & bassoon
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute; Garrick Zoeter, clarinet & Ryan Romine, bassoon
Armstrong Concert Hall, Shenandoah University, Winchester VA, November 2012
Duration: ca. 12’
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Trio (1970)
Scoring: flute, clarinet & bassoon
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute; David Irwin, clarinet & Janet Worth, bassoon
Opperman Music Hall, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL, March 1971
Duration: ca. 10’
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Scoring: flute, clarinet & bassoon
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute; David Irwin, clarinet & Janet Worth, bassoon
Opperman Music Hall, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL, March 1971
Duration: ca. 10’
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Wind Play (2002)
1. Ghost Shadows
2. Delicate Traceries
3. Pursuit (Perpetuum Mobile)
Scoring: flute, bassoon & piano
Commissioned: Virginia Music Teachers’ Association
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute; Danny Phipps, bassoon & Elizabeth Temple, piano
Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall, VCU, Richmond VA, November 2002
Duration: 14’30”
Published: Trevco, #1400
1. Ghost Shadows
2. Delicate Traceries
3. Pursuit (Perpetuum Mobile)
Scoring: flute, bassoon & piano
Commissioned: Virginia Music Teachers’ Association
Premiere: Frances Lapp Averitt, flute; Danny Phipps, bassoon & Elizabeth Temple, piano
Sonia Vlahcevic Concert Hall, VCU, Richmond VA, November 2002
Duration: 14’30”
Published: Trevco, #1400
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