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Tag: alto flute

Threads for flute choir (2021)

Posted on October 7, 2021 by Jay Batzner

Threads was inspired by simple Renaissance melodic imitation techniques, specifically “stretto fuga.” I learned about the technique from the YouTube channel Early Music Sources and decided to play with it a little and see what I could make. The end result also draws on my influence from the dissonant counterpoint found in mid-20th Century American…

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[untitled] for six players (2007)

Posted on July 31, 2012August 1, 2012 by Jay Batzner

Most of my compositions come from some speci?c form of non-musical inspiration and are therefore easy to title.  Sometimes, though, I write a work which is devoid of extramusical inspiration.  [untitled] is an abstract piece that explores different instrumental colors in a slow and organic manner. Performed by the pLAy ensemble. Download the score: [untitled]

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Real Me for alto flute and marimba (2011)

Posted on July 31, 2012August 9, 2012 by Jay Batzner

I started off writing a different piece. I was trying to write a quirky and fast polyrhythmic thing for solo marimba. It was terrible; it didn’t sound like me. I started again found this piece hiding inside. It is the right piece; it is the real me. Composed for Laura Jordan and Sarah Carrier’s “Fifteen Minutes…

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  • Five Fugues Based on Pop Songs for piano (2021)
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