Bostonian Scenes for Flute Quartet by Valerie Coleman
Instrumentation: piccolo, 2 c flutes, alto flute
Score and parts
Commissioned by Celebrity Series of Boston for Neighborhood Arts for their 2022 Solo(s) Together commissioning project program, this 5-movement collection of four flute solos and a quartet takes the listeners on a journey through Boston’s most iconic scenes and old haunts of the composer during her studies in Boston. The work is influenced by the paintings of Boston-based African American artist, Allan Rohan Crite. His works, “Tire Jumping in Front of My Window”, ” Cambridge, Sunday Morning” and others that depict the African American experience in Boston were used as inspiration.
Contents: The first four movements of this work are all solos. Only the last movement is for a quartet. This edition includes a 7-page solo part for the first four movements — a full score for the 5th movement, and four parts for the 5th movement.
1. Promenade Along the Charles River (C flute solo)
2. Cambridge, Sunday Morning (alto flute solo)
3. Tire Jumping (piccolo solo)
4. Fenway Overture (C flute solo)
5. Fenway (flute quartet) The first four movements of this work are all solos. Only the last movement is for a quartet. This edition includes a 7-page solo part for the first four movements — a full score for the 5th movement, and four parts for the 5th movement.
