Summer Insomnia

Summer Insomnia by Nicole Chamberlain

Instrumentation:  2 piccolos, 3c flutes, alto flute, bass flute, optional contrabass flute

Score and parts

Duration:   5’45”

Extended Techniques: Beat Boxing Syllables, Key Clicks, Pitch Bends

Commissioned by Flute Choir of Atlanta, director Kathy Farmer

When I think about summer, I am reminded of the summer vacations I spent at my great aunt and uncle’s farm in Dearborn, Missouri as a little girl.  The days were warm and the nights were cool.  The windows were always open at night.  I remember on a particular night staying at the farm for the first time without my parents or sisters.  Falling asleep listening to the crickets, but then my imagination ran away with me.  Needless to say it resulted in me waking up my great aunt and uncle and having them drive me an hour back to St. Joseph, Missouri where my parents and sisters were staying with my grandmother.  So this is for my poor great aunt and uncle who gave me wonderful memories and never complained about driving me back to my parents in the dead of night on that long gravel road. — Nicole Chamberlain