Dalia Chin and Maja Radovanlija

Dalia Chin

Chicago-based Costa Rican flutist Dalia Chin is a founding member of Fonema Consort and the Chicago Composers Orchestra, both of which are dedicated to performing music by living composers. She has been in residence and given performances at institutions including New England Conservatory, the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Oberlin Conversarory, Harvard University, the Universidad de Costa Rica, Scripps College, UNAM (Mexico City), the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, the 113 Composers Collective and North Central College. She has performed in festival and at venues including Visiones Sonoras (Morela), the Florida Flute Convention, Festival Interfaz (Monterrey), Omaha Under the Radar, the Ear Taxi Festival, the Festival Internacional de Chihuahua, the Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporaneo ( Mexico City), the Teatro Sucre (Quito), the City of Chicago’s Pritzker Pavilion, and National Sawdust.

Maja Radovanlija

Maja Radovanlija was born in Belgrade, Serbia, and completed her Bachelor’s degree at the University of Belgrade, as a student of Prof. Srdjan Tosic. She has been awarded several academic and competition prizes including 1st prize at the International Competition in Kjustendil, Bulgaria, and 2nd prize at the Latin-American music completion at Indiana University. Maja has performed extensively as solo and chamber musician, touring US, Serbia, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Macedonia, Greece, Tunisia, Switzerland, Luxemburg, and other European countries. As a graduate student (M.M and D.M) at Indiana University, she studied guitar with Ernesto Bitetti and early music with lutenist Nigel North. Maja’s eclectic musical background includes performances with Mu Daiko Japanese Theater, Szilard Mezei flute and strings Trio, KolektivArt Belgrade, Improvised Ecosystems project, Jandek project, Intuitiva collective, and several chamber ensembles (Guitar Duo and Minneapolis Guitar Quartet among others). In 2011, Maja was appointed to the guitar faculty at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

  • Once upon... a time

    Homero Augusto

    Once upon… a time is about the absence of time, the lack of the main element on which the journey unfolds, therefore its form is condensed into a brief, dramatically extended moment. The píece was composed especially for the "Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame Featuring Linda Chatterton and Maja Radovanlija" call for scores.

    Homero Augusto is a Brazilian composer who is currently studying his master's degree in music at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, under the guidance of Dr. Celso Loureiro Chaves. His investigation focuses on the concept of sound and its territorializations in his compositional processes.

  • Off on a Tangent

    Brian Belet

    Off on a Tangent loosely maps a tangent graph to the flute’s pitch range, and a cotangent graph to the guitar’s range. The graphic curves also influence the music’s intensity. Within this formal plan the individual gestures are freely and playfully composed without concern for any specific -ism.

    Brian Belet lives on the island of Oahu, Hawaii with his partner and wife Marianne Bickett. His music is recorded on numerous albums, and his research is published in several journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Belet retired from San Jose State University as Emeritus Professor of Music in 2020.

  • The Trap

    Ljubica Damcevic

    The composition is inspired by the moment in the life of a fly while being caught in a spider's web. It explores the struggle for survival and balance between the freedom of flying and the danger of traps all around. Using theatrical movements, performers constantly change roles (observers, fly, spider).

    Ljubica Damčević obtained Master's Degree in violin at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade. After completing her studies, she began theater career as a composer, violinist, singer, performer and actress. She was engaged with various theater groups. In addition to her pedagogical work, she performs classical, tango and

  • Dreams of Petka

    Christopher Everest

    As part of a suite inspired by Balkan dances and folksongs, this miniature is influenced by the Pajdushko oro and Strumička Petorka and explores 5/8 'grooves' making use of both 2+3 and 3+2 groupings. Viewing these influences through a distant lens this piece aims to reimagine rather than imitate.

    Christopher Everest is a prize winning guitarist from New Zealand, and has performed throughout the country with playing Lute, Electric Guitar and Classical Guitar. With a special interest in music from the Balkans and Middle-East, he is currently pursuing a Classical Guitar studies at the Sydney with Dr Vladimir Gorbach.

  • Baguala del destierro

    Marcelo Daniel Fernández

    The baguala is a musical genre originating in northwest Argentina that is part of the region's folklore. It derives from the music of the aboriginal communities called "diaguitas". The work aims to convey that, despite being their native land, these communities live in constant "exile".

    Marcelo Fernández was born in Buenos Aires in 1969. He studied guitar and composition at the Alberto Ginastera Conservatory. In 1995 he formed the guitar duo “Fernández-Russo” with which he recorded the CD "Instantes Infinitos" and then went on concert tours throughout Europe. He shares his musical activity with teaching.

  • The Fall Run

    Aidan Fischer

    The Fall run is inspired by the yearly return of Salmon and trout to the rivers and streams around Lake Ontario. Using the sounds of American folk traditions, the piece attempts to capture the flowing water and bursts of energy and excitement that come when these fish return home.

    Aidan Fischer (1996- they/them) is a multi instrumentalist and composer residing in Rochester NY. They have degrees in jazz performance and composition/arranging from SUNY New Paltz and UMass Amherst respectively. Aidan’s compositions use formal and instrumental simplicity to explore complex harmonic and thematic ideas.

  • Schizzo II

    Yang Haoyuan

    Schizzo simply means "Sketch" in Italian, however many artists of different disciplines have made their own "Schizzo". I find it extremely effective to represent works I write more instinctively, which sometimes for me is a better way to express thoughts in mind, to focus more on sounds and playability.

    Yang Haoyuan, a Cantonese composer and musician, is studying Composition at the Vivaldi Conservatory under Sergio Lanza, with a focus on electronic music alongside Manfredi Clemente. He has collaborated with composers like Stefano Gervasoni and José María Sánchez-Verdú, and musicians such as Daniel Kientzy and Raffaele Marsicano. Yang has participated in festivals like Mixtur (Barcelona) and Festival abeceda (Slovenia), while also exploring free improvisation with artists like Evan Parker and Juan Cato Calvi. His work blends formal training with experimental approaches in contemporary music.

  • Dun

    Annette Kruisbrink

    Dun is Dutch for thin. Dun begins with a unison line. The guitar plays a thin repetitive pattern under the melody of the flute. The flute melody is made thin by inserting rests. The piece ends thinly in octaves. Even the title is thin!

    Dutch guitarist and composer Annette Kruisbrink has composed over 450 works, primarily for solo guitar and guitar with other instruments. Her compositions have been published by Les Productions d’OZ, Canada and various European publishers. She has been performing as a soloist and has been playing in numerous ensembles.

  • Pulse of the breeze

    Eileen Mc Loughlin

    "Pulse of the Breeze" is a short, minimalistic rhythmic piece that captures the essence of the wind rustling through leaves on an Autumns day. The flute and guitar engage in a lively dialogue, creating a sense of dynamic tension and energy, like the ebb and flow of the breeze.

    Eileen Mc Loughlin is a composer from Dublin, Ireland. She holds an MA in Composition and Creative Music Practice from University of Limerick (2021). Eileen is a multi instrumentalist who enjoys composing scores for soloists and chamber groups, sound art and ambient soundscapes.

  • Saudade Requeimo

    Neda Samavati

    "Saudade" is a profound Portuguese term evoking nostalgic longing. It blends melancholy and yearning, embodying sorrow for what's lost. In music, the guitar's rhythm anchors saudade's emotive pulse, while the flute delicately conveys longing. Despite its fervor, saudade's farewell is tumultuous, resonating through every note and chord.

    She is a composer-guitarist based in London, Ontario, currently pursuing her PhD in Music Composition at the University of Western Ontario . Her dedication to musical excellence is evident in her accomplishments, such as being selected as a mentor and emerging composer for the Tuckamore Festival, Newfoundland, Canada, for the 2024-2025 season, the Future Award winner of the Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra 2024, commissioned by the NTP (The Northern Tornadoes Project) in 2023.

  • Bagatelletagab

    David Jason Snow

    Bagatelletagab is, as its title suggests, a musical palindrome. Being a metaphorical debate between flute and guitar, it ends up like so many contentious dialogs, running in a circle and ending exactly where it began.

    The compositions of David Jason Snow have been performed in concert by the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the New Juilliard Ensemble, the American Brass Quintet, the Banda Municipal de Bilbao, the Harvard Wind Ensemble, the Yale University Band, and other artists and ensembles at venues in North America, Europe, Asia and Africa.

  • Ardor sin llama

    Juan Maria Solare

    This is a malambo, a dance and musical genre of Argentine folklore of great expressive force and metric that alternates between 6/8 and 3/4. While the guitar plays traditional tonal chords, the flute melodies proliferate in fourth chords (the indication "postmodern malambo" alludes to this combination of musical languages.

    Juan María Solare, born 1966 in Argentina, works in Germany as composer, pianist, and teaching at the University of Bremen. His music has been performed in five continents and received over 25 million streams in Spotify. Over 30 CDs of different performers include music by him with over 30 million streams in Spotify. http://www.JuanMariaSolare.com

  • Altered Reality

    Aaron L. Taylor

    This piece was inspired by the previous media available for these amazing performers alongside my personal experiences at the time. I recently graduated college and there has been a whirlwind of emotions, thoughts, and motivations accompanying this new era in my career where there are no guidelines.

    I am a recent college graduate, earning a Bachelors of Arts in music degree with a minor in statistics from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. I come from a specialization in playing alto saxophone and some piano. My dream is as a film scorer and ensemble composer.

  • Winter's River

    Joseph M. Vogel

    As the snow melts, the river flows....

    Joseph M. Vogel is a composer of acoustic and electronic works for all kinds of instruments. He has an MA in Music Composition from the U of MN. He can be found teaching and performing around the Twin Cities. He lives in Minneapolis with his cat, Morgaine.

  • Flower Petals

    Willyn Whiting

    Flower Petals is a miniature for flute and guitar based on Heitor Villa-Lobos’ work for the same instrumentation Distribuição de flôres. It consists of a modular score where musical motives are arranged to resemble the faces of flowers.

    Willyn Whiting is a composer of acoustic, electronic and mixed music. His works have been performed/presented in Canada, the US, the UK, Germany, Italy and Taiwan. He is a Graduate of the University of North Texas, University of Western Ontario and University of Toronto.