King of Prussia, PA – Theodore Presser Company presents Martin Amlin’s new effervescent Concerto (114-41552 – Solo Part and Piano Reduction - $16.99) for flute/piccolo and orchestra, composed for Linda Toote to perform (as soloist doubling Flute and Piccolo) at the 2012 convention of the National Flute Association. Set as one continuous fast-slow-fast movement, the concerto is inspired by Amlin’s fascination with rhythm, providing an intriguing study in irregular and illusory groupings within a steady time signature – easy to rehearse and dazzling to hear!

Composer and pianist Martin Amlin has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Tanglewood Music Center, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Massachusetts Artists Foundation, the St. Botolph Club Foundation, and the Massachusetts Council for the Arts. He was a recipient of an ASCAP Grant to Young Composers and has received many ASCAPlus Awards. He has been a resident at Yaddo, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the MacDowell Colony, where he was named a Norlin Fellow. His compositions have been performed throughout the world and are published by the Theodore Presser Company.

Much of his music is characterized by a pungent tonality and energetic rhythms. Sonata for Piccolo and Piano and Sonata No. 2 for Flute and Piano have each won the National Flute Association's Newly Published Music Competition. Concerto for Piccolo and Orchestra was premiered by members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and he has had performances of his music by the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, the John Oliver Chorale, the Webster Trio, and the American Vocal Arts Quintet. He has had commissions from the Boston Symphony Chamber Players, the Seattle Flute Society, Pacific Serenades, the Chicago Flute Club, ALEA III, the James Pappoutsakis memorial flute competition, pianist Andrew Willis, and clarinetist Michael Webster. To learn more about Amlin, visit our Composer Gallery or the composer's website, www.martinamlin.com.

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