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Los Angeles Flute Quartet has made great strides for new music and the flute, using repertoire from different periods, and performances with great stylistic and color contrast. The ensemble continues to stretch the boundaries of creativity through stimulating experimentation, and has gone well beyond commonly known extended techniques. LAFQ has become an envoy for California composers, winning awards, commissioning many new works, and continuing to champion the flute family as emissary for new chamber music. Their CD ‘Above and Beyond’ continues to be played in radio stations across the country, including WNYC’s ‘New Sounds’ and our local stations KMZT, KUSC and KCRW.
Members:
Lisa-Maree Amos, Kirsten Joel, Eileen Holt Helwig, Peter Sheridan
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"LAFQ CD, Above and Beyond “The playing is outstanding. This well-conceived program explores many moods and styles, and holds interest from start to finish. Bach and Part are played with simple, quiet introspection and well-blended sounds. The most interesting piece is the closing, 'Remember Me' - it is a fascinating and thoughtful update. You should hear it for yourself." American Record Guide - Chaffee.
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LAFQ with composer/flutist Gary Schocker at the Greater Los Angeles Flute Society Flute Day, June 2006
