If you could use any flute sounds to express your emotions, what might it sound like? Dr. Anne Dearth Maker, educator, new music specialist and author of a curriculum for teaching contemporary classical repertoire, will lead an interactive session and recital that introduces ways composers of contemporary classical music ("new music") create meaning beyond earlier classical harmony and form. Bring your flute and be ready to explore!

We'll learn about and experience recent compositions by American (and Texas-based) composers, which all explore music and sound in different ways. "Hxó" is a reimagining of a child's shriek in an echoey parking garage, "Whistleblower" explores the contrast between passionate outbursts and simmering emotion, and "this place looks like it remembers snow" is a repeating and evolving exploration of a single musical idea. The program highlights the diversity of musical styles composers are using in the 21st century and how different ideas can be explored in music.