Georgia Symphony Orchestra Commission

I finally have some exciting news. After a year of making plans, finding funding, and deciding on a concert date, I have a signed contract! I will composing an orchestra work for the Georgia Symphony Orchestra that will premiere on October 13, 2012. So I guess I know what I am doing the summer!

You can check out the Georgia Symphony Orchestra here: http://georgiasymphony.org/

Hope everyone is doing well and have a fabulous Memorial Day weekend!

Holy Week and Easter Flute Duets

Alleluia, Sing to Jesus
Jesus Christ Is Risen Today
Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?
What Wonderous Love Is This?

Arranger: Nicole Chamberlain
Instrumentation: 2 C Flutes
Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Duration: 8 Minutes
Format: PDF
Price: $8.00

Arrangements of "Alleluia, Sing to Jesus", "Were you There When They Crucified My Lord", "Jesus Christ Is Risen Today!", and "What Wonderous Love Is This?". Buy all 4 in one click! Perfect for intermediate to advanced players. Highest note is 2nd A above the staff. Lowest note is C below the staff. Each piece is approximately 2 minutes long. Piece will be delivered as a PDF through email.

Rabbit Tales and Tamar

There are a few more performances of my opera "Rabbit Tales" this week by the
Atlanta Opera
(http://tickets.atlantaopera.org/auxiliary/psDetail.aspx?psn=49084):

Wednesday, March 21, 2012, 10AM & 1PM
Admission: $6
The Atlanta Opera Center
1575 Northside Dr. NW
Bldg. 300, Suite 350
Atlanta, GA 30318

Saturday, March 24, 2012, 11AM
Admission: $6
Fulton County Arts & Culture's Southwest Arts Center
915 New Hope Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30331

I will be making my debut performance with Perimeter Flute on Thursday (3/22) at
6:45pm at Greater Atlanta Christian School. We will be performing my flute
quartet "Tamar". Admission is free and there will be some free nosh as well.

More performances next week!

New "New Music" Ensemble Concerts in Atlanta

This week I will be performing with two new "new music" chamber ensembles here in Atlanta:

Wednesday (2/29) at 8pm
Chamber Cartel
John Adams "songbirdsongs" for two piccolos and percussion
www.chambercartel.com
The Goat Farm Arts Center

Sunday (3/4) at 3pm
Terminus Ensemble
"Between the Walls" by Brent Milam for flute, clarinet, cello, and piano
"Inventio Fortunata" by Drew Dolan for solo flute
www.terminusensemble.org
Central Library Branch, Atlanta-Fulton County Public Library

In between concerts I'll be in Hinesville, GA seeing a performance of my opera "Rabbit Tales" being performed at my nephew's school. And I will also be performing at 9am mass at the Christ the King Cathedral on Sunday.
Busy week! Yay!

Fiscal Sponsorship and Upcoming Performances

Another busy month is on deck! I have plans to perform with the new music ensembles Terminus Ensemble and Chamber Cartel as well as Perimeter Flutes. But, the Chamberlain Duo has secured fiscal sponsorship through Fractured Atlas. You can now make tax deductible contributions to our duo which will help us with operation, travel, recording and hiring other musicians. You can make donations here: https://www.fracturedatlas.org/site/contribute/donate/5847

A lot of performances are planned over the next couple of weeks, especially with "Rabbit Tales" school tours kicking off today. Below is a list of public performances of "Rabbit Tales" as well as my flute performances:

February 26, 2012 at 3:00pm
Public performance of "Rabbit Tales" a children's opera, commissioned by the Atlanta Opera. at Decatur High School Theater, 310 N. McDonough St., Decatur, GA 30030

February 29, 2012 at 8:00pm
Performing "songbirdsongs" by John Luther Adams with the Chamber Cartel. at The Goat Farm

March 4, 2012 at 3:00pm
Performing works by Brent Milam and Drew Dolan with Terminus Ensemble at Central Library Branch, Atlanta-Fulton County Public Library

March 17, 2012 at 9:30am & 12:30pm
Performance of "Rabbit Tales" a children's opera, commissioned by the Atlanta Opera for Girl Scouts Day. at The Atlanta Opera Center, 1575 Northside Dr. NW, Bldg. 300, Suite 350, Atlanta, GA 30318

March 21, 2012 at 10am & 1pm
Public performance of "Rabbit Tales" a children's opera, commissioned by the Atlanta Opera. at The Atlanta Opera Center, 1575 Northside Dr. NW, Bldg. 300, Suite 350, Atlanta, GA 30318

March 24, 2012 at 11am
Public performance of "Rabbit Tales" a children's opera, commissioned by the Atlanta Opera. at Fulton County Arts and Culture's Southwest Arts Center, 915 New Hope Rd, Atlanta, GA 30331

New Publisher: Spotted Rocket

After years of trying to use other publishers to sell and promote my music, I have decided to take matters into my own hands and create: SpottedRocket.com It only made sense as a trained graphic designer and music engraver that I market my own publishing company. So here we are, my very own publishing company. Right now I only publish my own sheet music via PDF. But, hopefully that will change in the future.

2011!?! That was fun!

So 2011 went better than I could ever imagine! With 6 world premieres, two commissions, multiple performances and traveling about every month that made for a record year! So what does 2012 have in store? Its basically a clean slate. There's a couple of possibilities, but nothing in stone. So again, I'll have to make something work.

This year will kick off getting the hubby more into the mix. We're trying to get a concert of our music in the spring and playing around more. We would also like to get a recording of the concert that we could peddle around. Of course it costs money to hire musicians and record. So we are going to try Fractured Atlas and perhaps Crowd Sourcing or Kickstarter. This is the year for making concrete plans and getting this bird to ave finally fly.

If I could have another year like 2011 I couldn't be happier, but only time and hard work will tell. Tomorrow I sit down and make a business plan for 2012!