Christmas Music for flute and more!

Need some sheet music for this Christmas season?  I've arranged some!

Advanced Christmas Flute Duets that include:
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Silent Night
Coventry Carol
What Child Is This?
O Come, O Come Emmanuel
Pat-A-Pan
We Three Kings of Orient Are

Do you want a solo that you can play with your pianist at Christmas? I also have an arrangement of "Away in a Manger" for flute and piano. Perfect for intermediate to advanced players. Highest note is F above the staff. Lowest note is A on the staff. Piece is approximately 2 1/2 minutes long. Great for Christmas church services!

Did you want to play something for solo flute or even bass flute? I have a solo flute arrangement of "I Wonder as I Wander". (This arrangement works well with other solo instruments as well like violin, oboe, etc) Perfect for intermediate to advanced players. Suitable for C flute, alto flute, bass flute, and violin. Piece is approximately 4 minutes long.

All these Christmas Music arrangements can be purchased using Paypal and will be delivered personally by me through email as a PDF within 24 hours! Merry Christmas!

World Premiere of "Ogeechee"

The past few weeks have seemed like some alternate reality of my life. I usually get a taste here and there of what it means to be a composer, but I think the past two weeks have seemed so surreal because that glimpse of a composers life has been a daily "routine". Over he past few weeks I have tried to balance rehearsal, travel, performances, composing, publicity, teaching, and networking. The end result is that the month has flown by and produced an amazing output of work and loads of new connections with musicians and music lovers. The challenge for the future is to keep these opportunities coming and find balance with the Chamberlain home.

I've certainly got enough irons in the fire with Perimeter Flutes, Mercury Season, Terminus Ensemble, and Chamber Cartel, not to mention all those flute students to teach and composing deadlines coming up soon, but last week was monopolized by the "Ogeechee" Premiere. The GSO only had an hour to rehearse "Ogeechee" over two days. It's amazing to see these musicians quickly work a piece over. I was incredibly happy with the performance, and it gave me further encouragement that I am on the right track. That what I love to compose and hear is working out in real life. I know these musicians as colleagues and friends, I knew what they were capable of as musicians, but it is overwhelming when I received the faith, support, and sincere support from the people I respect as people and artists.

At the end of the performance, I was asked to come to the podium to take the usual composer bow and expected the polite applause of the audience. I was unprepared when I turned around to take the bow to see people on their feet. I was unprepared for the emotional response of my parents and husband sitting in the audience. I am blessed with the love and support of a loving family, friends (two of which had commissioned me in the recent past), and a composer husband who understands everything about what I do. To see them be so excited for me and emotional after the performance was worth every note put on the page. It makes me feel that all the leaps of faith they gave me were not in vain.

I will be performing with Perimeter Flutes this week, and we'll be playing some
exciting music. Each concert is roughly an hour or less. Both concerts are free.
I hope to see you there!


September 18 at 8pm
neoPhonia
Red Clay Connections
Kopleff Recital Hall at Georgia State University
Music from the Outer Edge - Charles Knox (World premiere)
Tamar - Nicole Chamberlain
Moment's Notice by Nick Demos will also be performed by Jan Berry and Tania
Maxwell


September 19 at 1pm
Myths and Legends
Overture from Midsummer's Night Dream - Felix Mendelssohn
Legends from the Greenwood - Catherine McMichael
Music from the Outer Edge - Charles Knox
Creatures of the Enchanted Forest - Anze Rozman
Tamar - Nicole Chamberlain

Fine Arts Auditorium at Georgia Perimeter College - Clarkston
Performing full concert with Perimeter Flutes
http://perimeterflutes.com/

"Hopewell" and "Chatter" at 2012 SCI Region VI Conference

I was just notified that "Hopewell" for concert band and "Chatter" for two flutes will be performed at Texas A&M University in Canyon, Texas at the Society of Composers 2012 Region VI Conference on October 5-6. You can learn more here: http://www.opsu.edu/Academics/LiberalArts/Music/Conference/

October is looking like another busy month this year!

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!