Category: arrangements
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Mirlitons get funky
My arrangement, adaptation of choreography, my dancing, and my flute playing… simultaneously! I’ll be performing this at the Denton Christmas Tree Lighting and our upcoming Pan-Tones dance night this weekend. The choreography and arrangement sort of represent my journey with both dance and music. I’ve been very much classically trained and have attempted the well-beaten…
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Two original songs, one arrangement
I had a couple of weeks in February where I churned out like 8 original songs. My very first original songs! Since then, two of them have been released into the wild in public performance, which is a strange and amazing feeling. It’s vulnerable enough to sing a song that someone else wrote, but singing…
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Recital Diaries: Theory homework (flute duet, chord chart)
I think the focus of my performance preparation is a little different than most flutists. I like to learn the part, definitely. I even try to have it all or mostly memorized. Beyond that, I do some maintenance practice for flutey things like scales, vibrato, and attacks/note endings, but I don’t obsess over it. I…
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[Pan-Tones] Dancing to classical music
![[Pan-Tones] Dancing to classical music](https://alysehokamp.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/screenshot-2025-06-07-at-4.16.21e280afpm-e1749331104350.png)
Recently, I don’t think there’s anything more satisfying than having my music inspire movement. What a joy to have friends that are such beautiful dancers! I love that dance night is an event for dancers, musicians, and creative people of all ages. After the first successful dance night, I had ideas for more open-ended, freeform…
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[musical storytelling] Peter & the Wolf
We were asked to do a short musical presentation for the 2nd graders at our kids’ school for a unit on self-expression. It was one of those opportunities where we could either throw something together with music we already knew, OR go all the way and make it a whole thing. Clearly, I went for…
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[rep duet + caesura] Andalouse
Here’s the last of this round of arrangements from the 24 Short Concert Pieces book. Perhaps I will come back later to this book and do a few more of my favorites (or any specific requests- let me know!). Caesura (pause) May is looking like it is going to be full… 5/3 Second grade “tour”…