Katherine Hoover focused her career as a contemporary classical music composer through her flute. Thus, the initial lists below are conveniently categorized by her compositions for flute. Subsequent lists classify her chamber music by instrumentation. While some compositions are well-documented with readily available citations, others may require further research and exploration at Eastman School of Music's Sibley Library. Katherine Hoover's working papers, manuscripts, books and research materials have been gifted to Sibley's Special Collections.
To maintain precision, the sources for composition titles and manuscript dates encompass reputable references, such as ASCAP, the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers, and Papagena Press. It's essential to note that a composer's manuscript date may precede the copyright date, and the use and application of copyrights have evolved over the course of Katherine Hoover's lifetime.
The reliability of the citations is ensured through reference to sources including the United States Copyright Office's, "Music Licensing U.S. Copyright Office" and "Card Browser"; additionally, the Library of Congress, and WorldCat.
Notation generally adheres the IMSLP: Abbreviations for Instruments.
Flute
Flute, solo Title(date)ScoringCiteNotesCadenzas to Mozart concerto in G, K. 314 (1982)flUSCO(00:05:00) Unaccompanied flute. Cadenzas to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart concerto in G, K. 314: arranged for flute by composer.Reflections (1982)flUSCO WorldCat(00:06:00) Unaccompanied flute. Commissioned as a Performing Residency at Artpark in Lewiston, New York (near Niagara Falls).
Variations on ancient Norwegian Olavs-fest in Nidaros.
The numerical designation of this musical work is Op.25.Cadenzas to Mozart concerto in G, K. 313 (1984)flUSCO(00:05:00) Unaccompanied flute. Cadenzas to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart concerto in G, K. 313: arranged for flute by composer.Kokopeli (1990)flUSCO LCCN
WorldCat(00:04:30) Unaccompanied flute. Inspired by "Kokopeli, ... a legendary hero of the Hopi...said to have led the migrations through the Southwest, the sound of his flute echoing through the great canyons and cliffs...[trying to capture] the Hopi's deep kinship with this land."
Kokopeli NFA Newly Published Music Award, 1991.Winter Spirits (1997)flUSCO LCCN
WorldCat(00:05:00) Unaccompanied flute. Premiered by Jeffrey Khaner, NFA Convention, 1997.
Inspired by a picture by the marvelous artist Maria Buchfink of a Native American flute player; from his flute rises a cloud of kachinas and totem spirits.To Greet The Sun (2004)flUSCO WorldCat(00:06:00) Unaccompanied flute. Premiered by Alexa Still, NFA Convention 2005.
Inspired by the thought that to Greet The Sun is to give thanks for Earth's gift of life as various cultures have done through the millennia.Etudes (2011)flWorldCatUnaccompanied flute. Performed by Mark Sparks, NFA convention, 2015.
Inspired by the belief that etudes for flute should be challenging yet enjoyable and musically apt.Spirit Flight (2012)flWorldCat(00:06:00) Unaccompanied flute. Written for Wendela van Swol of Cordoba, Spain, and premiered at Maranatakerk, The Hague, Netherlands, December 2013.
Inspired by Native American sounds and wooden flutes. "[this work was title when] ...played for 2 friends. One [listener, a Lakota] described vivid images of varied landscapes as if flying; the other... [commented, this imagery is a ...]."
Flute, duo Title(date)ScoringCiteNotesLente et vote (1977)2flUSCOUnaccompanied flute duet. Full title is "Lente et vote; two duets for flutes."Suite for Two Flutes (1981)2flUSCO LCCN
WorldCat(00:08:00) Unaccompanied flute duet. Composed between 1977 and 1981, five short movements explores motifs: melodic, virtuosic, mysterious, and playful.
The numerical designation of this musical work is Op.17.Duo - Six duets for two flutes (1982)2flUSCO LCCN
WorldCat(00:06:00) Unaccompanied flute duet. Alternate titles include: Duo for 2 flutes, Six Simple Duets, Six Duets for flutes, Duo, Duo for two flutes.
The numerical designation of this musical work is Op.23.Sound Bytes (1990)2flUSCO WorldCat(00:11:00) Unaccompanied flute duet. Dedicated to Thomas Nyfenger.
Premiered by the composer and Bonita Boyd at the NFA Convention, Aug. 24, 1991.
Movements:
Get up Thirds Short circuit or Minimalist interruptus Invention Johnny Two-Note In flight
The numerical designation of this musical work is Op.43.Antics (2002)2flUSCO WorldCat(00:06:00) Unaccompanied flute duet. Premiered by composer and Don Bailey, NFA convention, 2002.
Flute, trio/octet/choir/ensemble/orchestra Title(date)ScoringCiteNotesTrio for flutes (1974)3flUSCO WorldCat(00:08:00) Flute trio. Composed to demonstrate various effects and sonorities, and different ways of combining the voices, also including a musical palindrome.
Movements:
Allegro Andante Vivo Largo Allegro molto
The numerical designation of this musical work is Op.6.Echo song (1977)6fl 2aflUSCO WorldCatFlute octet. Music Orlando di Lasso, with new music & arrangement by composer.Three for Eight (1996)fl/picc 2-6fl[C] aflUSCO WorldCat(00:08:15) Flute ensemble. Commissioned by and dedicated to the New York Flute Club and the Long Island Flute Club. Premiered at the NFA convention, 1996.
Movements:
Dunes Sandpipers KitesKyrie (1998)picc fl/picc 7fl[C] 3afl (org/bell/chim)USCO LCCN
WorldCat(00:08:00) Flute ensemble. Commissioned by and premiered by Tucson Flute Club, NFA Convention, 1998.
Inspired by the Gregorian chant "Kyrie fons bonitatishttps://cantusindex.org/text-search?t_op=contains&text=Kyrie+fons+bonitatis&title_op=contains&title=&genre2=All&sort_by=title&sort_order=DESC" as found in the Liber Usualis.Mariposas (2001)2fl/picc[solo] 2fl[solo] 2fl/picc 4fl 2aflUSCO WorldCat(00:08:00) Flute orchestra. Written for Pamela Youngblood.
Premiered at the NFA convention, 2001.
Inspiration is loosely based on the eclosion (emergence) and flights of butterflies.Celebration, Sonata in E (2001)fl[ens]USCO WorldCat(00:06:00) Flute ensemble. Celebrating Joseph Mariano's 90th birthday. Based on Bach's Sonata in E; some preexisting text.
Composers program note: "In Celebration, I have quoted some of the pieces that I studied under Joseph's tutelage, as well as others that have become part of our heritage as flutists".Peace Is the Way (2004)6fl 2aflWorldCat(00:07:00) Flute octet. In reaction to the USA's 2003 invasion of Iraq with inspiration from an A. J. Muste quote. Originally written in 2003 for treble chorus; arranged for 8 flutes in 2004; Copyright date on the score: 2003.Concertante "Dragon Court" (2006)[solo]:2fl fl/picc [choir]:afl bfl 15fl (cbfl)USCO LCCN
WorldCat(00:18:00) Flute choir. Commissioned by the Brannen-Cooper Fund and Bickford Brannen.
Dedicated to the memory of Frayda Osten.
Premiered May 2007, in Nashua, New Hampshire, under the direction of Dr. Eileen Yarrison.
Flute with piano Title(date)ScoringCiteNotesThe Medieval Suite: flute & piano (1979)fl pfUSCO LCCN
WorldCat(00:19:00) Flute and piano duo. Premiered by Christina Smith with Reno Symphony with R. Daniels, conducting, November 1989.
Inspired by Barbara Tuchman's A Distant Mirror:The Calamitous Fourteenth Century. Vireli uses parts of work by Guillaume de Machaut.
Composed for fl, orch in 1979. NFA Newly Published Music Award, 1987.
Movements:
Depouillement: Virelai The Black Knight The Drunken Friar On the Betrothal of Princess Isabelle of France, Aged Six Years Demon's Dance
The numerical designation of the original musical work is Op.18.Masks (1998)fl pfUSCO LCCN
WorldCat(00:15:00) Flute and piano duo. Commissioned by the National Flute Association.
Premiered by Jeani Fosterhttps://www.instantencore.com/contributor/bio.aspx?CId=5168243 and Stefanie Jacob, NFA Convention, 1998.
Dedicated to Albert Cooper.
Inspired by the idea of Masks; they generally make an impression quickly; its effect clear at a glance.
Movements:
Haida Indian mask Huichol Jaguar mask Afro-American Death mask Clown mask (andante)Two Pieces (Fauré) (2002)2fl pfWorldCat(00:15:00) Flute and piano trio. Originally composed for 4 hands piano, by Gabriel Urbain Fauré, arranged for modern flute and piano by composer. Le Pas Espano premiered by composer and Don Bailey, NFA convention, 2007.
Movements:
Le Jardin de Dolly Le Pas Espanol
The numerical designation for this work is Op.56.Three Sketches (2003)picc pfUSCO WorldCat(00:08:00) Piccolo and piano duo. Commissioned by National Flute Association Flute Association.
Movements:
Dusk Hide and seek DanzaTwo for Two (2006)afl/bfl pfWorldCat(00:09:00) Flute and piano duet. Commissioned by and premiered by Christine Potter in Salt Lake City, 2006.
NFA Newly Published Music Award, 2006.
Movements:
What goes around TangoMountain & Mesa (2008)fl pfLCCN WorldCat(00:12:00) Flute and piano duo. Premiered by Mimi Stillman and Jeremy Gill, NFA Convention, 2009.
Inspiration for the second movement is a Hopi Lullaby notated by Natalie Curtis at Third Mesa prior to 1905.
Musical work referred to in Eastman School of Music's "Alumni Notes."
Movements:
Hungarian lassu On the mesa Dizi danceFour winds (2013)fl pfWorldCat(00:10:00) Flute solo with piano. Originally for flute and orchestra; Copyright from the score: 2013. Arranged for Flute and piano 2015.
Premiered 2015 by Mark Sparks at the NFA Convention in Washington, D.C.
Movements:
East South West North
Flute in mixed ensembles Title(date)ScoringCiteNotesDivertimento (1975)fl str[trio]USCO LCCN
WorldCat(00:11:39) Mixed quartet. Recorded by Leonarda Productions in the Recital Hall, Penn State University, December, 1979 with members of The Alard String Quartethttps://www.alardstringquartet.com/(1954 to 1994) [Leonard Feldman, Raymond Page, Joanne Zagst] and with Diane Gold.
Movements:
Allegro giocoso Adagio-Vivace
The numerical designation of this musical work is Op.8.Two Dances (1976)fl ob gtrUSCO WorldCatMixed trio.Nocturne Fantasy (1977)fl hp str[orch]LCCN WorldCat(00:06:00) Flute and harp concerto. The numerical designation of this musical work is Op.13.Lyric Trio (1983)fl vc pfUSCO WorldCat(00:18:00) Mixed trio. Written for the Huntingdon Trio.
NFA Newly Published Music Award, 1994.
The numerical designation of this musical work is Op.27.Canyon Echoes (1991)fl gtrUSCO WorldCat(00:11:59) Flute and guitar mixed duet. Written for and premiered by Duologue at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis Minnesota in 1991.
Inspired by Michael Lacapa's book The Flute Player which retells the folktale of two young Apache who first meet at a Hoop Dance.
NFA Newly Published Music Award, 1993.
Movements:
Dance Serenade She mourns He returnsDances and Variations (1995)fl hpUSCO WorldCat(00:20:00) Mixed duet. Commissioned by Dr. & Mrs. James P. Carey and Marshall University. Premiered by Wendell Dobbs and Larry Odom at the Kennedy Center, 1996.
Dedicated to Wendell and Linda Dobbs.
Subject of Emmy winning PBS Documentary, Deborah Novak's New Music.
Movements:
Entrata Adagio Variations, My days have been so wondrous free
My days have been so wondrous free is written by Francis Hopkinson, to a poem by Thomas Parnell.Caprice (1999)fl gtrLCCN WorldCat(00:04:00) Flute and guitar mixed duet. Commissioned by Red Cedar Chamber Music. Premiered by Jan Boland and John Dowdall at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 2000.
Inspired by James Michael Smith's painting Red Event.Quito Suite (2000)fl bn pf/gtr(00:18:00) Stand alone title for Dizi dance, 3rd mvmt. Mountain and Mesa.Two Preludes (2012)fl mar/vibWorldCat(00:10:00) Commissioned by Zara Lawlerhttps://zaralawler.com/ and Paul Fadoul.https://lawlerandfadoul.com/ Premiered at a tribute concert to composer, sponsored by the New York Flute Clubhttps://nyfluteclub.org/ at the Lighthouse in NYC, March 2013. Movements:
uptown (flute and marimba) out of town (flute and vibraphone)Canyon Shadows