Welcome to Snowcrest Music Publishing!
The music of award-winning composer Kathleen Mayne is richly melodic, rhythmically exciting, and filled with dramatic imagery. From impressionistic suites to sprightly waltzes and ragtimes, Kathleen's delightful style pleases performers and audiences alike.
The majority of her compositions are scored for Flute Choir and Flute & Piano. Her music has been commissioned, recorded, and premiered at many National Flute Association and Regional Flute conventions, and she is often performed in flute choir concerts around the world.
Snowcrest Music Publishing sells sheet music for a variety of ensembles from solo piano to full orchestra. The Browse, Listen... tab above will direct you to whichever instrumentation you'd like to see and hear. For a quick preview of a few scores, click on the music video links at the bottom of this page.
Why the name Snowcrest? When Kathleen set out to form her company in 1992 she needed a name. Always wanting to live where it snowed, she finally accepted it wouldn't happen living in the Los Angeles basin, and settled instead for visiting the local San Bernardino mountains in the wintertime. The "crest" comes from the feathers on the head of the cardinal bird, her favorite bird, which sings a beautiful song and looks particularly stunning against a snowy backdrop. Someday she'll make a snowy city her home, and hopefully they'll have cardinals!
UPDATE: in late 2019 SHE MOVED to a snowy city in Southern Colorado and absolutely LOVES living in the snow. Sadly, no cardinals have been spotted yet, as they appear to be more Eastern birds than Central Mountain. But she has learned there IS such a thing as a snowcrest... when snow is frozen and a thin sliver is created while it's both snowing and windy, thus freezing the "breeze" into a delicate crest. She has already composed for the "fourteener" Pike's Peak titled Mountain Grandeur (flute choir) and you can expect many a snowy titled composition coming your way!
Flute Cocktail
A suite of three drinks! Cosmopolitan, Manhattan & of course the party drink favorite, Margarita scored for Flute Choir: 2 Piccolos (also doubling C Flute), C Flutes I, II & III,
G Alto Flutes I & II, Bass Flutes I & II, C Contrabass
It received its WORLD PREMIERE at the Mid-Atlantic Flute Convention in
Reston, Virginia this past February 2019.
Written for and performed by FLUTE COCKTAIL
directed by Dr. Linda Kirkpatrick
Click on the Browse, Listen and Purchase link in the tool bar above at the FLUTE CHOIR tab.
Also new for Flute Choir
FLORIDA FUN!
We had fun last year at the NFA Convention in Orlando.
This four-movement work takes you on a musical journey
to memorable and beautiful sights in the Sunshine State.
Blast Off! Miami Night Life, Warm Waters and Sandy Beaches, and Alligator Stomp!
Click on the Browse, Listen and Purchase link in the tool bar above
at the FLUTE CHOIR tab.
Music preview of scores you'll find in our site:
Seascape for Flute Choir
The frenzied flutter-tonguing and dissonant tones of "Gulls' Flight" portrays the hurried ascents and descents of seagulls at the beach. Contrasting, "Shells," shows the gentle ebb and flow of the sound of waves one hears when holding a shell to their ear. These are movements IV & V from a five movement suite. Francine Pancost is directing the Jewel City Flute Choir of Glendale, Calif.
The Balcony for Flute Choir
This first movement of a seven part suite is as you'd expect, continuously fast, and mirrors the perpetual motion of these tiny birds. Played with great clarity, the Woodbridge Flute Choir, directed by Debbie Gilbert, has recorded this on their Butterfly CD. Other birds which visited the composer's balcony are also in this video.
Concertino for Piano & Orchestra
Concertino for Piano and Orchestra was commissioned and premiered by the Ukiah Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Les Pfutzenreuter, Music Director. Local piano artist, Elizabeth MacDougall, gave the world premiere performance of this work in the winter of 2009. The music is in one movement and follows the Sonata Allegro form: an opening statement, followed by a secondary theme, which then proceeds to develop through different tonal centers culminating in a piano solo cadenza then completing the work with a recapitulation of the original themes.
Sonata Jubilate for Flute & Piano
A festive three-movement piece begins with a musical celebration of joy and jubilation. The lyric tones of flutist, Kathy Marsh is accompanied by the composer, Kathleen Mayne.
Contact Information
KATHLEEN MAYNE
Snowcrest Music Publishing
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website: www.SnowcrestMusic.com
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