Carla Rees, flute

Michael Olive, composer

Carla Rees is an innovative British low flutes player. She is Artistic

Director of rarescale, Director of Tetractys Publishing and International Liaison for the NFA (America). She has a PhD from the Royal College of Music in London and teaches flute at Royal Holloway University.

Michael Oliva is a composer of chamber music and opera, and electronics performer. He is area leader for Electroacoustic Music at the Royal College of Music in London, and performs in the UK and abroad.

His works have been broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and are published by Tetractys www.michaeloliva.net

Shine combines British repertoire with two international collaborations, and shows how different members of the flute family can play in partnership with electronics to create some very different soundworlds. Programme: Thea Musgrave – Narcissus: this is a classic work for flute and electronics from one of the leading British female composers. Davor Vincze – new work: this new work for Kingma System bass flute and electronics will be premiered in London in September 2015. Sungji Hong – Shine: this exciting work for flute and electronics was premiered in April 2015 and commissioned with funds from New Music USA. Sungji Hong is a Korean composer currently living in the USA. Michael Oliva – Apparition and Release: this work for Kingma System alto flute and electronics has become one of the staples of rarescale’s repertoire, and is an excellent example of how the expressive range of the alto flute can be used in conjunction with electronics.