intuition and intellect are engage together by the alternating motion of the limbs. It is a practice that I have used in my creative work for some years. There is a centuries-old tradition that good ideas come while walking. The title of the second movement, “Solvitur Ambulando”, is Latin for “it is solved by walking”. The first movement, “A Song of Coming Awake”, is based on “Crist ist Erstanden” (Christ is Risen) the third, “In Loving Memory”, on “Van Gott will Ich nicht lassen” (I never wish to part from God) the fifth, “A Song for the End of Time”, on “O Gott, du frommer Gott” (O Good and Gentle God). I have used three chorale melodies in “Song Book”. The feeling is one of opening an unmarked door and being suddenly thrust into a different world. I have used many of them as the jumping off point for my own compositions. In that time I have come to experience the chorales as touchstones for dream space. Ten years ago I returned to singing and playing them as a daily warm-up for my composing. I had my first encounter with them as a college freshman in 1961. these chorales are the models for melodic and harmonic movement used by every beginning music theory student. Bach have been a long-time focal point for my study and meditation. The solo flute feels like a voice to me, a voice which has a complex story to tell, in the form of musical dreams. “Song Book” is a set of pieces that are songlike – that is, intimate and expressive, though not necessarily quiet. John Weddle, Westmount College, Santa Barbara, CA.The University of Texas at Austin Bands, Jerry Junkin, Conductor.The University of Texas at Arlington Wind Ensemble, Ray C.The University of Miami Wind Ensemble, Gary Green, Conductor.Dwight Satterwhite, Director of Bands, The University of Georgia.The University of Calgary Symphonic Band and Calgary Concert Band, Jeremy S.Hal Ott for the National Flute Association.James Croft, The Florida State University.Joseph Hermann, Tennessee Tech University.Taube, Director of Bands, McMurry University, Abilene, TX Russell Pesola, Concordia College, Moorhead, MN.Central Washington University Wind Ensemble, Larry Gookin, Conductor.Central Washington University Music Deptartment, Peter Tries, Chairman.Larry Sutherland/Teresa Beaman, Director of Bands, California State University, Fresno, CA.William Johnson, Director of Bands, California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, CA.
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