" Orange was the popular color of tango dancers at tango's height during the twenties. The melody is as bright as the color, pleasant and is not bereft of ardour. " - Alain LOPEZ
This Piece is written for students in their second year of flute practice. Built on a structure of 3 3-beats measure followed by 1 4-beats mesure, it make the players to behave as acrobats. The piano part can be played by a student from 3 years of piano pratice. It can then be used for a flute + piano audition.
This very simple Piece, which evokes asian and occidental atmospheres, was composed very young children, for an exam or an audition 6 to 8 months after their beginning.
" The artistic skills and sensitivity of the musician are highlighted here, in order to recreate, thanks to varied metronomic movements, rhythms and nuances, ten atmospheres described throughout the Piece. " - Alain LOPEZ
" The chassé-croisé of quarter notes and eight notes triplets together with Piano incite to dance and remind us of cabarets' ambiance of the 1920s. This piece, coupled with a faster one is an ideal combination to propose for end of first cycle exam. " - Alain LOPEZ
" The title of this Piece is a pun on Cubans rhythms. The opposition between the tone and used homonymous tone, as well as the rhythmic formula chosen on theme "B" are a typical feature of South America music. Concerning the melody, it is a stylistics composition on quarter note triplets! " - Alain LOPEZ
A Piece for auditions for students playing flute for 3 years onwards.
" As the light whose reflection in the water is sometimes broken by the waves, I used ascending and descending movement in the melody. The pervasive use of syncopation also enabled me to exacerbate the impact felt by the ebb and flow. " - Alain LOPEZ
A Piece for exams and auditions for students playing flute for 4 years onwards.