Claire Chase, flutist, American

“A rare combination of grace and guts” - Wall Street Journal

The North star of her instrument's ever- expanding universe”— The New York Times

“…perhaps the instrument’s most imaginative living advocate.” — The New Yorker

“We think we know what the flute, our most ancient instrument, can sound like. We think we know, in the early 21st century, what the solo performer is capable of. But we have no idea! We are just beginning.” - Claire Chase

(Interview with Sound American, The Lee Hyla issue.)

Scroll down for two manuscripts, plus musical and biographical links

ELWAH!  Annea Lockwood, composer, in collaboration with Claire Chase and The Elwah River