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20th century

Baroque

Classical

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20th century

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Solo repertoire

Piccolo

Alto flute

Bass flute

Schocker Gary

Aitken, Robert

Amirov, Fikret

Amlin, Martin

Amram, David

Andriessen, Jurriaan

Arnold, Malcolm

Arrieu, Claude

Auric, Georges

Babbit, Milton

Bacchus, Peter

Bacri, Nicolas

Baker, Michael Conway

Baksa, Robert

Barber, Samuel

Barrere, Georges

Bartók, Béla Viktor János

Baton, René-Emmanuel

Beaser, Robert

Bennet, Richard Rodney

Berg, Gunnar

Berio, Luciano

Bernofsky, Lauren

Bernstein, Leonard

Bloch, Ernest

Bolling, Claude

Bon, Maarten

Bonis, Mel

Boughton, Rutland

Boulanger, Marie-Juliette

Boulez, Pierre

Bourdin, Roger

Bournonville, Armand

Bowen, Edwin York

Bozza, Eugène Joseph

Bréville, Pierre

Brings, Allen

Brotons, Salvador

Brown, Elizabeth

Brun, Georges

Burkhard, Willy

Burton, Eldin

Büsser, Henri

Camus, Pierre

Carmichael, John

Carter, Elliott

Casella, Alfredo

Chaynes, Charles

Clarke, Ian

Colgrass, Michael

Colquhoun, Michael

Copland, Aaron

Corigliano, John

Cortese, Luigi

Currier, Sebastian

Dahl, Walter Ingolf Marcus

Damase, Jean-Michel

Davidovsky, Mario

De Lorenzo, Leonardo

Debussy, Claude

Del Tredici, David

DeLaney, Charles Oliver

Delerue, Georges

Denisov, Edison

Dèsbriere, Jacques

Dick, Robert

Dinicu, Grigoraș

Dodgson, Stephen

Dohnányi, Ernő

Dubois, Pierre Max

Dukas, Paul

Durey, Louis

Dutilleux, Henri

Enescu, George

Farkas, Ferenc

Feld, Jindřich

Ferroud, Pierre-Octave

Flothuis, Marius

Folio, Cynthia

Foote, Arthur

Foss, Lukas

Françaix, Jean

Fukushima, Kazuo

Gade, Jacob

Gál, Hans

Gaubert, Philippe

Genzmer, Harald

George, Thom Ritter

Ghidoni, Armando

Gieseking, Walter

Glass, Philip

Glière, Reinhold

Golovin, Andrei

Gordeli, Otar

Grier, Lita

Griffes, Charles Tomlinson

Grinblat, Romuald

Grovlez, Gabriel

Guarnieri, Mozart Camargo

Gubajdulina, Sofia

Hahn, Reynaldo

Hailstork, Adolphus

Halphen, Fernand

Hanson, Howard Harold

Harberg, Amanda

Harbison, John

Harsányi, Tibor

Harty, Hamilton

Heiss, John

Heith, David

Henze, Hans-Werner

Higdon, Jennifer

Hindemith, Paul

Holliger, Heinz

Holmboe, Vagn

Honegger, Arthur

Hoover, Katherine

Hosokawa, Toshio

Hovhaness, Alan

Hüe, Georges Adolphe

Hurel, Philippe

Ibert, Jacques

Ichiyanagi, Toshi

Ittzés, Gergely

Ives, Charles

Jacob, Gordon

James, Bob

Jemnitz, Sándor

Jirák, Karel Boleslav

Jóhannsson, Magnús Blöndal

Jolivet, André

Jongen, Joseph

Karg-Elert, Sigfrid

Kay, Ulysses

Kelterborn, Rudolf

Ķeniņš, Tālivaldis

Kennan, Kent Wheeler

Kennedy, Martin

Kernis, Aaron Jay

Khachaturian, Aram

Kocsár, Miklós

Kodaly, Zoltan

Koechlin, Charles

Kornauth, Egon

Kraft, Leo

Krzywicki, Jan

Kupferman, Meyer

La Montaine, John

Lauber, Joseph

Lavista, Mario

Lee, Eugene

Leeuwen, Ary van

Levinson, Gerald

Liebermann, Lowell

Loudova, Ivana

Mack, Dieter

Mahler, Gustav

Maresz, Yan

Martin, Frank

Martino, Donald

Martinů, Bohuslav

Meltzer, Harold

Messiaen, Olivier

Mihalovici, Marcel

Milhaud, Darius

Mouquet, Jules

Mower, Mike

Muczynski, Robert

Nielsen, Carl

Norby, Erik

Nordenstrom, Gladys

Offermans, Wil

Olsen, Carl Gustav Sparre

Paget, Daniel

Perle, George

Petrovics, Emil

Piazzolla, Astor

Piston, Walter

Poulenc, Francis

Prokofiev, Sergey

Rachmaninoff, Sergei

Ran, Shulamit

Raphael, Günter

Rautavaara, Einojuhani

Ravel, Maurice

Reynolds, Verne

Riegger, Wallingford

Rivier, Jean

Rodrigo, Joaquin

Rota, Nino

Rotaru, Doina

Rouse, Christopher

Roussel, Albert

Rutter, John

Saariaho, Kaija

Sancan, Pierre

Schmidt, Ole

Schocker, Gary

Schulhoff, Erwin

Schwantner, Joseph

Sciarrino, Salvatore

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Sibelius, Jean

Smit, Leo

Tailleferre, Germaine

Takemitsu, Tōru

Taktakishvili, Otar

Tansman, Alexandre

Tomasi, Henri

Tower, Joan

Uébayashi, Yuko

Varèse, Edgar

Vasks, Pēteris

Weigl, Vally

Weinberg, Mieczysław

Wilder, Alec

Williams, Ralph Vaughan

Yi, Chen

Yun, Isang

Zgraja, Krystof

Solosuite for solo flute

Sonata No. 1 for Flute and Piano

Sonata No. 3 for Flute and Piano

"In Memoriam" for flute and piano

“Sonata for Short Attention Spans” for piccolo and piano

Gist for Piccolo and Piano

Outside my window: BIRD for Piccolo and Piano

Piccolo Italiano for Piccolo and Piano

Sonata No. 1 for Piccolo and Piano

Sonata No. 3 for Piccolo and Piano

Sonata No. 4 for Piccolo and Piano

Sonata No. 5 for Piccolo and Piano

Sonata No. 6 for Piccolo and Piano

Sonata No. 7 for Piccolo and Piano

“Regrets and Resolutions” for flute and piano

"Airborne" for flute and piano

"Birthday Music" for flute and piano

Solosuite for solo flute

"Green Places" for flute and piano

"Erev Shalom" for flute and piano

"Nach Bach" for flute and piano

"À Gaspar" for flute and piano

"Musique Francaise" for flute and piano

Sonata No. 4 for Flute and Piano, "Summer Sonata"

Sonata No. 5 for Flute and Piano

Sonata No. 6 for Flute and Piano, "La Salmonella"

Sonata No. 7 for Flute and Piano

Sonata No. 8 for Flute and Piano

Sonata No. 9 for Flute and Piano

"Blip Blip Blip" for flute solo

A Fond Farewell: "Meditation On September 11"

"Blue Bossa, Red Bossa" for flute and piano

"Prelude, Theme and Free Associations"

"Three Mystery Pieces" for flute and piano

"Soliloquy" for flute and piano

"Ambidextranata" for flute and piano

"Show Tunes" for flute and piano

"Jazzbird!" for flute and piano

"Mockingbird" for flute and piano

"Such Sweet Sorrow" for flute and piano

"Vocalise" for flute and piano

"Wabi-Sabi" for flute and piano

"A Late Summer Night's Dream" for flute and piano

"Conversations" for flute and piano

Xynoglyko "Sweet-Sour" for flute and piano

"Figments" for flute and piano

"Concertino Italiano" for flute and piano

"Viviana" for for flute and piano

"Flute Forest" for flute solo

"Madrigal" for flute and piano

"Biwako Wind" for flute solo

"Lied" for flute and piano

"Sicilienne" for flute and piano

"Winter Jasmine" for flute and piano

"Coffee Break" for flute and piano

"Inside Out" for flute and piano

"Three Minute Sonata" for flute and piano

Mokuhanga" for flute alone

Sonatine for Flute and Piano

"Chiaroscuro" for solo flute

"What’s Old Is New" for solo flute

Solosuite for solo flute

By Schocker Gary

Gary Schocker: Solosuite for solo flute was written in 1992. It was premiered by Gary Schocker in 1992. He famously performed it at the National Flute Association (NFA) Convention in Washington, D.C., that same year, where it was hailed for its "freshness and technical brilliance."
The original sheet music published by Theodore Presser Company is typically categorized as a four-movement suite. In many editions and doctoral guides, these movements are simply labeled by tempo: Fast, Lyrical, Like a Machine, and Fast.
It seems that for the 2014 recording, Schocker used more descriptive, "Baroque-adjacent" titles: Andante cantabile; Fierce; Allegretto; Larghetto, and Bouree to reflect the work's character as a modern reimagining of a classical dance suite.
Composed during his "breakout" year, this work was a showcase for his own touring recitals. It was intended to demonstrate that a solo flute could maintain rhythmic drive and Baroque elegance without a piano.

Gary Schocker

2014, Gary Schocker / CDBaby

1. Andante cantabile

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2. Fierce

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3. Allegretto

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4. Larghetto

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5. Bourée

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Schocker Gary

Gary Schocker (1959) is an American flutist, pianist, harpist, composer and teacher.
Born in Pennsylvania, he started to play flute at the age of 10 and 5 years later he debuted as a soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic, becoming acclaimed performer before attending the Julliard School.
Laureate of many Young Artist competitions in the US, Gary Schocker has gained reputation as a versatile performer, able to fill in, if necessary, even Jean-Pierre Rampal when he had to perform W.A. Mozart concerto with the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra on a short notice.
Even though he regularly appears as a soloist or chamber musician throughout the world, he has proven to be a prolific composer. He has written music for almost every orchestral instrument and received multiple recognitions from the National Flute Association, winning twice the annual Newly Published Music Award.

Gary Schocker has recorded 8 CDs as a soloist with versatile repertoire and additional recordings with his recital companions Emily Mitchell (harp) and Jason Vieaux (guitar).
Gary Schocker teaches at the New York University and in his private studios in New York and Easton, Pennsylvania.