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<h2><em>IO (New World Records)
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<em>“Margaret Lancaster has burst onto the scene as our leading proponent of the avant-garde flute . . . What distinguishes Lancaster is her versatility, her willingness to let her flute be the focus of anything from technopop to theater to tap dancing, along with a breathless fluidity of line that raises every performance above the merely technically correct….”</em>—Kyle Gann, Village Voice

This gathering of music by five composers spanning more than 70 years demonstrates the richness and possibility of the stylistic freedom that is sometimes called the American experimental tradition. Timelessly potent for their careful exploration of musical material, these are works which have no cause to be esoteric, by leading American composers who deserve much higher regard. And in the hands of a performer and new-music advocate, Margaret Lancaster, who curates her repertoire with an attention to a continuum which composer Johanna Beyer calls “future, present, past,” we are given the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of how this tradition lives. These are all, with the exception of <em>Seegersong #2</em>, world-premiere recordings.

<strong>Sample Track: </strong><em>Daughter of Piker</em> by Larry Polansky

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<strong>Download Liner Notes</strong> (<a href="https://staging.margaretlancaster.com/IOLinerNotes.pdf">PDF</a>)</td>
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<td><strong>Future Flute</strong>
Margaret Lancaster’s debut solo cd, with works by Paul Reller, David Rogers, Robert Constable, Eric Lyon.<strong>
</strong>Available through <a href="http://www.cdemusic.org/" target="_blank">CDeMusic.org</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/" target="_blank">amazon.com</a> and most on-line retail outlets.
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<td><strong>Tell The Birds - Eve Beglarian</strong>
<a href="http://www.newworldrecords.org">New World Records</a>
<em>FlamingO</em> for chamber orchestra, conducted by Brad Lubman
<em>Robin Redbreast</em>, text by Stanley Kunitz, performed by Corey Dargel, voice and ML, piccolo.<em>Robin Redbreast, for voice and piccolo (Corey Dargel and Margaret Lancaster, respectively, in fine performances), contrasts with the other pieces on the program in that it consists of a fairly straight forward melodic line in the voice, birdsong-like figuration in the piccolo part...The final work on this compelling disc is FlamingO, a large scale exercise in groovy eclectics.  It is one of the best uses of post-minimalist techniques I've heard.  The rhythmic patterns pile up in an almost Carterian maelstrom, only to resolve in a peaceful and musical satisfying swirl...The music and performances on Tell the Birds feel more lived in and spontaneous, and that's just one reason i highly recommend this disc.</em> -- Steve Hicken, Sequenza 21</td>
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<td><strong>Overstepping - Eve Beglarian</strong>
<a href="http://www.oodiscs.com/">OO Discs</a>
<em>Preciosilla</em> (1990) by Eve Beglarian
text by Gertrude Stein</td>
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<td><strong>Powder - Drew Krause</strong>
<a href="http://www.innova.mu">innova Recordings</a> (676)
<em>Tweety</em> for flute and tape

<em>Flutist Margaret Lancaster, violinist Whitney LaGrange, and alto saxophonist Taimur Sullivan, the respective performers in Tweety, Panic, and Airline, play with great dexterity and virtuosic accuracy, and their compelling performances give Krause's music a vibrant human dimension that is less evident in teh computerized soundscapes.</em> - Blair Sanderson, AllMusic Guide to Classical Music</td>
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<td><strong>Eight Thrushes, Accordion and Bagpipe</strong> by Daniel Goode
Performed by the Downtown Ensemble, available from <a href="http://www.frogpeak.org/">Frog Peak Music</a> (Goo09)</td>
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<td><strong>Open Crossings - Andy Teirstein</strong>
<a href="http://www.naxos.com">Naxos American Classics</a>
<em>The Shooting of Dan McGrew</em>- music by Andy Teirstein, text by Robert Service, narration by David M. Lutken.</td>
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<td><strong>Left At the Fork in the Road - Sean Hickey</strong>
<a href="http://www.naxos.com">Naxos American Classics</a>
<em>Pair of Pants</em>for Flute &amp; Clarinet performed by ML and David Gould, clarinet.<em>"Every piece is nearly flawless, exciting and played with tremendous passion.  All of the soloists (for example, Margaret Lancaster, flute) are consistently hailed for fine playing, so another heap of praise seems superlative.  If you know the players, and you should, you know you are in for a treat."</em> -- Christopher Chaffee, American Record Guide.</td>
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<td><strong>Being and Time - Norman Yamada</strong>
Tzadik
<em>Deterioration</em> (1996) by Norman Yamada</td>
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<td><strong>Spank Me! It’s contemporary Classical</strong>
BONK 98 - BFM 058
(<a href="http://www.bonkfest.org/">www.bonkfest.org</a>)
Corngun by Paul Reller</td>
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<td><strong>BONK 98 Limited Edition Compact Disc</strong>
Music from the Festivals 1994-1997
<em>Inferno</em> by Eric Lyon</td>
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