A Mavis Twilight

Background

“Mavis” is a nickname for a songbird, and it’s also my mother’s name – which explains the dual-meaning title and the “bird-like” patterns in this piece.  I designed it to work for flute-plus-piano and also for piano solo (reading all three staff lines).  I consider it an “etude” (study piece) either way.  Some study objectives are shown at the top-left of the sheet music.

A demo recording is playable with the video player above.  Sorry for the computerized instruments.  One of these days I'll record a nice version with a friend who is an excellent flute player.

A low-resolution version of the sheet music may be downloaded below. A music book containing this piece is not yet available for purchase.