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Solfa’s piece Rose Dillon was performed in a workshop by Chroma Ensemble  last Friday (15th Feb) at the Denis Arnold Hall, Oxford University Faculty of Music. The piece was conducted by John Traill, and the workshop was led by Dr Martyn Harry. The musicians were Kathryn Thomas (Flute), Stuart King (Clarinet), Roderick Chadwick (Piano), Caroline Balding (Violin) and Clare O’Connell (‘Cello).

Solfa’s solo Flute Piece, Dystopia will receive another performance in Dublin in March 2013. Her choral pieces, Is Mairg an Te gan Cheol, with words by Risteard Ui Chroinin, will also receive performances in March by the Cork Chamber Choir, along with two contrasting settings of James Joyce’s poems, Lean out of the window and Dear Heart.

The Italy-based Xenia Ensemble performed the premiére of a specially-composed string quartet by Solfa Carlile on December 8th. It was included in a program of Contemporary Folk Music, performed in Turin. Details of the concert, the EstOvest programme and the quartet are visible here.

Xenia Ensemble

On Saturday 30th June, Solfa’s piece ‘Saul and the Witch’ will be performed and discussed in a Workshop at the West Cork Chamber Music Festival in Bantry. The work will be performed by the Westland Piano Trio and discussed in conversation with the Festival’s composer-in-residence, Thomas Larcher. Two other young composers, J.Harry Whalley and Bill McGrath will have their works discussed in the same workshop.

‘Dystopia‘ has been selected for publication in the Arcomis Flute Album. The piece, originally composed in 2010 for flautist Chris Hankin, will be performed at the Elektrostatic Arcomis Flute Concert, at Colston Hall, Bristol on Wednesday 16th May. Carla Rees will perform the piece, along with other contemporary works for flute to be included in the album. Information on the concert here

Solfa has been chosen as one of the winners of this years West Cork Chamber Festival Composition Competition. Her work Saul and the Witch will be rehearsed in a workshop by the Westland Piano Trio on Saturday 30th June at 2pm, and will receive its premiere at a concert at 2pm on the 5th of July in Bantry, Cork.

Dystopia for solo Flute was performed at recitals in Trondheim and Tynset, Norway, on 20th-24th March, by Flautist Chris Hankin. The piece was composed especially for Chris and received its premiere at the annual NFA Flute convention in Annaheim California, August 2010.

Solfa continues her residency with the Orchestra of St. Paul’s, following a performance of ‘Fanfare: Ecce’ at St. John’s, Smith Square last Sunday, 18th March at 7.30pm. Also recently a new piece, ‘Macalla’, commissioned by the Jacquin Trio, received three performances in London between February and March. Solfa also recently produced music for a children’s web series, ‘Tommy and Eugene’s Space Adventures’, in March.

The Jacquin Trio will premiere Solfa’s piece: “Macalla” at The Forge, Camden, this Sunday (12th) at 11am. More about the concert below

Jessica Grimes – clarinet
Zoe Matthews – viola
Charis Cheung – piano

Programme:
Märchenerzählungen Op.132 – Schumann
i. Lebhaft, nicht zu schnell
ii. Lebhaft und zehr markiert
iii. Ruhiges tempo, mit zartem ausdruck
iv. Lebhaft, zehr markiert
Hommage a R. Sch Op 15d – Kurtag
i. (Merkwurdige Piroutten des Kappelmeisters Johannes Kreisler)
ii. (E. [Eusubius]: der begrenzte Kreis)
iii. (…und wieder zuckt es schmerzlich F. [Florestan] um die Lippen)
iv. (Felho valék, már su¨t a nap…)
v. In der Nachtvi. Abschied (Meister Raro entdeckt Guillaume de Machaut)
New Work – Solfa Carlisle
‘Kegelstatt Trio’ KV 498 – W. A. Mozart
i. Andante
ii. Menuetto
iii. Rondeaux – Allegretto

£9/7 online, £10/8 on the door (incl tea/coffee)

Solfa has just been announced as the composer-in-residence for the Orchestra of St.Paul’s, Covent Garden. A new work, ‘Vienna Vignettes’ will be performed on 7th January at a concert in association with the Austrian Cultural Forum. Details here: http://www.orchestraofstpauls.org/new-year-concert

Solfa has also been commissioned to write a work for the Orchestra of St.Paul’s March concert. Further details to follow.