Te Tangi a te Matui and Wings of the Wind - Flute Unaccompanied

Te Tangi a te Matui - This piece for solo performer is based on a Maori karakia(incantation), which is first sung and then blended with the tangi (sound) of the flute. The ornate melodic style, which includes quarter-tone inflections, is inspired by that of the small Maori flute, the koauau.

Wings of the Wind - The inspiration for this piece is the daily dawn flight of flocks of starlings during the winter months from their nesting place on Tokomapuna (a small island near Kapiti Island, north of Wellington, New Zealand). The birds fly across a large, windy expanse of sea to disperse to their feeding grounds on the mainland, returning at dusk to Tokomapuna.