John Devitt                                 Flautist, composer and teacher

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Here are some examples of my recorded work to date:

               Afar


              THREE MINUTE JAZZ


              OUT OF THE BOX


              On Wicklow's Way

             
             

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Irish born flautist presently living and working in the Netherlands.
Studied flute with Prof. Doris Keogh at The Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin, and later continued my studies of flute and improvisation with Dick Gout and  Ferdinand Povel at the Rotterdam Conservatory.
I've played with various jazz and jazz-rock groups as well as playing tenor sax in a rock band for a while; in two flute quartets (mostly classical repertoire) and in the Blauwdruk Ensemble which was formed to perform the works of contemporary Dutch composer Nico Huijbregts.

Besides teaching flute, I'm experimenting with creating frameworks for improvisation using computer based programs and sound loops and recording these pieces at my  own Overloop Studio in Nijmegen .

 I'm fortunate to have been selected to participate "virtually" in the multimedia performances of Christopher Hedge and the Magnetic Poets at the Piazza Solferino during the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino with a piece on alto flute. The piece opens citing the Negro spiritual classic "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child".

In the depths of this feeling of utter aloneness which is known to all of us we may indeed discover that we are al(l)-one.
The theme of the project was: "One Heart, One Beat, 7 Billion Voices"


Download this track (free)

You may also download a free lead sheet and mp3 for a jazz/funk piece I wrote for flute and marimba entitled "Flarimba!"

  Watch my latest video  Open 

Also check out the new Trio Alt page and videos.

Transcriptions

I've included transcriptions I've done of jazz flute improvisations  by the late Harold McNair here:

Jazz flute transcriptions

 


 Classical Accompaniments

 For MIDI and MP3 accompaniments I've created of some standard classical flute repertoire go here: Classical

 

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