Mariposas for Flute Orchestra

Description

Flute 1, Piccolo, Flute 2, Flute 3, Piccolo, Flute 4, Flute 1, Flute 2, Flute 3, Flute 4, Flute 5, Alto Flute 1, Alto Flute 2, Alto Flute 3, Alto Flute 4, Alto Flute 5, Alto Flute 6, Alto Flute 7 — "Mariposas is the Spanish word for butterflies. The piece loosely follows stages of a butterflies short and glorious existence… from cuckoo to larvae to free flight; hovering, swooping, floating. It was written for Pamela Youngblood, the Texas Woman's University, and requires for the 2001 National Flute Convention in Dallas, Texas."- K. Hoover.