Stephen Barr

A very unique piece which was premiered at the 2013 NFA Convention in New Orleans. From the program notes: 'The piece is based on a short melodic riff written by Mrs. Stacey Steele [Associate Professo...

A vibrant fanfare for flute choir which was premiered at the 2013 NFA Convention in New Orleans. The 'Brilliant' opening yields to a slower, expressive middle section, and then finishes with the openi...

Whether it be to change the course of events, bestow fortune and luck, avoid natural disaster, or offer salvation, the sacrificial offering of food, objects, or lives in order to appease a higher powe...

L'effet papillon by Stephen Barr was composed for Cassandra Eisenreich and the 2019 High School Flute Choir of the National Flute Association. It received its premiere at the 2019 NFA Convention in Sa...

Prayer and Elegy was composed for Kathy Melago on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the devastating 9/11 terrorist attacks. It is dedicated to the victims and first responders who perished-as we...

The four movements of Monuments of the West, played without pause, are intended as a series of images evoking the scenery, distinct character, and frontier beginnings of four of America's greatest Nat...

For Flute and Clarinet, 'The music of this 'evocation' does not attempt to do either in any concrete fashion, yet if while listening to it you are moved to daydream a bit, indulge in some flights of f...