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Portfolio

Explore a selection of performances, recordings, collaborations, commissions, educational projects, and interdisciplinary work spanning contemporary music, creative collaboration, and artistic exploration.

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Landscapes of the Heart

Landscapes of the Heart is an immersive performance experience in which sound, poetry, breath, and silence unfold as one continuous journey, inviting audiences into a deeper practice of listening.

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Bass Flute UNLEASHED

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Bass Flute UNLEASHED is a long-term commissioning and collaboration project to fully explore the sonic possibilities of the open-hole Kingma Bass Flute.

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Memoria Nova Ensemble

Shanna Pranaitis | flute
Andrew Rosenblum | piano, harpsichord

Hailed for their "spectacular programming and performances," Memoria Nova seeks out moments of bright innovation and showcases them in dialogue with each other and their historical roots via creative program curation.

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FluteXpansions

FluteXpansions is an international community for performers, composers, and sonic explorers who are passionate about expanding the possibilities of the flute.

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Through workshops, educational programs, collaborations, and creative exploration, the platform helps cultivate curiosity, imagination, and the fearless pursuit of new artistic territory.

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Discography

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NEOS Mahnkopf Flute Music
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Horse Hair and Glue on Red

Horse Hair and Glue on Red

03:33
Landscapes of the Heart – Madrid AFE 2025

Landscapes of the Heart – Madrid AFE 2025

22:04
Chimera's Gardens (Full show)

Chimera's Gardens (Full show)

29:59
Shadow Play (2016) – Fredrick Gifford

Shadow Play (2016) – Fredrick Gifford

09:46
Dreaming in its Shadow (2016) for moving piccoloist and fixed audio – Jane Rigler

Dreaming in its Shadow (2016) for moving piccoloist and fixed audio – Jane Rigler

07:23
Chimera’s Garden by Lisa Renée Coons

Chimera’s Garden by Lisa Renée Coons

12:53
Tribute to Eva Kingma

Tribute to Eva Kingma

09:58
Marina Khorkova: a priori

Marina Khorkova: a priori

19:34
Galina Ustvolskaya: Dona Nobis Pacem

Galina Ustvolskaya: Dona Nobis Pacem

17:28
Elainie Lillios: Among Fireflies

Elainie Lillios: Among Fireflies

10:17
XI vom MONTAGs GRUSS aus LICHT by Karlheinz Stockhausen

XI vom MONTAGs GRUSS aus LICHT by Karlheinz Stockhausen

08:05
Saariaho: Laconsime de l'aile (1982)

Saariaho: Laconsime de l'aile (1982)

17:30
Wim Henderickx: On the Road with live video improvisation

Wim Henderickx: On the Road with live video improvisation

12:26
Wiek Hijmans: Songish (2016)

Wiek Hijmans: Songish (2016)

09:04
Jorrit Dijkstra: veeg for bass clarinet, alto flute, and electronics

Jorrit Dijkstra: veeg for bass clarinet, alto flute, and electronics

08:03
Erin Gee: Mouthpiece XXV (2015)

Erin Gee: Mouthpiece XXV (2015)

06:58

Videos

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Photos

Press Kit with Photos

Ear Taxi Festival 2021

Ear Taxi Festival 2021

World Premiere of Jay Alan Yim's work "The Rope Dancer Accompanies Herself with Her Shadows"

© Memoires en Or

© Memoires en Or

© Memoires en Or

© Memoires en Or

© Karjaka Studios

© Karjaka Studios

© Karjaka Studios

© Karjaka Studios

© Karjaka Studios

© Karjaka Studios

© Karjaka Studios

© Karjaka Studios

© Marc Perlish

© Marc Perlish

Bass Flute UNLEASHED Concert

Kunsthaus Zürich

Kunsthaus Zürich

© Marc Perlish

© Marc Perlish

Bass Flute UNLEASHED Concert

New Bass Flute!

New Bass Flute!

At Eva Kingma's workshop, Netherlands, with new open-hole bass flute

XI Performance

XI Performance

Stochausen Course, Germany

Kingma Brannen Open Hole Alto

Kingma Brannen Open Hole Alto

Premiering new instrument to honor Bickford Brannen

Guest performance with Ensemble Interface

© Marc Perlish

© Marc Perlish

Bass Flute UNLEASHED Concert

ZUNGENSPITZENTANZ

ZUNGENSPITZENTANZ

Stockhausen performance for Chicago Flute Club

Brandeis University BEAMS Festival

Brandeis University BEAMS Festival

With Walfrid Kujala

With Walfrid Kujala

With Kathinka Pasveer

With Kathinka Pasveer

With Eva Kingma

With Eva Kingma

With Kaija Saariaho

With Kaija Saariaho

Gaudeamus Festival

Gaudeamus Festival

© Marc Perlish

© Marc Perlish

Bass Flute UNLEASHED Concert

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