Wil Offermans

Do you, too, sometimes feel you would like to dance while you play the flute? Well, here is Dance with Me, dance music for any size of flute ensemble, where the players not only play the flute, but al...

Wil Offermans, with his talent and imagination for the unusual and experimental approach, composed the Jungle Dance presented here. It is based on the assumption that all tube-like objects with a sing...

Whereas For the contemporary flutist (ZM 29700) made older players familiar with new playing techniques on the flute, this edition does the same to younger flutist. The players are stimulated to turn...

Offermans' famous etude book concerning comtemporary flute techniques, which has been awarded by the Newly Published Music Committee of the National Flute Association, USA in 1993. These studies can h...

Waltz of the Wolves is a piece for two flutists, which gives a lot of pleasure playing together as well as challenging with new techniques for the flute. You will have to imitate the howling of the wo...

Offermans verwendet die in ZM 29700 (Für den zeitgenössischen Flötisten) erläuterten neuen Spieltechniken. Das originelle Stück ist technisch und rhythmisch nicht allzu schwierig, und im Vorwort wird...

Itsuki-no-Komori-uta is a popular Japanese folk song (literallyThe lullaby of Itsuki). Itsuki is the name of a mountain village in southern Japan. The village is well-known for its beautiful nature an...

Voices of Nagasaki ist Teil des musikalischen Projektes Dejima Suite, das Offermans gemeinsam mit dem Kôfuku-ji-Tempel in Nagasaki aus Anlass der 400 Jahre zurückreichenden Beziehungen zwischen Hollan...

Forbbiden Valley

The Japanese shakuhachi is a flute made of bamboo whose tradition dates back as early as the 8th century. 'Tsuru-no-Sugomori' is one of the most famous pieces of the shakuhachi solo repertoire. Wil Of...

Ho and nami are two Japanese characters and stand for spike and wave. In combination, Honami denotes the wavy swing of a flowering rice field, moved by the wind. The wind is the cause, the rice field...

Thumpy® the thumb flute is a simple instrument with a natural and flexible sound. The flute is made of a straight, cylindrical wooden pipe. The embouchure hole is located just outside the middle of th...

This composition plays with the endless possibilities of how sounds can be produced on a flute. Single fragments of the original tune seem to be floating to us as if they came from another world - jus...

Contents: Akatombo (Red dragonfly); Yume Kaze (Dream wind); Itsuki-no-Komoriutu (Japanese lullaby from Itsuki); Kojo-no-Tsuki (Moon over the castle ruins); Kagome Kagome (Children's ring-a-ring-o' ros...

Luna y Sierra is a meditative celebration of a moment of natural beauty, enjoyed by the composer during his stay in the mountains of southern Spain. The piece is written for flute solo accompanied by...

Le Calendrier d'improvisation contient 52 graphiques et peut être joué sur n'importe quel instrument. Les graphiques comprennent des situations, des notes ou des images que l'on peut interpréter libre...

Kotekan (= a Balinese interlocking technique) has been created as a sequel to these three short studies. Kotekan involves some contemporary flute techniques like wind tones, harmonics, and bamboo tone...

Bamburia a bravura piece for flute ensembles with a lot of fun by learning the fascinating flamenco rhythm of the buleria, with a passionate solo flute part when the ensemble players clap the buleria...

'The flute is such an exciting instrument, where a delicate sound is born by simply blowing a pipe. Our air is directly translated into audible sound. We may say that the essence of flute playing is t...

Il flauto da pollice Thumpy è uno strumento semplice con un suono naturale e flessibile. Il flauto è costituito da un tubo di legno cilindrico e diritto. Il foro dell'embouchure si trova appena fuori...

Offermans' famous etude book concerning comtemporary flute techniques, which has been awarded by the Newly Published Music Committee of the National Flute Association, USA in 1993. These studies can h...

Ho e nami sono due caratteri giapponesi e significano spiga e onda. In combinazione, Honami indica l'oscillazione ondulata di una risaia in fiore, mossa dal vento. Il vento è la causa, la risaia il me...

Waltz of the Wolves is a piece for two flutists, which gives a lot of pleasure playing together as well as challenging with new techniques for the flute. You will have to imitate the howling of the wo...

Forbbiden Valley

For every week of the year, the "Improvisation calendar" contains one sheet with a graphic illustration intended to provoke improvisation. This improvisation can be played on any instrument, even the...