Melanie Chirignan, Flutist

I'm a NY based classical flutist, and I also play piccolo and alto flute.  I'm available for solo and chamber group recitals, orchestra work, new music, weddings, etc. I enjoy working with new composers, and performing and recording new music.

 Works Premiered:

Solo flute:

Nolan Stolz's “Princess Ka'iulani” August 7, 2010

Masatora Goya “Acheron” March 2011

Masatora Goya “Inner voice” June 2014

 

Alto Flute and Guitar:

Masatora Goya “Dream of Sailing” July 2012

 

Flute and Guitar:

Masatora Goya “Dragonflies in the Sky” June 2019

Gwenyth Walker “Close to Home” Feb. 2021

Karina Contreras “Lilas de Aqua” and “Victoria” February 2021

Mary Kotskyy “Time Goes On” June 2021

Alexandra Aubert “Primer Rendezvous” August 2021

Javier Contreras “Impossibles Espejos” August 2021

Bengisu Onder “A Curious Dream” August 2023

Concetta Abatte “Gravity Flying” August 2023

 

Flute, viola, guitar:

Masatora Goya “Sound of life” April 2013

 

String quartet and flute:

Masatora Goya “When Time Whispers” June 2016

 

Flute, guitar, voice:

Francisco Zumaque “El Cautiverio de la Mariposa” August 2016

 

Woodwind quintet:

Spencer Snyder “Blue songbird” August 2018

Ralph Raymond Hays “Keller’s Heart” March 2021

Myrtle Thomas “I dunno, but whatever” March 2022

Alex Ford “Berus in the Woods” May 2022

Sina Kiai original film music for Nosferatu October 2022

Brett Wery original silent film music to the Cabinet of Dr. Caligari October 2023

Daniel Carr’s “Bright, Flashing Stars” June 2024

 

Flute, Clarinet, piano:

Joshua Hummel “Storm” Sept 2018

 

Flute and piano:

Spencer Snyder “Flute Sonata” June 2017

Joshua Hummel “Memoirs” October 2017

Tim Kiah ”L’Ile desert” Sept. 2018

Melanie Hardage and Melanie Chirignan “In India” January 2023

Melanie Hardage and Melanie Chirignan “Stella di Castellana” February 2024

Melanie Chirignan and Melinda Faylor “Coquetara,” “Suddenly Satie,” “Gothic Waltz,” “Ruin’s Ballad,” “Mirror Pool” August 2024

 

Flute, guitar, violin:

Wataru Itoh “Trio” January 2018

 

Guitar, Flute, Piano, Violin, Cello:

Chatori Shimizu “Being a Hermit” January 2018

 

flute, piano, cello:

Guillermo Zalcman “Three Images” June 2021

 

Flute, harp, viola:

Thomas Shuttenhelm "In the beginning, sometimes I left messages in the Streets" (a soliloquy following the departure of the fuller Furies) March 2023

 

Flute and cello:

Philip Spaeth “Cumulus Reverie” June 2019

Abby Harris “Trichotillomania” January 2025

Josh Hummel “Where the Petals Fall” Nov. 2025

Joshua Hummel “Night Out” Nov. 2025

Alto flute and cello:

Nina Siniokova “Adagio” March 2026