Cropped painting by Lydia Thompson, called "River of Hearts."
photo by John Hayes
To contact Cynthia by email, write to cfolio@temple.edu
BIOgraphy
photo by Patrick Snook
Cynthia Folio (b. 1954) is a composer, music theorist, and flutist. As a young flute player and army brat, her main inspiration came from her studies at the Panama Conservatory in the 1960’s; there she studied with Eduardo Charpentier (first flutist in the Panama Symphony) and had rigorous studies in solfege. She received her Ph.D. in music theory and Performers Certificate in flute from the Eastman School of Music, where she studied composition with Joseph Schwantner and flute with Bonita Boyd; Robert D. Morris advised her dissertation on the music of Schwantner. From 1980 to 1990, she taught music theory and flute at Texas Christian University and played in the Fort Worth Symphony. She recently served as Professor and Chair of Music Studies in the Boyer College at Temple University, where she was honored with the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1994, the Creative Achievement Award in 2012, and the Faculty Senate Outstanding Service Award in 2021. With her recent retirement, she is now Emeritus Professor at Temple.
Philadelphia Inquirer reviewers have described Folio’s compositions as “confident and musical in expressing ideas of great substance,” “intriguing and enjoyable,” and “imaginatively scored.” She received commissions from such organizations as Network for New Music, the Relâche Ensemble, the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, Astral Artistic Services, Ensemble Triolet, Pi Kappa Lambda, and the National Flute Association. She has held composer residencies at The American Academy in Rome, Yaddo, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Awards include many ASCAP Standard Awards and the American Prize in Composition’s Judge’s Citation for “Raising Awareness and Understanding for those Afflicted with Epilepsy.” Cynthia was recently invited to be a Voting Member of the Recording Academy and is now on the Board of the Relâche Ensemble.
The author of many music theory articles and chapters in books, Folio focuses on the topics of contemporary music and jazz, including a chapter on Sequenza No. 1 by Luciano Berio in Berio’s Sequenzas (Ashgate Publishers); a chapter on polyrhythm in jazz in Concert Music, Rock and Jazz Since 1945 (University of Rochester Press); and an article on Schwantner’s music for Perspectives of New Music. Folio’s compositions are recorded on many CD’s, including a 2014 release, Inverno Azul, featuring nine of her compositions (BCM+D label); a 2007 release by the Relâche Ensemble, Press Play (Meyer Music LLC); and a 2006 release of Flute Loops: Chamber Music for Flute (Centaur Records), featuring eight of her compositions. She also recorded a jazz flute CD, Portfolio (Centaur Records), which includes four original compositions.
American Prize
Recordings
INVERNO AZUL:
Chamber Music for flute
http://www.centaurrecords.com
(Click on "Flute")
includes nine of my compositions, all of which incorporate the flute (BCM+D)
FLUTE LOOPS:
Chamber Music by Cynthia Folio
http://www.centaurrecords.com (Click on "Flute")
includes eight of my compositions
cover design by Jude Rouslin
Centaur Records (CRC 2777)
PORTFOLIO
jazz CD (Folio, flute; Steve Larson, piano; Ed Wise, bass; Harrell Bosarge, drums)
includes four original compositions
Centaur Records (available only as download)
Click here to download
PRESS PLAY by the Relache Ensemble
http://www.meyer-media.com/
includes my composition,
When the Spirit Catches You . . .
Meyer Media, LLC (MM06004)
Listen to (and watch) the multimedia version, performed at the American Epilepsy Society Conference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed33frlomKc&list=FLF7NG3fLf4j8KXlejwHKm5w
STARTLING STORIES
performed by The Sylvan Winds
includes my wind quintet, Seven Aphorisms
North/South Recordings (N/S R 1060)
COLORS: works for solo flute by American composers
Kristen Stoner, flute
includes my composition,
Arca Sacra for flute solo
POINTS OF ENTRY: THE LAURELS PROJECT
Nina Assimakopoulos, flute
includes my composition,
Arca Sacra for flute solo
Albany Records (CPS 8759)
SOLO FRENCH AND AMERICAN FLUTE WORKS
includes my composition,
Arca Sacra for flute solo
Centaur Records (CRC 2759)
ROBERT MORRIS AT 70
includes my composition, Lilacs! for flute solo, performed by Folio
Curated By Benjamin Boretz
Perspectives of New Music Vol 52, No.2
Produced for Open Space 2014
AMERICAN KALEIDOSCOPE
includes my composition,
Developing Hues for flute and bass clarinet
Emeritus Records 20102
SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, INC. --"CONTRA-PUNCTUS"
includes my composition,
Developing Hues for flute and bass clarinet (Folio, flute; Larry Thompson, bass clarinet)
Capstone Records (CPS 8615)
After 42 years of full-time teaching (music theory, composition, and both classical and jazz flute) :
— 10 years at Texas Christian University, while performing part-time in the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra
—32 years at Temple University, and also serving as chair for 8 years of that time
I’m contemplating the future…
I
will now have more time to compose, perform, lecture, teach, and explore my hobbies, including Tang Soo Do Karate (along with my special-needs daughter, both of us competing as 2nd-degree black belts). I am also working on a memoir. That will take some time!
Photo by Chris Kendig
compositions
I. Quotes from Reviews
Flute Loops (the CD)
"Flute Loops is a 77-minute excursion into Folio's creativity over a period of nearly 30 years. Each of the eight works on this CD has its own personality... If there is, however, a thread that connects these pieces together, it is Folio's craftsmanship, which skillfully interlaces tonal and linear textures into a whole that seems logical, and almost inevitable. Every work on this recording has an individuality that provides and intriguing view into the mind of this fine composer."
"This CD is extremely well presented–varied works and exceptional performances. For flutists looking for new, challenging, and creative music in widely diverse styles that are very personal and also accessible, this is a 'must' recording."
(Brooks de Wetter-Smith, Flutist Quarterly, 2006)
Z3 for 2 flutes and piano
"Folio's Z3 was an energetic and fascinating three-movement work..."
(Caitlin Flood, IAWM Jounal, 2010)
A Matter of Honor: A Portrait of Alexander Hamilton
"In effect, Folio created her own viable form—more theatrical than Aaron Copland's piece for recitation and orchestra, A Lincoln Portrait—with consistently inspired music, coming together in a psychological mosaic of late-in-life Hamilton."
(David Patrick Stearns, Philadelphia Inquirer, 2005)
When the Spirit Catches You . . .
"[Cynthia Folio] produces consistently high-quality works."
"Folio writes music that is appropriately disturbing . . . with a haze of colorful, often-melodic meanderings . . ."
"The piece is imaginatively scored -- using steel drums in a non-Caribbean context, for instance—and ends with an eerie touch of a dozen music boxes winding down as the instrumentalists wander off stage."
(Peter Dobrin, Philadelphia Inquirer, 2004)
Through Window's Lattices
" . . . a variegated and engrossing work."
(Samuel L. Singer, Main Line Times, 1998)
Trio for flute, cello, and piano
" . . . confident and musical in expressing ideas of great substance . . . kept interest high with its atmospheric, driving and completely unpredictable nature."
(Peter Dobrin, Philadelphia Inquirer, 1994)
"Folio's Trio for flute, cello, and piano should become a standard work for that combination, alongside the Weber and Martinu trios. It is lyrical, yet has a wonderful rhythmic life of its own that reminds one at times of the energy of the Martinu trio."
(Brooks de Wetter-Smith, Flutist Quarterly, 2006)
Developing Hues
". . . a very striking piece, delightful for both player and listener."
(The Clarinet, 1995)
"Folio's three-movement piece for flute and bass clarinet was the most cheerful and, perhaps, the least self-conscious work on the program. . . . it developed a couple of simple structural devices into a delightful romp."
(Joan Reinthaler, Washington Post, 1990)
One for Four
". . . intriguing and enjoyable."
(Peggy Vagts, The Flutist Quarterly, 1990)
Sun Dagger
". . . an intense six-minute vision of heat and history."
(Wayne Lee Gay, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1990)
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II. Large Ensembles
Lydia’s Giving (for choir, instrumental ensemble, narrator, soprano solo, and dancer), 2021
—Commissioned by the Women’s Sacred Music Project and dedicated to Lisa Neufeld Thomas, Founder and President Emeritus of the WSMP, and who had the idea of creating a piece for ensemble and dancer on the topic of Lydia from the New Testament. Text by Susan Albertine, choreography by Kun-Yang Lin. Premiered at the Daylesford Abbey November 7, 2021: Grace Stern (dancer) Diane Rotwitt (narrator), Cara Latham (sop solo), David Brown (conductor).
Between Angels (for flute choir), 2019
REVISED in 2023
—Commissioned by ZAWA! (flute duo) for the celebration of Angeleita Floyd’s retirement. Premiered at the University of Northern Iowa May 4, 2019.
Pentaprism (for string orchestra), 2015
—Commissioned and Premiered by James Freeman and Chamber Orchestra, FIRST EDITIONS (COFE)Premiered by COFE February 21, 2016 at Swarthmore College and February 26, 2016 at Haverford College.
SOON TO APPEAR on a Centaur Records CD!
Winds for Change (Concerto for two flutes, string orchestra, percussionist, and video, with live electronic manipulation of the flutes), 2014
—Commissioned by the ZAWA! flute duo (Claudia Anderson and Jill Felber, flutes). Premiered November 15, 2014 at Grinnell College, Iowa by ZAWA! and the Grinnell College Orchestra, directed by Eric McIntyre.Video is by Jude Rouslin (supported by a Subito grant from the Philadelphia chapter of the American Composers Forum)Computer programming of electronic sound manipulation is by Aleck Brinkman. The piece can also be performed in a version for string quintet and percussion.The topic of the piece is climate change.
We The Poets (SSAA choir and small percussion instruments), 2012
—Commissioned and premiered by the Anna Crusis Women's ChoirThe poems were chosen from the We The Poets Project"Harmony" was premiered June 2, 2012 and will be performed on the GALA convention in Denver; the others will be premiered soonIn four movements:
I. She Sang Hope
II. Harmony
III. Recipe for Poetry
IV. We are the DancersVoyage: I Too Can Sing a Dream (three choirs, four percussionists and piano), 2009
Commissioned by The Mendelssohn Club, The Gay Men's Chorus, and the Anna Crusis Women's ChoirEvent was part of the Equality Forum.
A Matter of Honor: A Portrait of Alexander Hamilton (orchestra and narrator) 2007
Originally commissioned as a chamber music piece by Astral Artistic Services, with a grant from the Presser Foundation 2007
The orchestrated version was supported by a summer research grant from Temple University.In Four Movements (20+ min.):
I. Publius
II. An Odd Destiny
III. Why, Soldiers, Why?
IV. A Happy ImmortalityPremiered by the Temple University Symphony Orchestra, with William Stone as narrator and Luis Biava as conductor, Sept. 30, 2007 at Centennial Hall at Haverford College.Music Box (for SATB choir, doubling on music boxes, and piano), 2005
Poetry by Susan Albertine; Commissioned by Alan Harler for the Temple University Concert ChoirWith funds from Laura H. Carnell ProfessorshipPremiered by the Temple University Concert Choir, directed by Alan Harler; Hildegard Publishing Company
Listen to Mendelssohn Club rehearsal here.When the Spirit Catches You… (for flute, alto sax, bassoon, viola, bass, percussion, piano, with video and voice-overs by my daughter, Lydia Thompson) 2004
Commissioned by the Relache Ensemble and premiered at the Prince Theater in 2004. The piece is about what it feels like to have a seizure, with artwork by people with epilepsy (Jude Rouslin, Patricia Bernard, Betsy Zukin, and Vincent Buchinsky). View a performance at the Hoyer Keynote Lecture at the American Epilepsy Society 2011 conference, with a keynote address by Stephen Schachter and a live performance by the Relache Ensemble: Click here to listen.
At the Edge of Great Quiet (for SSAA choir and piano), 1998
Commissioned by SAI Philanthropies, Inc. And Temple University's Delta Mu chapter of SAIWinner in the 1999 New Music Delaware ContestTexts from poetryALASKAwomen: Top of the World (edited by Suzanne Summerville):
Mary Kancewick, "Roads"
Leah Aronow-Brown, "There Were Suddenly Two Stones"
Louise Gallop, "On a Day of White Trees" and "Out of Wind, Out of Sun"
Hildegard Publishing Co. Recorded in Cuba on PARMA recordsThrough Window’s Lattices, 1998
Commissioned by Network for New Music And Hildegard Chamber Players
Hildegard Publishing Co.Living Legacy (for band, organ, and optional heraldic trumpets), 1998
Commissioned and premiered by Girard College to celebrate its 150th anniversary.Pentacle (full orchestra), 1996
Commissioned and premiered by Main Line Symphony Orchestra for its 50th Anniversary Season.
Touch the Angel's Hand (choir, soprano solo, string orchestra & timpani), 1994
Commissioned and premiered by the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia conducted by Alan HarlerText is a letter by Fra Giovanni (c. 1523) about hope in the face of hardshipDedicated to my daughter, Lydia ThompsonAvailable also for choir, soprano solo, and piano or organ. Hildegard Pulishing Co.
Desert Winds (concert band), 1993
Commissioned by Kappa Kappa Psi Band FraternityPremiered by Temple University Collegiate Band. Cimarron Music & Productions
Sun Dagger (chamber orchestra), 1989
Composed at Yaddo Artist Colony
Premiered by Fort Worth Chamber Orchestra.Timepieces (wind ensemble), 1988
Premiered by Texas Christian University Wind EnsembleFour movements, 9 minutesFirst Prize in New Music Delaware Contest 1994Recorded on CD (Mark Records, 2877-MCD) by the Depauw University Band, Craig Pare, directorRecorded on CD (BCM+D Records, ©2011) by the Temple University Wind Symphony, Art Chodoroff, director.
The Elements (flute choir), 1985
Premiered by the flute choir at Texas Christian University, conducted by Folio.
Listen here.
Studying my score to A Matter of Honor with the statue of Alexander Hamilton in the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia. The premiere was at the NCC by Astral Artistic Services.
Cover for Z3 for 2 flutes and piano. Commissioned by ZAWA! (Claudia Anderson and Jill Felber, flutes)
III. Chamber music
Western Winds, Eastern Roots (Trio for flute, clarinet, and piano), 2023
Commissioned by the Tiger Lily Trio (Eileen Grycky, Christopher Nichols, and Christine Delbeau)
With support, in part, by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts
Premiered at the Clarinet Fest in Denver (2023) and the National Flute Association Convention in Phoenix (2023) by the Tiger Lily Trio
Love in the Midst (cycle of five songs for soprano and piano), 2023
Poetry by Susan Albertine:
Ocean City: Childhood
Love in a Mist: Midlife 1
Hot Flash
Pruning: Midlife 2
Brush: Age
Dedicated to Lisa Willson DeNolfo; premiered by Lisa (soprano) and Michal Schmidt (piano) Nov. 29 at Rock Hall, Temple University
Musical Vistas (for flute and guitar), 2022
Commissioned by the Eastman School of Music for its Centennial Celebration
Premiered by Bonita Boyd and Nicholas Goluses in Kilbourn Hall Mar. 19 at Eastman
between the road and railroad track (for violin solo), 2017
Commissioned by Network for New Music
In coordination with the Marvin Puryear Exhibit at the Print Center in Philadelphis
Premiered by Hirono Oka Nov. 12 at the Print Center
Café au Triolet (for flute, violin, and harpsichord), 2016
Commissioned by Beryl and Murray Zankel for Ensemble Triolet
Premiered August 13, 2016 at the National Flute Association Convention in San Diego, by Ensemble Triolet (Wendy Stern, flute; Shelby Yamin, violin; Joyce Lindorff, harpsichord).
Two movements: I. Caramel Macchiato and II. Café do Brazil
Mad Dog Raga (an improvisatory composition for chamber jazz ensemble), 2015
Premiered October 2, 2015 at Theater Horizon, directed by Elijah Thomas.
Program was called "East Meets West"
Performers were Elijah J. Thomas, flute & alto sax; Cynthia Folio, flutes; Elliott Levin, flute & tenor sax; Kristal Pacific, soprano; James Collins, piano; Max Kraus, double bass; and Ben Singer, drums.
Playing in the Pocket (a pocket concerto for flute, with clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion), 2015
Premiered April 27, 2015 by the Temple University New Music Ensemble, directed by Jan Krzywicki and featuring Christopher Schelb, flute.
Lilacs! (for solo flute), 2014
Invited composition for a CD, Robert Morris at 70
Performed on CD by Cynthia Folio
Fiddle Fest (for Scottish fiddle and string quartet), 2014
Commissioned and premiered August 16, 2014) by Hanneke Cassel (fiddler) and the resident quartet at the Newburyport Chamber Music Festival; David Yang, artistic director.
Quintlexia (for 5 flutes: piccolo, 2 C flutes, alto, bass), 2013
Commissioned and premiered (November 23, 2013) by members of the Oklahoma Flute Society, at the Oklahoma Flute Fair in Norman, OK.
Philadelphia Portraits: A Spiritual Journey (piccolo and piano), 2011
Commissioned and premiered (August 13, 2011) by Lois Herbine, flute and Matthew Bengtson, piano, at the National Flute Association Convention in Charlotte, NC.
Movements: I. Vincent Persichetti II. John Coltrane III. Marian Anderson IV. Benjamin Franklin V. Betsy Ross
Supported, in part, by the American Composer's Forum (ACF) Composer's Assistance Program (CAP) grant; a Subito Grant from the Philadelphia Chapter
of the American Composer's Forum (ACF), and a Dean's Grant from Temple UniversityFinalist in the National Flute Association's Newly-Published Music Competition, 2012
Click here to listen to Lois Herbine perform Marian Anderson.
Sonata for flute and piano, 2011
Commissioned and premiered (March 12, 2011) by Julie Hobbs, flute and Michael Keller, piano
Supported by a faculty research grant from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
Winner in the National Flute Association Newly Published Music Competition 2012
Click here to listen to Folio & Yiming Zhang perform the Sonata.
"Iconic Inversions" (flute, clarinet, cello, and piano), 2010
Commissioned and premiered by Network for New Music
One of 25 variations on the Diabelli Theme (by 25 different composers)
Entire set of variations is available from Theodore Presser Music
Elegy (2 flutes and piano; also arranged for flute choir), 2010; Click here to listen.
Z3: I. Zephyr; II. Zenith; III. Zawa! (two flutes and piano), 2008
Cover design (pictured at the left) by Jude Rouslin
Commissioned by the PA Music Teachers Association
Dedicated to ZAWA! (Claudia Anderson & Jill Felber)
Premiered November 9, 2008, at Temple University by ZAWA! and Charles Abramovic on piano
Portfolio Publications
Two Songs on Poems by Stephen Dunn for soprano (doubling on triangle), flute, viola, 2003; Commissioned by Network for New Music
1. The House Was Quiet
2. Circular
Seven Aphorisms for Woodwind Quintet, 2001; commissioned by Pi Kappa Lambda and premiered at their convention in 2001
Good things, when short, are twice as good; Listen here.
All rising to a great place is by a winding stair; Listen here.
Hope is a waking dream; Listen here.
A man with a watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never sure; Listen here.
Plain clarity is better than ornate obscurity; Listen here.
You can straighten a worm, but the crook is in him and only waiting; Listen here.
What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone? Listen here.
Flute Loops for 6 flutes (3 fl; 3 alto fl) and piano, 2001
Commissioned by Lori Benson
Premiered at the California Flute Camp, 2001
Four ‘Scapes for flute quartet (fl/picc, fl, fl/alto, fl fl/bass fl), 1998
Commissioned by the Kirkwood Flute Ensemble
Arca Sacra for solo flute, 1997
Commissioned by the National Flute Association for their High School Solo Contest
Published by Hildegard Publishing Co.
Trio for flute, cello, and piano, 1994
Premiered by and Recorded by Folio on flute, Jeffrey Solow on cello, and Charles Abramovic at the piano (on Fluteloops CD).
Developing Hues, for flute and bass clarinet, 1989;
Composed at Yaddo Artist Colony
Premiered and recorded by Folio on flute and Larry Thompson on bass clarinet.
Music Theory Publications
(2019) “Incorporating Improvisation in a Theory Class on Contemporary Music,” Routledge Companion to Music Theory Pedagogy, ed. by Leigh VanHandel (Routledge Press): 475–80.
(2019) “When the Spirit Catches You,” Visions: Inspirational Journeys of Epilepsy Advocates (Oxford University Press): 328–35.
(2018) “The Young Women Composers Camp: Amplifying the Voices of Young Women,” International Alliance for Women in Music Journal: Vol. 4/2: 21–22.
(2015) Authored liner notes for CD, Looking Back: Flute Music of Joseph Schwantner, featuring flutist Jennie Oh Brown (innova 919).
(2014) “Crossing Over: Collaborations and Intersections” International Alliance for Women in Music Journal: Vol. 20/1: 1–5.
(2011) “Dexter Gordon’s Ultimate ‘Body and Soul’,” co-authored with Aleck Brinkman, Five Perspecives on "Body and Soul": Proceedings of the International conference on music performance and analysis, ed. by Claudia Emmenegger and Olivier Senn. Download a pdf
(2011) "Joseph Schwantner's Looking Back: An Analysis in Relation to his Other Flute Works and his Chicago Experience" Flutist Quarterly: 32–37. Download a pdf
(2010) "Blackboard and Wikis and Blogs, Oh My: Collaborative Learning Tools for Enriching Music History and Music Theory Courses," with primary author Steven Kreinberg, College Music Symposium, vol. 49–50: 164–175. Download a pdf
(2009) “Looking Back: Joseph Schwantner’s Chicago Connection and a Look at His Recent Flute Works,” Pipeline, Vol. XIII, Issue 1: 6–10. Download a pdf
(2008) "Report on the 2008 Mannes Institute for Advanced Studies in Music Theory: Jazz Meets Pop" (co-authored with Henry Martin, Steve Larson, Lori Burns, John Covach, and Walter Everett), Music Theory Online 14/3: mto article
(2008) "Rhythm and Timing in the Two Versions of Sequenza I for Flute Solo: Psychological and Musical Differences in Performance" (co-authored with Aleck Brinkman) as a chapter in a book, Berio's Sequenzas, ed. by Janet Halfyard, with a forward by David Osmand Smith (Ashgate Academic Publishers, 2008). http://theory.music.temple.edu/~cindy/Courses/Theory.I/Berio.proof.pdf
Link to book information: http://www.sequenza.me.uk/html/berio_s_sequenzas.html
(2006) "Billie Holiday's Art of Paraphrase: A Study in Consistency," co-authored with Robert W. Weisberg, Temple University Dept. of Psychology, chapter in book, New Musicology (part of a series called Interdisciplinary Studies in Musicology ). Poznan Poland: Poznan Press: 247–75. http://theory.music.temple.edu/~cindy/Courses/Theory.I/holiday.article.pdf
(2004) "Toward a Cognitive Analysis of Musical Creativity in Jazz Improvisation," co-authored with Robert W. Weisberg, Aleck Brinkman, Temple University Dept. of Music Theory, and graduate students in the Dept. of Psychology; published in Italian in Rivista di analisi e Teoria Musicale , X/2: 35–57. http://theory.music.temple.edu/~cindy/Courses/Theory.I/Parker.article.pdf (Italian); http://theory.music.temple.edu/~cindy/Courses/Theory.I/ParkerFeb7.doc (English).
(1998) "The Great Symphonic Theme: Multiple Takes on Stella's Theme," in Annual Review of Jazz Studies (vol. 9); ed. by Henry Martin, with a response by Allen Forte.
(1997) Review of The Music of George Gershwin by Steven Gilbert, Journal of Music Theory 41/2: 319–29.
(1997) Reviews for the IAWM Journal: Report: "Women and Music on the World-Wide Web"; reviews of two CD's of music by Shulamit Ran (Spring 1997); reviews of Ann LaBerge CD and of a concert by Orchestra 2001 (Fall 1997).
(1996) "Writing for the Flute," Penn Sounds 8/1: 4–13.
(1996) Review of two books by George Perle: The Right Notes and Style and Idea in the Lyric Suite of Alban Berg, for Penn Sounds 8/2.
(1995–6) "Luciano Berio's revision of Sequenza for Flute: A New Look and New Sound?" The Flutist Quarterly, vol. 21/2: 43–50.
(1995) "An Analysis of Polyrhythm in Selected Improvised Jazz Solos," in Concert Music, Rock, and Jazz Since 1945: Essays and Analytical Studies, ed. by Elizabeth West Marvin and Richard Hermann. University of Rochester Press: 103-34.
(1993) "Analysis and Performance: A Study in Contrasts," Integral 7: 1–37.
(1992) Review of Ear Training for Twentieth Century Music by Michael Friedmann, Journal of Music Theory 36/2.
(1991) "Analysis and Performance of the Flute Sonatas of J.S. Bach: A Sample Lesson Plan," Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy 5/2: 133–60.
(1991) Review of Musical Structure and Performance by Wallace Berry (with primary author, Steve Larson), Journal of Music Theory 35: 298–309.
(1990) "A Performance Analysis of Berio's Sequenza for Flute," The Flutist Quarterly, vol. 15/4: 18–21.
(1989) "A Lesson on Jazz Flute: Eddie Daniels' Solo on 'Emily'," The Flutist Quarterly, vol. 15/1: 36–39.
(1989) "Unity and Pluralism in Selected Works by Joseph Schwantner," Ex tempore, vol. V/1: 77–86.
(1985) "The Synthesis of Traditional and Contemporary Practices in Joseph Schwantner's Sparrows," Perspectives of New Music 24/1: 184–96.
Lydia Thompson: Painting. RIVER OF HEARTS, which appeared on the Epilepsy & Behavior Journal in 2017. Her painting was used as a background for several pages of this website.
Family Pictures
Regional Tang Soo Do Competition at Kalahari, Oct 22, 2022
Lydia and her long-time boyfriend, Jason on their way to the senior prom (2002).
My brother, Les Folio, is a D.O., a retired Colenal (after a distinguished career in the Air Force), radiologist and flight surgeon). He now works at NIH. He and his wife, Jutta Frankfurter, live in Bethesda, MD, along with their adorable and talented son, Lucas Skye Folio.
My father, Joseph Folio, passed away in February, 2003, and is buried at the Arlington National Cemetery. He had a distinguished career in the army. My mother passed away in October, 2004 after a long struggle with Alzheimer's disease. The photo above (taken by Aleck Brinkman) shows Lydia and Les following the caisson at my father's funeral.
