Welcome! I’m a composer, a flutist, and an associate professor of music at Acadia University. If you’re looking for sheet music, scores are available directly from me, or from the Canadian Music Centre. If you have any questions, send me an email.
Derek Charke is a JUNO and ECMA award-winning composer, flutist, and professor at Acadia University. His music encompasses both familiar modal harmonies, melody, and a strong rhythmic pulse in conjunction with modernist techniques: serialism, a fragmented syntax, and the use of extended instrumental techniques. Ecological sound, field recordings, and a long-standing fascination with the Arctic are also important. Commissioned by world renowned musicians including the Kronos Quartet, the St. Lawrence String Quartet, and Symphony Nova Scotia, his music has been performed in high-profile venues including Carnegie Hall and the Walt Disney Concert Hall. As a professional flutist he continues to perform regularly as a new music soloist and improvisor. CURRENT PROJECTS
