Bonita Boyd

"The final aim and reason for all music is the glorification of God and the refreshment of the spirit."
-Johann Sebastian Bach

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Listen to Aquarelles on Spotify. Bonita Boyd · Album · 2020 · 17 songs.

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Listen to Bonita Boyd plays Paganini on Spotify. Niccolò Paganini · Album · 2011 · 24 songs.

Cover Design by Henrik Soderstrom and photo by Kate Lemmon

Cover Design by Henrik Soderstrom and photo by Kate Lemmon

Listen to Quicksilver: Songs & Dances of the Americas on Spotify. Bonita Boyd · Album · 2010 · 17 songs.

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Listen to Chronicles of Discovery on Spotify. Bonita Boyd · Album · 2000 · 13 songs.

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Aquarelles- Bridge #9539 (with Steven Doane, cello; and Barry Snyder, piano)

Bonita Boyd Plays Paganini- Fleur de Son #FDS 57940  (recording premiere)

Milhaud/Adler/Rubbra/Piston/Martinu/Dvorak- Albany #TROY041 
(with Charles Castleman, violin; Barbara Harbach, harpsichord)

Leonard Bernstein: A Jewish Legacy- Naxos 8.559407
Halil (chamber version) with pianist Barry Snyder (recording premiere)

Roberto Sierra, Concerto Premieres- Fleur de Son #57921
Concierto Caribe for Flute and Orchestra (recording premiere)

Eastman Music Series-Albany #TROY236
David Maslanka Duo for Flute and Piano with pianist Robert Spillman (recording premiere)

Chronicles of Discovery- American Music for Flute and Guitar- Albany #TROY379
Boyd/Goluses Duo with guitarist Nocholas Goluses
Roberto Sierra, Cronica del Descubrimiento;  Augusta Reed Thomas, Eclipse Musings; Katherine Hoover, Canyon Echoes

Quicksilver: Songs and Dances of the Americas- Albany #1186
Boyd/Goluses Duo with guitarist Nicholas Goluses and guest soprano Katherine Lewek
Robert Beaser, Mountain Songs;  Astor Piazzola, Histoire do Tango;  David Liptak, Songs of Persephone

Songs of Warren Benson- Gasparo #GSCD-261
Warren Benson, Five Lyrics of Louise Bogan (recording premiere) with mezzo Jan Degaetani

Recordings currently out of press:

Flute Music of Les Six- Stolat

Suite for Flute and Marimba of Alec Wilder- Pantheon CD

William Bolcom- Samuel Adler- Vox #7509   (Adler Flute Concerto)

Miklos Rosza, Solo Sonatas, Op. 39-42- Pantheon CD  (Rosza, Solo Sonata for Flute)

Music for Solo Flute- Spectrum

Henry Brant- Angels and Devils  Centaur CD

Samuel Adler- Solo Sonata for Flute Vox CD

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