John Fonville
Living in Fire (EIN 014/CD)

"...The music on Living In Fire represents a decade's work. All of the music on this CD is music to which I am profoundly attracted to. Each work appeals to aesthetic and technical concerns very dear to my musical life. As a performer I am drawn to difficult and complex music not for the technical challenges but for the changes in my physical and emotional that the music causes. Music at its best is transformational. We are altered in some meaningful way because of its presence. The works on this CD are certainly transforming to me." -John Fonville

Flutist/composer John Fonville is dedicated to extending the language and technique of the flute. He is a master of all the recent technical developments and an explorer in their use in various musical contexts: microtonal music, improvisation, and new compositions that push the boundaries. He performs on a complete set of quarter tone flutes from bass flute to piccolo and was instrumental in their development. His numerous premiers include composers such as Ben Johnston, Sal Martirano, Joji Yuasa, Roger Reynolds, Hiroyuki Itoh, Paul Koonce and numerous others. He is a member of the TONE ROAD RAMBLERS, the EOLUS QUINTET, and SONOR, the resident contemporary music ensemble at the University of California, where he is a faculty member. Widely recorded, he can be heard on CRI, New World, Neuma, OO Discs, Advance, TR2, Orion, and Opus One.

"....Flutist John Fonville has long impressed me as a new music advocate whose dedication and skills operate as the ideal match. A spectacular virtuosity." Fanfare