Discography - Publications - Conference presentations
NEW!!
The Charanga Handbook:
A Flutist's Guide
by Jessica Valiente
available November 2024.
A complete method book for flutists who want to
explore the world of charanga; history, style, performance practice;
how to assemble your own charanga; understand the role of every instrument
in a charanga; fingering charts for the French 5-key flute and the Boehm system flute's 4th octave; technical studies and 29 transcribed recorded solos from
by 9 of charanga's great flutists who made their careers in New York City;
play-along tracks.
Discography - Publications - Conference presentations
Discography
As Executive Producer/Performer:
Los Mas Valientes, Valientazos. 706 Music, 2022
Los Mas Valientes, Los Mas Valientes LIVE! at Makor: A 10th Anniversary Celebration. 706 Music, 2013.
As Producer/Performer:
Los Más Valientes, Titere Fué. Laughing Buddha Records, 2005.
Los Más Valientes, Gira Caribeña/Caribbean Journey, Laughing Buddha Records, 2001.
Los Más Valientes, Los Más Valientes, Laughing Buddha Records, 1999.
As Performer:
Bronx Conexión, Funky Frijoles, Bronx Conexión Music Enterprises, 2024.
Bronx Conexión, Mambo Boulevard, Tortilla Flat Music, 2021.
Rick Faulkner and Crazy Baldhead, Pegao. Crazy Baldhead Productions, 2020.
Bronx Conexión, True Flight. Tortilla Flat Music, 2016.
Jessica Medina, Azul, Self-released, 2007.
Michael Barry, Night Wheel. Laughing Buddha Records, 2006.
Michael Barry, A Classic Christmas. Laughing Buddha Records, 2000.
Rick Faulkner, Waiting for the Rain. Laughing Buddha Records, 1999.
Antonio Ocasio, A Celebration of Life/Una Celebración de Vida. Tribal Winds, 1998,
Thomas Tirino, Ernesto Lecuona:The Complete Piano Music, vol. 4. BMG, 1997.
Publications
The Charanga Handbook: A Flutist's Guide. Harmonia Books and Music, November, 2024.
“The French-Cuban Charanga Flute” The Global Flutes Encyclopedia, The World Flute Society and The National Flute Association, June 2022.
“The 19th-Century French Five-Key Flute and the Modern Boehm-System Flute in Cuban Charanga.” flutejournal.com (June 8, 2016; Updated, April 25, 2022).
“The Travails and Triumphs of Flute Hand Position,” Overtones, February 2022, Vol. 1, pp. 24-34. Kathleen Joyce-Grendahl (ed.), Jessica Valiente, Shawn Renzoh Head, Andra Bohnet, and Joanne Lazzaro.
“In Memoriam: Dave Valentin, 1952 – 2017” The Flutist Quarterly (Summer 2017, Vol. 42, no. 4).
“Jazz Journey,” Pipeline: Newsletter of the Chicago Flute Club (Winter 2017, Vol. XX, Issue 2).
“The Chicago Choro Club” Pipeline: Newsletter of the Chicago Flute Club (Spring 2016, Vol. XIX, Issue 3).
“Review of Cuban Flute Style: Interpretation and Improvisation, by Sue Miller.”
flutejournal.com (April 11, 2016).
Conference Presentations
"Latin Style Improvisation for the Cuban Charanga." New Jersey Flute Society, Flute Fair 2024. Workshop, November, 2024.
"Black Composers of the 18th Century: Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Ignatius Sancho, and New Discoveries." Pre-Concert lecture, Trinity Minis. Trinity Lutheran Church, Staten Island, NY, October 2024.
"The Cuban Charanga and Latin Style Flute Improvisation." World Flute Society, Convention 2024. Performance and workshop, with the Faulkner-Valiente Family, July, 2024.
“An Introduction to Latin Flute Improvisation and Style.” The New Jersey Flute Society, Virtual Lecture Series, January 2024.
“The Life and Music of Frederick the Great.” Highland Park Recorder Society, virtual lecture series on early music, November 2023.
"The Cuban Charanga Flute and Latin Flute-Playing Style" and “Siento una Flauta (I Hear a Flute): An Afternoon of Cuban Charanga.” Lecture-presentation followed by a performance. Word Flute Society Virtual Convention, July 2021.
“Charanga in the United States: History and Future.” Panel presentation in conjunction with flutists Martha Councell-Vargas, Ernesto Fernández, and Art Webb. National Flute Association Convention, August 2017.
“Siento una Flauta: History and Style of the Charanga Flute and its Music in Cuba and Beyond.” World Flute Society Convention, July 2016.
“The Chamber Music of William Grant Still: His Influences and Impact.” Concert-lecture presentation with Cecily Miles (soprano), Richard Faulkner (trombone and bass) and Cary Brown (piano). Music and the Arts: Still Our Only Future (conference on the life and music of William Grant Still). Natchez, Mississippi, November 2009.
