For live performance samples of Lois' piccolo with orchestra and chamber orchestra as well as commercially available recordings, visit The NewMusicUSA site and her NewMusicBox article, "Escaping the Nutcracker Suite: Composing for the 21st Century's Piccolo Player".
PICCOLO SOLOS WRITTEN FOR AND PREMIERED BY LOIS HERBINE
Howard Hersh, I Had To Go Down in the Mines to Climb Up to the Sky, for solo piccolo and sixteen accompanying piccolos. Solo artist: Lois Bliss Herbine (Piccolo), sixteen recorded piccolos by Lois Herbine. Published by the composer. Premiere on the Festival of New American Music, Sacramento State University, November 2017.
Daniel Dorff, TWEET for solo piccolo. Artist: Lois Bliss Herbine (Piccolo), published by Theodore Presser Company. Premiered at the National Flute Association Convention, Charlotte, NC, August 13, 2011.
Cynthia Folio, Philadelphia Portraits: A Spiritual Journey for solo piccolo and piano. Artists: Lois Bliss Herbine (Piccolo); Charles Abramovic (Piano), published by Alry Publications. Premiered at the National Flute Association Convention on a concert devoted to Cynthia Folio's music with Matthew Bengtson, piano, Charlotte, NC, August 13, 2011.
Louis Anthony deLise, Song and Dance for piccolo and piano. Artists: Lois Bliss Herbine (Piccolo); Charles Abramovic (Piano), published by the composer. Premiered on Concerts at Carmel "Bliss and Friends" Concert, October 14, 2011.
PICCOLO Concerto commissioned by and WRITTEN FOR LOIS HERBINE
David Finko, Piccolo Concerto, published by Theodore Presser Company. Official premiere week - with the Abington Symphony, November 7, 2008, Abington Presbyterian Church, Abington, PA and with the Kutztown University Orchestra, November 12, 2008, Kutztown, PA.
Joseph Hallman, Piccolo Sonata Artists: Lois Bliss Herbine (Piccolo); Charles Abramovic (Piano), published by the composer. Premiered on Concerts at Carmel "Bliss and Friends" Concert, September 26, 2008.
Allen Krantz, Song of Spring with Little Variations and Fantasies for piccolo and guitar, Op. 22 Artists: Lois Bliss Herbine (Piccolo); Allen Krantz (Guitar), published by Theodore Presser Company. Premiered on Concerts at Carmel flute and guitar recital, November 8, 2002.
PICCOLO SOLOS PREMIERED BY LOIS HERBINE
David Loeb, Preludes for solo piccolo Volume IV (1999). Premiered at the National Flute Association Convention, August 19, 2000.
David Loeb, Sonata Lirica for solo piccolo. Premiered at Concert at Carmel flute and guitar recital with Allen Krantz, September 29, 2000
Lucien Posman, Illuminations for two piccolos and piano. Written for European piccoloist Peter Verheyen. Premiered at the National Flute Association Convention Closing Ceremonies, August 15, 2010.