Released February 9, 2024 on New Focus Recordings New York City-based flutist and composer Tessa Brinckman has created a wide landscape of contemporary flute solos and duos, much of it in distant collaboration with acclaimed artists and composers from France, USA, Japan, South Africa, and her native New Zealand (Todd Barton, Norio Fukushi, Andile Khumalo, […]
“East West Continuo, an ensemble of flute and string instruments based in Portland, Oregon, traverse many cultures in Glass Sky, a title taken from a work by flutist-founder, Tessa Brinckman. The six pieces reveal influences from Asia, Africa and Europe, with a leaning towards diverse colors, folk-oriented writing and tone-painting. The repertoire is haunting and attractive, the playing marked by temperament and subtle inflection…” – Donald Rosenburg (Gramophone)
Ensemble Ex Materia’s Iron draws the hand toward it, is another Arpaviva Recordings classical crossover single release (February 2026). The track blends baroque flute and clavichord with prepared turntables, electronics, drones, and percussion, with a special guest appearance by FM Einheit, adding a distinctive edge to the ensemble’s evolving sound. Strotter Inst. […]
Caballito Negro’s EP Songlines …”bring(s) the music to life from the first note played…expertly produced and played… – Flutist Quarterly Fall 2016
“ Brinckman plays with an absolutely gorgeous tone throughout the full range of all the instruments – even the sensuous, breathy contrabass flute, which really doesn’t call for much bel canto and Longshore’s understated virtuosity is percussion poetry at its best” – Joshua Cheek
Some other albums I’ve recorded as a guest artist… AEON – a loving tribute to Aotearoa/New Zealand composer Martin Lodge – released 21 May 2026 “Composer Kenneth Young called his work for his friend Adieu. Composed for solo flute and played with wonderful flexibility by Brinckman, it has a beautiful flowing melodic line with little […]
Music singles available on Bandcamp. Enjoy them as soundtracks, with some videos made by artist friends.
Nominated for a Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Original Music Score, 2014.
“The original score…evokes the sound and feel of China, but the music, so beautifully played…is thrilling and moving in its own right” – Theater Dogs Bay Area Backstage
“Achingly beautiful original music…” – Bay Area Theater Review
South African film producer, Mark Wilby, produced Inner Landscapes (2006), about the artist Helen Martins, her Owl House, and how it inspired musical homages by composer/flutist Tessa Brinckman and composer D’Arcy Reynolds.