April’s Music

Experience the elegance and style of April Clayton’s flute with the recordings below. April’s latest recordings may be purchased online through Amazon, Apple, Naxos, and other streaming platforms.

“(April’s) tone is stunning, full of subtle variations that reveal an attention to detail that few achieve…She also plays with dazzling technical proficiency…a rewarding experience, full of beauty and contrast.”

— American Record Guide

Hear April Clayton and composer/pianist Miguel del Aguila play a live radio show from November, 2024. All repertoire from this broadcast will be included in their forthcoming duo CD, Torrential Raindance, to be released August 1, 2025 on the Urtext Digital Classics label.

See and hear April Clayton play Phillip Bimstein’s Half Moon at Checkerboard Mesa, recorded live at a BYU faculty recital on February 5, 2013. Play

From Flute Horizons

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Elegy for Flute

Murray Boren: Elegy for Flute (World Premiere Recording)

Renaissance Concerto: IV. Jouissance

Lukas Foss: Renaissance Concerto: IV. Jouissance

Mozart Concerto-sample

W.A. Mozart: Concerto for Flute in D Major, K. 314: I. Allegro aperto

Flute Concerto: III. Finale

Todd Coleman: Flute Concerto: III. Finale (World Premiere Recording)

From Flute Agréable

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Dutilleux Sonatine

Henri Dutilleux: Sonatine

Bozza: Agrestide

Eugène Bozza: Agrestide

Francaix Sonata_Scherzo-sample

Jean Françaix: Sonata: Scherzo

Lasser Sonata: Poco Allegro-sample

Philip Lasser: Sonata: I. Poco Allegro (World Premiere Recording)