Latest News
recording of Timeless Beauty of Frescografia by the Vaughan String Quartet and Penny Sanborn and Antonio Peruch, Accordions will be released in the fall of 2026
recording soon to be released of Earth’s Essential Forests for solo bassoon by Maria Lord-Kniveton
2025 News
fall 2025 premiere of Alberta Habitats and At-Risk Species by the Mill Creek Colliery Brass Band – this piece is commissioned by Mill Creek Colliery Brass Band with support from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.
April 22/24, 2025 Flores’ recording of ‘UNESCO Heritage’ will be played prior to the screening of CPAWS Southern Alberta’s ‘Dry Horizons: Stewarding a Future for Southern Alberta’s Water’ in Canmore (April 22) and Camrose (April 24).
March 28, 2025 Concert video from Zuzana Šimurdová’s CD release concert released to YouTube.
March 22 Radio play of Tatiana Warszynski’s recording of Flores’ piece Horizon for solo violin on Tammy Mortensen’s show ‘Maple Infused Classic Breakfast’ on Big E Radio.
March 18, 2025 Digital Release of Remembrance by Zuzana Šimurdová to all platforms.
March 8, 2025 Tatiana Warszynski’s recording of Flores’ piece Horizon was added to the Canadian Music Centre’s International Women’s Day Playlist on Spotify.
February 16, 2025 Flores’ solo piano piece Remembrance was performed by Zuzana Šimurdová as part of her CD release concert at Knoppers Hall, King’s University in Edmonton Alberta.
January 26, 2025 Flores’ new piece for two accordion and string quartet, Timeless Beauty of Frescografia, was premiered as part of the Instrumental Society’s season by Sir N. Antonio Peruch and Penny Sanborn on accordion, and members of the Vaughan String Quartet as well as local string players Andrea Neumann and Andrea Case. This piece was commissioned by Penny Sanborn and Antonio Peruch with support from the Canada Council for the Arts.
2024 News
September 29, 2024 Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra awarded ‘Community Ensemble of the Year’ at the YYC Music Awards (Flores is member of the 1st violin section)
September 10, 2024 Canadian violinist Tatiana Warszynski recording of Flores’ piece Horizon aired on Jason Fuerst’s program ‘The Rites of Spring’ on CKCU 93.1 FM
July 5, 2024 The recording ‘Courage’ by Valeria Whitney, solo horn was released by Summit Records which includes Flores’ solo horn piece By the Lake
May 26, 2024 Flores’ string quartet Old Strathcona was premiered by the Astralis Quartet at cSpace Marda Loop in Calgary, Alberta.
May 21, 2024 Flores’ arrangements of Jay-Z’s ‘Show Me What You Got’, ‘Encore’, and ‘Run This Town’ were performed by the Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra centre court at the Scotiabank Saddledome, for the Calgary Surge pro basketball season opener for an audience of over twelve thousand.
May 18, 2024 Zuzana Šimurdová premiered Remembrance for solo piano at the Holy Trinity Church in Edmonton, Alberta.
May 13-14, 2024 Kristin Flores was part of the roundtable discussion at the International Graduate Music Conference ‘Confounding Expectations 2024: The Bounds of Time’ at the University of Calgary, Alberta.
January 15, 2024 Flores was the CMC Associate Composer featured at the Canadian Music Centre Composer Speaker Series at the University of Calgary, Alberta. This lecture included live performances of Mental Health by Dr. Jeremy Brown and Aurora sul Lago di Garda by Sora Kim
2023 News
December 1, 2023 Beth Sandvoss from the Land’s End Ensemble performed Flores’ piece In the Mountains for solo cello at Knox Performance Centre in Prince George, British Columbia.
November 4, 2023 Beth Sandvoss from the Land’s End Ensemble performed Flores’ piece In the Mountains for solo cello at Festival Hall in Calgary, Alberta.
June 11, 2023 the Kensington Sinfonia with Debra Fast as soloist premiered Flores’ piece UNESCO Heritage for solo violin and chamber orchestra at St. Stephen’s Anglican Church in Calgary, Alberta.
April 20, 2023 Adelaide Sanchez performed Flores’ pieces An Evening Song and Horizon at her Master of Music recital at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario.
March 8, 2023 Dr. Jeremy Brown premiered Flores’ piece for Digital Saxophone Mental Health at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia.
2022 News
December 18, 2022 violinist Debra Fast performed Aurora sul Lago di Garda at Chiesa dei SS. Jacopo E. Andrea as part of the Festa del Paese di Massarosa, Lucca of Tuscany, Italy.
December 18, 2022 electric violinist Erik Johnson-Scherger performed An Evening Song at the Art House in Ottawa, Ontario.
December 9, 2022 The Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Carlos Foggin released a YouTube video of Flores’ piece The Four Seasons of COVID-19.
October 21, 2022 Solo: New Works for Viola streaming album by Emily Hiemstra was released. This album includes Flores’ piece Over the Himalayas for solo viola.
October 7th and 8th, 2022 The Rocky Mountain Symphony Orchestra premiered Flores’ piece The Four Seasons of COVID-19 in Calgary, Alberta.
September 2, 2022 violinist Debra Fast performed Flores’ piece Aurora sul Lago di Garda at Chiesa dei Santi Simone e Giuda Nodica in the Vecchiano, Pisa region of Tuscany, Italy.
August 15, 2022 violinist Debra Fast premiered Flores’ piece Aurora sul Lago di Garda at Lake Garda in Italy.
May 27th and 28th, 2022 In the Mountains for solo cello was performed by David Macdonald in collaboration of new dance choreography by Denise Vitali and performance by the earthdancers in Sudbury, Ontario.
May 8, 2022 The Laurel Duet premiered Flores’ new piece The Laurel Duet at a concert presented by the Instrumental Society of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta.
March 28, 2022 Canadian violinist Tatiana Warszynski recording of Flores’ piece Horizon aired on John Reid’s program ‘Outside the Lines’ on cjsw 90.0 FM
March 5, 2022 Canadian violinist living in Italy Debra Fast released a YouTube video of Flores’ piece An Evening Song
February 21, 2022 Flores’ piece By the Lake was performed by Emily Whittaker, horn at Allen Recital Hall, DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois.
2021 News
December 4, 2021 violinist Tatiana Warszynski performed Flores’ piece Birds: Soaring, Fluttering and Gliding at Knoppers Hall, King’s University in Edmonton, Alberta.
October 2, 2021 violinist Genevieve Micheletti performed Flores’ piece In the Mountains outdoors at the Haysboro Community Centre presented by Rise Up in Calgary, Alberta.
September 18, 2021 violinist Genevieve Micheletti performed Flores’ piece In the Mountains outdoors in the Sage Hill Community presented by Rise Up in Calgary, Alberta.
August 28, 2021 violinist Debra Fast performed Flores’ piece In the Mountains at Chiesa dei Santi Simone e Giuda Nodica in the Vecchiano, Pisa region of Tuscany, Italy.
July 24, 2021 violinist Maya Rathnavalu premiered Flores’ piece Birds: Soaring, Fluttering and Gliding at the Camrose Railway Museum in Camrose, Alberta
July 3, 2021 Canadian cellist David Macdonald live-streamed Flores’ piece In the Mountains from Sudbury Ontario, which was presented by the Welland Public Library
May 24, 2021 Flores’ piece In the Mountains, recorded by Canadian violinist living in Italy Debra Fast, was broadcast on the CJSW radio program ‘Outside the Lines’ hosted by John Reid
May 21, 2021 Naxos digital release of Tatiana Warszynski’s CD ‘The Shape of Things’ which includes Flores’ piece Horizon
April 30, 2021 Canadian cellist Rachel Mercer live-streamed Flores’ piece In the Mountains from Ottawa Ontario, which was presented by the National Arts Centre Orchestra’s ‘Lunch Break’ series
March 29, 2021 Flores announced as one of the Finalists of Emily Hiemstra’s ‘New Works for Solo Viola Project’
March 28, 2021 Canadian cellist Rachel Mercer live-streamed Flores’ piece In the Mountains which was presented by Hamilton Ontario’s ‘5 at the First’
March 30, 2021 a recording of Yehonatan Berick, violin and Rachel Mercer, cello performing Flores’ piece Release was played at a memoriam Zoom celebration of the musical life of Yehonatan Berick
February 3, 2021 Canadian violinist Tatiana Warszynski recorded a YouTube video of Flores’ piece Horizon to promote her CD ‘In the Shape of Things’ which includes Flores’ piece
January 26, 2021 Canadian violinist living in Italy Debra Fast released a YouTube video of Flores’ piece In the Mountains
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