Note: 2018 Finalist in the NFA’s Newly Published Music competition.

Performance Notes

Alexandre Luigini was a French opera composer, but his best known work was the “Ballet Egyptien” (1875). There were 8 movements that were split into two suites. This arrangement is of the most popular suite.

I arranged this piece so that the melody would flow through all of the flutes, not just Flute 1. The altos, basses and contrabass have numerous sections where they are featured.

The piccolo solos should not be doubled by a flute in any of the movements. In the 3rd movement, you could supplement the flute solo with another flute, if needed, but I don’t recommend doubling Part 1 in general.

-Eileen Walpole

About the Arranger

Eileen Walpole is a product of the Manhattan Beach and Redondo Beach school district’s (near Los Angeles) music programs. Living in the South Bay area of Los Angeles, she’s performed with various community orchestras and bands around the Los Angeles area, including the Beach Cities, Bellflower and Southeast Symphonies. Band experience includes the El Camino College and Palos Verdes Symphonic Bands. Eileen and her husband Tom led their own flute choir for 10 years (beginning as a part of the Greater Los Angeles Flute Society) in the South Bay. In 2005, their flute choir performed in the Society's annual flute festival and at the NFA Convention in San Diego. She also went to the NFA convention in 2017 in San Diego with the Los Angeles Flute Guild’s flute choir under the direction of Janelle Barrera and featuring soloist Sarah Jackson, piccolo with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Eileen currently performs with the Palos Verdes Symphonic Band and the band's flute choir as well as the Los Angeles Flute Guild's Flute Ensemble. When Eileen isn't working as a software engineer or playing her flute, she's scrapbooking her adventures and cooking.

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