Ç Robert Dick is a composer and improviser, who has used his extended Kingma System flute over the last two years. His latest composition, "A Jewel" is about to be published. His recordings include "Potion" and "Orealis". Robert says, "The Kingma System is here to stay, and I plan to continue composing for it." For more information, write to him at this e-mail address: rdick@swissonline.ch

Ç John Fonville is a flute teacher at the University of California in San Diego who plays the Kingma System concert flute, piccolo, alto, and bass flutes. He has commissioned several composers (Hiroyuki Itoh, Ignacio Baca, Eric Lyon, and Pam Madsen) to compose new works for the Kingma System flute. Additionally, he has performed and recorded new works for flute, which the Kingma System flute enhances or makes possible. He has also published a book of quartertone exercises for flute: John Fonville: Quartertone Exercises for Flute; 1995; JonFon Publications. His email address is: jfonville@UCSD.edu

Ç Marion Garver is a performer who has recorded for the Kingma System flute. She owns Kingma System concert, alto, bass, and contrabass flutes. She completed her graduate flute studies with John Fonville at the University of California, San Diego in 1999. Marion currently plays with a few bands in San Diego. You can contact her by email at megarver@pacbell.net. Her website is http://fn2.freenet.edmonton.ab.ca/~resonate.

Ç Jennifer Higdon is a composer who has written for the Kingma System flute. She has a chamber concerto for the instrument, which is about 18 minutes in length, and is written for flute, violin, viola, cello, piano, and percussion. Jennifer can be reached at JEHigdon@aol.com, and she has a website at http://www.flute.net/higdon/.

Ç Anne La Berge has performed and written for the Kingma System. She also has warm-up scales and exercises that will be available. Her repertoire includes the following pieces:

Jay Allen Yim: Escape Velocity 2.1 (1997-98) for Kingma System flute and percussion,
Isabel Mundry: new work (1998) for Kingma System flute and percussion, and
Jan Bas: Bollen Tube (1997) for Kingma System flute.

Information for obtaining copies of this and other music is available at Anne�s we: http://www.annelaberge.com.

Ç Matthias Ziegler is a performer and composer on the Kingma System and other flutes. Go to: http://fluteconnection.net/contfl/ziegler.html for more information about his next CD.