Derek Charke is a composer, a flutist and an assistant professor of music at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. His music is circling the globe thanks to commissions from the Kronos Quartet, the Katona Twins and the National Flute Association; performances by such luminary ensembles as the Group for Contemporary Music in New York City and the Xanthos Ensemble in Boston, and current commissions from ensembles such as the St. Lawrence String Quartet and the Winnipeg Symphony O...