Flute Quartet Consortium
This piece will be performed at a concert in the International Rose Test Garden in conjunction with the National Flute Association Convention in Portland 2026
Photo of the International Rose Test Garden in Portland, OR
Photo Courtesy of “Friends of the International Rose Test Garden”
Photo of the International Rose Test Garden in Portland, OR
Photo Courtesy of “Friends of the International Rose Test Garden”
Composer: Dianna Link
Primary Commissioner: Christina Jennings
Instrumentation: Flute Quartet
Length: 8-12 minutes
About the Piece:
Portland is affectionately known as the “City of Roses”, but do you know why it is called the “City of Roses”?
It all started in 1905 when Portland hosted the “Lewis & Clark Exposition” which was similar to the world’s fair. In preparation for the event, over 10,000 “Madame Caroline Testout” roses were planted along about 20 miles of Portland's streets. Following the success of the Lewis & Clark Expo, Portland’s mayor started the Portland Rose Festival. The Rose Festival has occurred every year since and celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2015.
Portland’s Rose Society was founded in 1889 by Georgina Burton Pittock and her fellow rose enthusiast friends. In 1917 the Portland Rose Society established the International rose Test Garden as a sanctuary where old heirloom rose varieties could be protected from the bombings from WWI in Europe. The garden even had a rose grown from a cutting of the famed “1000 year” dogwood rose.
Today, the garden primarily serves as a test garden to help develop new rose varieties designed for the home gardener by carefully observing how well the new varieties grow over several seasons.
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10,000 Madame Caroline Testout Roses planted for the Lewis & Clark Expo
Old garden roses sent from Europe for protection during WWI
Cutting from the oldest rose in the world, the Thousand-Year Rose
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Roses that are thriving right now
Gold Metal rose garden winners selected by rose experts because of their stellar performance in the trial gardens
“Portland’s Best Rose” Voted by the public each year during the Rose Festival.
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The Future of Roses
New Varieties being developed and trialed in the International Rose Test Garden.
The next generation of roses are being shaped by the research done at the International Rose Test Garden.
Important Dates
Consortium Open: 3-15-26
Consortium Closed: 7-31-26
Score Delivery: 8-1-26
Consortium Membership Options
$250 Ensemble/Flute Studio Membership
$80 Professional Flutist
$45 Student Flutist
Friend (non- flutist supporter)
Consortium Membership Benefits
Your name listed on the score/parts as a co-commissioner
PDFs of the complete score/parts
Exclusivity to preform the piece for 1 year after it is finished (August 1st 2026-August 1st 2027)
Email updates from the composer during the composition process
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Photo by Brooke Austin
Dianna Link
Composer
Enchanted by the Rocky Mountains, composer Dianna Link writes music driven by narrative and nature. Her music is often influenced by rock, pop, Irish folk music, and storytelling.
Link has collaborated with numerous ensembles including; the Grammy Award winning Akropolis Reed Quintet, Colorado Symphony, Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Ivalas Quartet, and ~ Nois. She is a 2024/25 Bouman fellow with the Kinds of Kings composer collective, and is a featured composer for the 30x30x30 project with SOLI Chamber Ensemble.
When Link is not composing, you can find her hanging out with her tortoise named Shelldon, baking sourdough bread, making homemade pizza, or wandering through wildflower fields in the Rocky Mountains.
Photo courtesy of Christina Jennings
Christina Jennings,
Primary Commissioner
Flutist Christina Jennings relishes an artistic life comprised of sharing music with audiences and students. Jennings is an artist teacher who strives to bring creativity, play and stellar music making into each part of her musical life. As a performing flutist, Jennings enjoys varied musical settings. The winner of several major competitions including the Concert Artists Guild and National Flute Association competitions, she has appeared as concerto soloists with over 50 orchestras. A passionate teacher, Jennings is professor of flute at the University of Colorado Boulder, where her flute studio is one of the most prominent and respected flute studios in the United States. Dedicated to training the whole flutist, her students have gone on to meaningful work in orchestras, schools, nonprofit arts organizations, and careers in medicine, law and climate reform
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Each consortium member is a co-commissioner of the piece and have equal rights to present a “premiere” of the piece. Each consortium member can perform a premiere and list it as such in the program.
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Absolutely! As a non-flutist you can join with the “Friend” membership! :)
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You are welcome to make recordings for personal use or to post on youtube/social media/your website!
Commercial recording rights are not included in this consortium. If you would like to professionally record this piece for release on a CD please contact the composer.
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No, the consortium fee is not refundable. Thank you for understanding.
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Yes! You can play the piece as much as you would like! :)