William Hoshal: News

Some more details about the concert in Henderson on August 7th....one of my favorite musicians, Vince Chafin will be joining me onstage for the concert....Vince and I played with New Mexico musician Randy Granger at the 2008 Zion Flute Festival and had more fun than should be allowed.

....more details to come...

I received word that A RUMOR OF THE SUN has jumped to #8 on the New Age Reporter's top ten CDs for May!

Check it out:
http://newagereporter.com/charts/top100.asp

Thursday, August 7th 2008 at the Henderson Amphitheater

presented by the City of Henderson Department of Culture and Tourism

New performance dates in the Sedona/Jerome area. Check the Calendar page
for details.

There is a new track on the music page and will be available for download for a short time. This is a pre-release version of a song that features a wonderful Double Flute made by Brent Haines. The track is also on Brent's website (check it out on the Links page).

Two very exciting pieces of news:
I will be at the summer NAMM show in Nashville June 20-23 with Woodsounds Flutes....
and...
I'm very honored to be performing a concert and giving a workshop at the 2008 INAFA Convention at the Univ of Wisconsin-Eau Claire in July.

..more details soon

I'm honored to be performing at the 2008 Zion Canyon Flute and Art Festival; Springdale, UT

I'll be playing a special one hour concert on Sunday, June15th.

My good friend Ann Licater and the one and only Michael Graham Allen (Coyote Oldman) will also be performing in the series on Friday and Saturday.

Gene Bates from Whispering Wind Magazine has written a new review of "A RUMOR OF THE SUN."

"One Sky" has been selected as a top five finalist in the Best Song - New Age category for the 2008 Independent Music Awards.

A track from Jenny Oaks Baker's new holiday CD, O HOLY NIGHT is now on the music page.

I was honored to be asked to record this beautiful arrangement with Jenny this past summer.

Thank you Jenny; and thank you David for your exquisite orchestration.

All of the tracks from the A RUMOR OF THE SUN CD are now available on Apple's iTunes

Calling Rain Edition tracks are now available directly from SNOCAP player on my "Buy" page

I've recently opened my new SNOCAP store on our MySpace page: www.myspace.com/callingrainmusic

Solo flute tracks and a couple of Calling Rain edition tracks are available for purchase and download.
Check it out!

We're announcing a new feature: Calling Rain Editions.

These will feature songs and performances previously unreleased or specially produced for these editions. Available in digital download format from www.myspace.com/callingrainmusic

This year I'll be honored to be part of the 2007 Pacific Northwest Flute Quest. Details are on the calendar.

Debut CD "A Rumor of the Sun"

Available in June

Friday June 8th, 2007 -- Zion Canyon Flute Festival Rising Star Showcase

Saturday October 6th, 2007 -- Oklahoma Flute Festival

Selected to perform as part of the Rising Star Showcase at this year's Zion Canyon Flute Festival