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Whip-poor-will! Spangled with avian antics and musical treasures, this entertaining toe-tapper with lots of independent lines, syncopation, grace notes, sixteenth-note runs, and bird imitations

Nineteenth-Century Austrian composer Franz Schubert (1797-1828) is renowned as one of the great masters of German Lieder, having composed over 600 works in the genre. His Die Forelle ("The Trout"),

Fanfare and Frolic is a mixture of the serious and the not-so-serious.... The fanfare is stately in an A-B-A format with the middle section in contrast, not unlike the trio of a march. The 'Frolic'

Having written four String Quartets in less than a decade, Leshnoff strikes a lighter note with his fifth, titled Four Dances. The four dance movements are: I. Waltz, II. Pavane, III. Chas Tanz,

Four Settings in a Primeval Forest, Written for Saxophone Quartet, Four Settings was composed in the summer of 2017. The music in each of the movements is loosely derived from the titles which

For Two Oboes, English Horn, and Bassoon. By Daniel Baldwin. Composer's Notes: Legend of the Dragonfly is the first of a multi-piece commission from legendary oboist John Dee. I approached John in

From across the misty moor arises a mournful flute solo, a blur of supporting tones, a pause... and a jig! This lively 6/8 folk-like tune of shared flying flute lines, tuneful countermelodies, and drones

This lyrical showcase of perpetual motion is a colorful and energetic addition to the bassoon quartet repertoire. Full of rhythmic interest and dramatic harmonic interplay, this piece truly is a maverick

Here's another catchy Rick Hirsch original for saxophone quartet. It's based on his popular big band chart Mambo Over The Mountain, and has optional ad-lib/notated solos in all parts. Scored for

Proem and Scamper was originally composed for the Charlottesville Horn Club, then transcribed for saxophones. The short 17-measure proem (a fourteenth century term for preface or prelude) is

Nineteenth-Century Czech composer Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) spent the years 1892-1895 as the director of the National Conservatory in New York City. It was during these years that Dvorak composed his

Run was commissioned by the Renegade Bassoon Quartet, and was completed in January 2017. As I received the invitation for this collaboration, I immediately knew that I wanted to give the

Redolent of the work of Dmitri Shostakovich in its musical language, Evgeny Kissin's String Quartet op. 3 comprises four strongly contrasting movements: on the heels of the stately “Adagio