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"The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself." – Carl Sagan, Cosmos
 
Soloists and ensemble paint a picture of our galaxy and the great unknown that lies beyond – and where we belong within this vastness of space. Four sections take us through The Spiral Galaxy; Travelling Through the Milky Way; Supermassive Black Hole and The Orion Nebula. This is a shortened version (approx. 8:15) of a work premiered as Double Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon with Wind Symphony, which is also available for programming at approx. 18 minutes.

The Orion Concerto

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This work depicts the journey of friendship, from a spark of light in the dark to the fire of lifelong friendship and collaboration in an ever-changing world. It explores the kind of friendship that connects souls and makes someone your sister or brother despite not being related. (9:00)

Spark

Clarinet Trio

Duration approximately 14 minutes

This three-movement work for Clarinet in B-flat and Piano explores the fascinating ecosystem of fish and plants along the Southern California Coast and expanding down through Baja California Sur, Mexico. From rocks and crevices where animals hide and kelp forests that drift toward the surface, to eelgrass and the sandy ocean floor, this magical world is full of life and colorful fish and animals. "Sea Songs: California Coast" is inspired by the composer's scuba diving adventures in Southern California and Baja California Sur, Mexico. It was commissioned by Dr. Jeremy Reynolds.

I. California Spiny Lobster (Panulirus interruptus)
II. Leopard Shark (Triakis semifasciata)
III. California Moray Eel (Gymnothorax mordax)

Sea Songs: California Coast

Clarinet Solo with Piano

Option to perform as a whole or choose sections for concerts and educational events.
Duration of entire work approximately 24 minutes.

"From Sea to Sky: Stories of Amazing Women" for Oboe, Clarinet in B-flat, and Bassoon celebrates a group of remarkable women who profoundly influenced our world. From the depths of the sea to the expansive skies and beyond, it chronicles the extraordinary contributions of women in science, the arts, and exploration. 

The narration throughout the work is designed to be spoken by members of the trio; however, an additional narrator is certainly an option for performances.

This composition offers flexibility for performances. You can either perform it as written or select specific sections to feature during concerts and educational events. Each section provides the option to continue into the next one or conclude at the end of a section.

This work explores the lives of the following women:

1. Jeanne Villepreux-Power(1794-1871), the inventor of the Aquarium and a leading researcher in cephalopods.
2. Anna May Wong(1905-1961)  the first Chinese American film star in Hollywood who was a champion for Asian Americans in film and television.
3. The mother-daughter duo of Marie(1867-1934) and Irene Curie(1897-1956) who both won Nobel Prizes for their work in radioactivity.
4. Bessie Coleman(1892-1926)  the first African American woman and Native American Woman to hold a pilot's license.
5. Sally Ride(1951-2012)  First American woman to fly in space.
6. Nicole Aunapu Mann(1977- )  first Native American woman in space.

From Sea to Sky: Stories of Amazing Women

Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon Trio

Love Songs for oboe and soprano: This multi-movement work uses text of Native American women as she sings to her child and tells her story  from falling in love, to working the land, and the pain of loss. A dramatic work that allows both soprano and oboe to paint a picture of a woman's journey through life.

Love Songs

Mixed Duet

Cumulonimbus: The King of Clouds: Single movement work that tells the story of the King of Clouds, the massive cumulonimbus, from a coming storm to  unleashing its fury.

Cumulonimbus: The King of Clouds

Great Sand Dunes tells the story of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado. Boasting the largest sand dunes in North America, this diverse landscape is portrayed by the colors and timbres of the flute and marimba. This work is in one movement with sections:
 
I. Star Dune - Main Dune Mass: The largest dune in the park, the Star Dune is grand and holds ancient secrets of a landscape changed by wind and water. You'll hear the "jet whistle" effect in the flute representing the wind blowing across the dunes. There's a section here called "Bounce and Splash - the whole dune moves" as wind and water constantly shift the shape and topography of this monolithic dune. As the dunes "slip" or sand begins to slide and move in large quantities, there is a loud booming noise, or what sounds like the dunes singing, represented by a low rumbling pitch in the marimba, and harmonics in the flute.
 
II. Sabkha: Salt Flat - Star Dune gives way into this solo movement for the flute. More techniques including the jet whistle, key clicks, and whisper tones represent the ghostly and empty white salt plain where sand becomes cemented together. Unique creatures such as shore birds and amphibians make their homes here.
 
III. Sand - Truly the sand in the park is its own unique character. Moving, sliding, blowing, and swirling, there is a constant feeling of dancing and metamorphosis, and this movement dances as the grains shift and change.
 
IV. Stream: Surge Flow - this phenomenon is unique to this park and only happens a few other places in the world. During the spring and early summer, water will flow over a smooth creek bed with a fairly seep gradient. Small sand dams form, and when the water backs up behind it, the dam will break and send out waves. In this movement, the water flows and surges through the rolling in the marimba, with the flute joining in to break through the dam and create these waves unique to the park.
 
V. The Great Sand Dunes: A Closed System - our themes of the work return, from dancing grains, to the jet whistle representing the wind across the dunes. The work finishes with Fast! Flying through the air and the closed system of the Great Sand Dunes creates an ever-changing cycle of wind, water, and sand.

Great Sand Dunes

Mixed Duet Flute & Marimba

Wood Song for solo oboe (2019) was inspired by the Sara Teasdale
  (1884-1933) poem of the same name.  It
  tells of the wood thrush bird as well as the poet's honesty of kissing life
  "scars and all".  Listen for
  variations and interpretations on the wood thrush's ethereal and mysterious
  sounds, telling the journey of a soul through poem and music. This work was
  commissioned by Dr. Lindabeth Binkley with a Faculty Research and Creative
  Endeavors Grant from Central Michigan University.  It receives its debut recording on
  Binkley's CD FROM EARTH AND SKY: MUSIC OF JENNI BRANDON.
    
    
    
    Wood Song for was required repertoire for the preliminary round of the 2022
  International Double Reed Society Norma Hooks Young Artist Competition for
  Oboe.
    
    
    
    Duration approximately 7:10

Wood Song

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Based on texts by Kris Radish, this set of three songs for treble choirs focuses on letting go of fears and being true to yourself. The set includes: 1. The Dark Line; 2. Morning Prayer; 3. Dancing Naked on the Edge of Dawn. The work was commissioned by Sistrum, a women's choir in Lansing, Michigan.

Dancing Naked at the Edge of Dawn

SSAA Octavo Movements 1-3

For 3 B-flat Clarinets, 2 Bass Clarinets, Contrabass Clarinet

Commissioned by Dr. Amanda Morrison and the Slippery Rock University Clarinet Choir for premiere in 2024, "Gather at The Rock" draws its name from a combination of research and discussion with Dr. Morrison. During our conversation, she shared details about a sculpture affectionately known on campus as "The Squiggle." Located in front of Swope Recital Hall on campus, this artwork not only embodies the spirit of Slippery Rock but has come to represent community, collaboration, and inclusivity, values that resonate not only on Slippery Rock's campus but also on campuses throughout America. The inclusive atmosphere provides individuals with the opportunity to explore their identities and contribute to the creation of a world where ideas are actively pursued.

Gather at The Rock

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"Fin de la Tierra: Land's End" for Clarinet and Piano is the reduction of "Fin de la Tierra: Land's End"  Concerto for Clarinet in B-flat with Chamber Orchestra.

At the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, in the state of Baja California Sur in Mexico is the famous "El Arco" (the Arch). The granite rock formations not only mark the most southwestern point of Baja, California, but also serve as a separation between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California) known as "Fin de la Tierra" or Land's End. A study in contrast, this area from El Arco and continuing around the eastern side of Baja into Cabo Pulmo National Park encompasses what Jacques Cousteau once called "the world's aquarium".

In this 19-minute concerto for Clarinet in B-flat and Piano (version with Chamber Orchestra also available), the diverse ecosystem of this area is explored. The clarinet soloist serves as a guide, taking us on a journey through this UNESCO World Heritage site to observe the beauty and diversity of the landscape, the water, the animals that live in and around it, and their symbiotic relationship that requires a delicate balance of conservation and exploration. The piano and the clarinet soloist provide that symbiotic relationship as the ensemble becomes the water, the rock sentries at Land's End, and the many colors of the sea, underwater life, and wind and waves that make up the beauty of this seascape.

The clarinet gives us a view from above and below the water, sometimes with a bird's eye view of the rock formations, then dipping below the surface of the Sea to follow the many colorful fish that make this area their home. Some that appear in this work include Sea Horses, a school of Goat Fish, Trumpetfish, and Long-Spined Porcupinefish.  A special part of this concerto is a solo by the clarinet as it tells the story of the Munk's Devil Ray, or Mobula Ray. Tens of thousands of these rays gather here in April-June, breaching the water like popcorn and making a spectacular show unique to this area. This solo is expanded beyond the concerto version and is available as Mobula Ray).

Beyond the exploration of this beautiful area through the colors of the clarinet and orchestra, this work hopes to bring attention to the importance of conservation of such places in the world that we all may continue to enjoy and protect these areas for generations to come.

The orchestra and piano versions of "Fin de la Tierra: Land's End" was commissioned by lead commissioner Jeremy Reynolds. The Commissioning Consortium Members helped to support the creation of the Clarinet and Piano version as well as Sea Songs: Mobula Ray for solo B-flat Clarinet that expands on the Clarinet Cadenza from both the orchestral and piano versions. All versions are available through jennibrandon.com.

Fin de la Tierra: Land's End

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This 21-minute final movement from "Death Valley Symphony" is a powerful work for advanced ensembles, ideal for collegiate or professional performance. Scored for SATB choir, chamber choir, marimba quartet, percussion ensemble, and piano, it sets the evocative poem The Stars Beyond the Stars by Brandon Krieg against a backdrop of shimmering textures that reflect the majesty of Death Valley's night sky. For chamber choir, SATB choir, marimba quartet, percussion ensemble, and piano.

Death Valley Symphony: Dark Sky

SATB/SATB Choral Score Chamber Choir with Piano Reduction

Stardust for solo E-flat clarinet: 
  this work explores the great American songbook writers of the 20th
  century, paying tribute to Hoagy Carmichael, Rodgers and Hart, Irving Berlin,
  and Harold Arlen.  Commissioned and
  recorded by clarinetist Elizabeth Crawford of Ball State University on her CD
  "Instant Winner" on the Albany Record label
    
    
    
    I. A Love of My Own; II. Into the Blue Sky; III. A Paper Moon; IV. A
  Stardust Melody

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Metamorphosis for two oboes and piano explores the idea of rebirth and growth through trials and tribulations. The work concludes with a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson that brings together the intent of the whole work: "The metamorphosis excites in the beholder an emotion of joy..." In one movement, the sections in the work take the listener on a journey from vulnerability to emerging new in joy. This work receives its world premiere recording on Lindabeth Binkley's CD FROM EARTH SKY: MUSIC OF JENNI BRANDON on the Blue Griffin label which features several of Jenni Brandon's chamber music for oboe.
 
In one movement with sections:
I. Vulnerable 
II. Evolving
III. Transformation 
IV.  Rebirth 
V.  Transfiguration 
VI.  Breaking through the mold 
VII.  Regeneration
VIII.  Emerging  "The metamorphosis excites in the beholder an emotion of joy…"

Metamorphosis

Oboe Duet with Piano

A beautiful a cappella tone poem, set on a text by Amy Lowell, that evokes winds sweeping through the trees, wild joy, and the light of a single bright star piercing through the night. Varying harmonic textures and modern harmonies hallmark this creative original piece.

At Night

SATB Octavo

The Great Sea for 8-part horn choir is inspired by the words of an Eskimo Shamen of the 19th-century. A bold work for horn choir, this work allows the ensemble to shine.  Premiered during the 2016 International Horn Symposium.

The Great Sea

Horn in F Octet

Tide Pools for bassoon and cello: This duet for bassoon and cello tells the story of the tide pools of Southern California, the ebb and flow between high and low tide, and the stories of the creatures that lie in the tide pools.

Tide Pools

Bass Clef Instruments Duet bassoon cello

Stardust for solo E-flat clarinet:  this work explores the great American songbook writers of the 20th century, paying tribute to Hoagy Carmichael, Rodgers and Hart, Irving Berlin, and Harold Arlen.  Commissioned and recorded by clarinettist Elizabeth Crawford of Ball State University.

Soprano Clarinet Solo Unaccompanied

Duration approximately 15:25

Inspired by the poem "Wooden Stone" by Karla Linn Merrifield, this work explores the earth elements of these instruments: wood, metal, and stone. Using the abilities and some extended techniques of the instruments both in range and especially a variety of percussion instruments, the work is at times primoradial in texture and at others beautiful in telling the story of the earth.

Bassoon and Percussion share a set of Wooden windchimes. Bassoon also uses two equal sized rocks to play freely within work.

Percussion: Vibraphone, Marimba, Wooden windchimes, Tom-toms, Surdo

Wooden Stone

Bassoon Duet

Duration approximately 12:30

For Reed Trio (Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon). Inspired by Ojibwe culture and astronomy and reflected against the background of Minnesota's gorgeous lakes and starry skies. Commissioned by Sonora Winds with the support of the Minnesota State Arts Board and the legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund.

Three movements (with haiku written by the composer):

1. Giiwedin Anang (North Star)
Giiwedin Anang
Reflected on glassy lakes
Light to guide us home

2. The Loon
     The night sky sparkles
     A loon captures starry night
     In black and white spots

3. The Call
     Vast skies full of stars
     Gray waters like silk ribbons
     Loons call in the mist

L'Etoile du Nord

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