This set of variations was written for oboist and friend Lindsey Lyrenmann. They were designed to be a launching point for improvisation during the communion portion of the December 21, 2014 services at

Adagio for bassoon and piano by Bernhard Heiden (1910-2000)- German-American composer, faculty at Indiana University. A beautiful edition of this lyrical work taken from Heiden's 1949

For Bassoon and Piano by Alberto Orefici.

Orefici was a student of Jancourt at the Paris Conservatory. He followed his teachers example by composing the well-known Melodic Studies and

For Bassoon and Piano by W. A. Mozart. The Bassoonists Revenge! Tired of hearing clarinetists play K. 191? This is the beautiful second movement of Mozart's final wind concerto, popularized by Meryl Streep

Aeon: A Miniature Suite for Bassoon and Piano was written at the request of my very good friend, Carl Rath, who wanted a piece based on the very evocative wildlife photographs of Montana artist,

Several years ago, my sister told me that she was playing for several church services and was seeking some new pieces for these services. Being one that would almost always take a challenge from my sister,

This is the First Publication of Barthe' s Andantino. Although the holograph score does not indicate a specific solo instrument, it is safe to assume that he had the oboe in mind. Barthe made at least two

A dark love poem set against the backdrop of a gloomy autumn day. This lovely college-level work for solo flute with piano explores the full range of the instrument. It maintains a sense of floating

The Ballade for Bassoon and Piano, Op. 34, was composed for the bassoon studio examinations in 1912. The work is of moderate difficulty, only utilizing the upper range of the instrument to the

Blades of Grass was inspired by the poem Grass by Carl Sandburg (1878-1967):

"Pile the bodies high at Austerliz and Waterloo, Shovel them under and let me work-I am the grass; I cover all.

Cantilene Op. 59 for bassoon and piano by Eugene Jancourt (1815-1901). Jancourt's Cantilene is considered by some to be one of his loveliest works, offering the soloist ample opportunities

Capriccio is an exciting rock influenced (framing a section of my signature lyricism) snapshot for Contrabassoon and piano written as a gift for my friend Lewis Lipnick. Upon hearing that Lew was

Berr's composition utilizes one of the most popular selections from Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), composed in 1816 by Gioachino Rossini. Una voce poco fa (A Voice Echoes in

Cloudless Night paints a beautiful musical picture of the dark night sky decorated by bright stars. The piece features a relatively low register of the flute until the night shifts from peaceful to

The piccolo clarinet in D is the clarinet for which Richard Strauss wrote the main motive of his famous tone poem Till Eulenspiegel, and it also notably appears in the symphonies of Mahler and