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For Bassoon, Percussion, and Marimba. By Daniel Baldwin. COMPOSER'S NOTES: In July of 2010, my good friend Carl Rath contacted me and asked that I compose a piece for him, along with a percussion colleague

As a composer, Breczinski has written a number of works that have been performed by such ensembles as WIZARDS! A Double Reed Consort, the Encore Wind Ensemble, and the Sorcerers Double Reed Quartet, at such

What is life for? Wealth? Power? Happiness? Are you really feeling happy with your pursuits? Or would you just go on tirelessly? Do you really feel happy when chasing after those things? And what will you

Composer's Notes: The flute trio is inspired by the singing of the tropical birds on the island of Curacao in the Caribbean, namely the Chuchubi, whose song is most melodious and varied. All fast runs in

Desert Miniatures: Insects was commissioned by Trio Sonora: Robert BeDont, Travis Jones, and Martin VonKlompenberg. The piece reflects on my time living in Tucson, AZ and all of the different types

The first published work for bassoon by a woman dates to 1930: Ruth Crawford Seeger's Diaphonic Suite for bassoon and cello is a chromatic etude in duet form. In Diaphonic, Kyle Hovatter

For Solo Bassoon by William D. Davis. This is a very accessible work including some multiphonics, timbre trills, feathered beaming, and quarter-tones. Clear, easily-understood directions for the

Based on the poem by Pablo Neruda, En Los Bosques is a dialogue between a bassoon and prerecorded audio. The track to En Los Bosques is a mix of personally made recordings. Congos, djembe,

This etude is designed for solid intermediate and advanced students to strengthen the inner thumb and index fingers of each hand. Until the final few measures, no pedal is to be used. In order to keep the

Expression for Flute is an original concert piece for flute and piano written by Jack Normain Kimmell. This masterful piece evokes a feeling of unease with its use of atonality and

Flayed is a composer's equivalent of a free improvisation on a few motives. While the overall structure of the piece is a tidy A-B-A form, the individual phrases are often irregular or elided and

The Native American ghost dance is part of a religious ceremony for the regeneration of the earth and the restoration of the earth's caretakers to their former life. The religion experienced its fullest and

My intention in writing Impressions was to present to both the audience and the performers short and simple character pieces, each leaving very contrasting mental images of people, places, or

The word 'intarsia' is derived from the Latin word interserere which means "to insert." The technique of intarsia inlays sections of wood (at times with contrasting ivory or bone, or mother-of-pearl) within

Journey Toward The Eternal Flame is a work which draws inspiration from Dante's Divine Comedy. It is dedicated to Matthew Ruggiero, a great musician, teacher, friend and the founder of the

For Contrabassoon and String Quartet. The contrabassoon is truly the king of bass instruments. It plays the part of a powerful, jolly, and sometimes inebriated ruler in this regally off-beat piece featuring

For Contrabassoon and Piano. The contrabassoon is truly the king of bass instruments. It plays the part of a powerful, jolly, and sometimes inebriated ruler in this regally off-beat piece featuring the

Kui is a polysemous figure in ancient Chinese mythology named for the legendary musician "Kui" who invented music and dancing and for the one-legged mountain demon or rain-god variously said to resemble a

Though my training as a musician and a composer is firmly rooted in western art music, more specifically within an American collegiate environment, a lot of my inspiration and musical influences come from

Outside my San Francisco apartment window seemingly unrelated sounds fade and pan. Street traffic, fog horns, rain, emergency sirens, pedestrians, freight ships - they all seem to create their own