For bassoon quartet. First printing. Written for Eric Varner. Three movement work: Basslets; Moonstruck and Festoons. Duration: ca. 8'. Score, 14 p. and parts.

Two cool oboes and two hip bassoons serving up a mess of laid back blues, all in the Michael Isaacson groove; too funky!

This approximately four-minute piece is designed as a novelty piece, which works well either as an encore piece on a larger program, or as an addition to a regular program of bassoon pieces or mixed

This piece should be played with straight eighth notes throughout and a fun, light feel. There are many chromatic passages to navigate, which should be fun to play at a quick but not too fast tempo. Make

Humoresque was conceived as musical play on many of the stereotypical roles of the bassoon in traditional Western European Art Music. From buoyant, lighthearted melodies to thick, dramatic