When I started writing this piece I did not follow an extra-musical subject, no story inspired this work. I have simply tried to write a composition that would befit the timbre and expressive of this

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

The Adagio, Op. 30, for Double Wind Quintet was composed in 1897 while Converse was studying with Rhinberger. The choice of instrumentation and key (E-flat major) point to a familiarity with the

By Heinrich Baermann and arranged for Solo Clarinet and Clarinet Choir by K. Tod Kerstetter.

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,

Transcribed by Rebecca Mindock. Nineteenth-Century Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) composed his String Quartet No. 1, op. 11 in February of 1871. Its hauntingly lovely slow

Vogt composed many concertos and fantasies on opera arias for oboe and orchestra, many of which were also published with piano reductions. He also composed a chamber music for his instrument. One of the

The Andante and Gavotte for Four Bassoons was composed in 1940. Although it bears no formal dedication, it is safe to assume that it was written for Van Vactor's close friends, bassoonists George