Woodwind Duets

Five Arias from "Magnificat" BWV 243 by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) I. Ex Exultavit Spiritus meus II. Quia respexit humilitatem III. Quia fecit mihi magna IV. Deposuit potentes de sede V.

Composer’s Notes:

I have a special friend Jill (a retired French teacher) who bought herself a bassoon with the intent to learn to play. I decided to write a short piece for her. It was so

In 1950 Hovhaness composed Manko, a suite of fourteen pieces for oboe and bassoon. Ten of these are duets, six of which were published as part of the Suite for Oboe and Bassoon in 1968.

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

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

Storytime Suite is loosely based on a traditional dance suite. This piece fuses together modal and folk-like melodies, modem chromaticism, and the playfulness of the bassoon and flute

Sydney Twinn was an English violinist, composer and music educator, best known for his Playing at Sight for Violinists and Others in an Orchestra. He arranged an enormous amount of British music in