Concert and Contest Music for Woodwinds

Already a long-standing rite of passage in the contrabassoon repertoire, Dorff has revisited and adapted In a Deep Funk for solo bass clarinet, for Barbara Haney to premiere at the 2014 ICA

Hall of Ghosts was composed in 2020 during the Covid-19 lockdown period; it was inspired by piccoloist Gudrun Hinze's video for Harberg's Prayer Project filmed in the hauntingly empty Gewandhaus

Jazz luminary Ali Ryerson traces a unique and personal artistic path in this solo work. With an engaging form reminiscent of jazz charts (a dreamy introduction, a catchy, swinging head, and

For solo soprano saxophone. First printing. Commissioned by Christopher Creviston. Includes program and performance notes. Duration: ca. 9'. Score, 11 p.

Hall of Ghosts was composed in 2020 during the Covid lockdown period. Evocative of imagined spirits in an empty concert hall, the music pits dramatic silences, amid searching and plaintive phrases

Paganini’s Caprice No. 24 (originally for violin) is the famous theme and variations on which countless composers have written their own “Paganini Variations.” When Jasmine Choi recorded

Legends of the phoenix are found in stories from ancient Egypt and Greece. While each culture possesses a range of stories encompassing the myth, these tales tend toward similar traits: a sacred bird with

This charming collection includes unaccompanied nocturnes on the traditional Christmas lullabies Cantique de Noel; O Bambino; Silent Night and It Came Upon the Midnight Clear. Each of the

Phrasings and hints of Chinese folksongs, and the dramatic beauty of nature, are often the deep inspiration for Chen Yi's musical worlds, along with the subtle relationship between folk arts and progressive

Since their creation nearly 200 years ago, the beautiful woodcut prints of Hokusai have inspired musicians and visual artists across many cultures. The stylized pre-Impressionist elegance of this Japanese

Legends of the phoenix are found in stories from ancient Egypt and Greece. While each culture possesses a range of stories encompassing the myth, these tales tend toward similar traits: a sacred bird with

Ewazen's A Night in New Orleans is a tour-de-force: a 12 minute work for solo flute which is a once a

Charming and lyrical, Little Surprises is a suite of single-page preludes for piccolo alone, each bearing its own twists and turns. Each movement, or the complete collection, is ideal for recitals

This inspiring 4 1/2-minute solo has drama, beauty, idiomatic flashiness, and an opening theme in minor that comes back in a triumphant major key. The composer has written, "FLIGHT begins slowly, then

For the 2006 conference of the North American Saxophone Alliance, Lias considered five unique characters from Charles Dickens' great novel David Copperfield. Each is presented through a solo

Inspired by her friends' beatboxing and exploration of jazz, flutist Chris Potter joins the fun and brings us along in this introduction to swing rhythm and the basics of beatboxing. Playing off the

Artistic expression always finds a way to be heard, and coping with the 2020 quarantine inspired a great torrent of new outlets for musical performance. For Samuel Adler, this sparked new compositions for