Concert and Contest Music for Woodwinds

Colored Stones tells the story of three stones: smoky quartz, lapis lazuli, and tiger's eye. Some cultures and spiritual practices believe these stones have powerful qualities such as the ability

This collection of original duet compositions can be played by two saxophones or two oboes. Written for beginning students, the pieces range from Grade 1 to Grade 3 and cover a variety of different modes in

For Saxophone Ensemble. By Maurice Ravel; arranged by Matthew Morris. Maurice Ravel composed Mother Goose (Ma mere l'oye) as a suite in five movements for piano four hands between 1908-10. In 1911,

The piccolo clarinet in D is the clarinet for which Richard Strauss wrote the main motive of his famous tone poem Till Eulenspiegel, and it also notably appears in the symphonies of Mahler and

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

Dr. Hartley composed the Nocturne for Bass Clarinet and Piano in 1998. The work explores the lyric aspects of this unjustly neglected instrument. He has made the piece performable on all bass

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.

A dark love poem set against the backdrop of a gloomy autumn day. This lovely college-level work for solo flute with piano explores the full range of the instrument. It maintains a sense of floating

Long before there was a Tin Pan Alley, there was the popularity of Parlor Music. This was an entertainment form that had its heyday in the 19th Century. A good portion of the American public had extra money

Prayer originated as an interlude for flute and piano in my choral setting of Psalm 19, Requiem, written in memory of Marie Mountain Clark. She was a friend and former principal

Based on the hymn GOD OF LOVE, this hymn tune adaptation was written for the fantastic flute section during my time teaching at Tabor College. This offering was a featured chamber work on the 2013 spring

Nineteenth-Century Czech composer Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) spent the years 1892-1895 as the director of the National Conservatory in New York City. It was during these years that Dvorak composed his

Written for piccolo virtuoso Christine Erlander Beard, Haven for piccolo and piano was written in response to a difficult time in the performer's life. She expressed that her one escape from her

When you play Elven Forest, try to portray a calm, shadowed woodland. Use a full, controlled tone and very smooth, legato phrasing to create this mood. Even though there are few marked crescendos

Prayer originated as an interlude for flute and piano in my choral setting of Psalm 19, Requiem, written in memory of Marie Mountain Clark. She was a friend and former principal

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,

Kay composed his Suite in B for Oboe and Piano in 1943, finishing the piece at Quonset Point, Rhode Island in July. He withdrew the work, along with several other compositions, in the mid-1950s.

As part of the completion of my doctorate, I was required to write multiple recitals of music which gave me the opportunity to explore numerous different same instrument ensembles. One of these pieces was

Elven Forest portrays a calm, shadowed woodland. It represents a breeze blowing through the trees, wildlife slowly and quietly waking, and rustling leaves that let sunlight filter through to 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

Light through the Darkness is an elementary piece originally written for clarinet and adapted for bassoon. The final entrance of the main theme is an introduction to tenor clef. The piece is

Several of Grundman's chamber music compositions were never published during his lifetime. Among these is the Evening Song for Solo English Horn, published now for the first time. The holograph

Blades of Grass was inspired by the poem Grass by Carl Sandburg (1878-1967):

"Pile the bodies high at Austerliz and Waterloo, Shovel them under and let me work-I am the grass; I cover all.