I am thrilled to be the lead commissioner of a new work for small double reed ensemble by the wonderful bassoonist and composer Martin Van Klompenberg! From his website:
“This work will be a four-movement piece, about all the diverse ways flight can be achieved in the animal kingdom.
The piece will contain movements about the Texas Unicorn Mantis, a “one horned” mantis which lives in Southern Texas, the Mexican free-tailed bat, who perches in large groups, sometimes as large as a million bats at once, the Monarch butterfly, the itinerant insect, making its annual migration, and the Roadrunner, capable of flight but preferring to escape by ground.
The Extant Flight consortium will contain three tiers: an oboe tier, a bassoon tier, and a mixed double reed tier. (Explanation of the tiers is below.) People who join the Extant Flight consortium will receive a digital copy of their chosen tiered score, an autographed physical copy of their chosen tiered score, recognition in all scores, and exclusive performance rights to the work until January 1, 2027.
The cost to join the consortium is $200 for the full double reed tier. The oboe and bassoon tiers are available for $150. To join, please go to Martin’s Shop page.
Oboe tier: This will involve a fixed score for oboe quartet, along with an alternate English Horn part that can be performed in addition to, or in place of, the fourth oboe part.
Bassoon tier: This will involve a fixed score for bassoon quartet, along with an alternate contrabassoon part that can be performed in addition to, or in place of, the fourth bassoon part.
Double Reed tier: This will involve the open SATB score, along will all oboe and bassoon parts, including Oboes 1-4, Bassoons 1 – 4, English Horn 1 – 2 (These will match the 3rd and 4th parts) and Contrabassoon.”
We hope you’ll be a part of a new work that fills a needed gap in double reed pedagogy!
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