Product Description
Ive made a performing career out of the
ability to play more than one woodwind instrument. In pits and bands all over
the world multiple woodwind players, or doublers, are often the unsung heroes
of the show. The first one in the pit and the last one out, they bring a
technical knowledge of three, sometimes four or five different instrumental
traditions not to mention an ability to play in any number of musical styles
all in the name of saving the producer a little money. They spend inordinate
amounts of time taking lessons, practicing, and dealing with reeds of all
shapes and sizes. Over the years the doubler has become an indispensable artist
and many top universities and conservatories now offer multiple woodwinds as a
major.
The
Sonata for Multiple Woodwinds and Piano was written for myself and
long time friend, colleague, and collaborator, Mark Evans. Professor Evans is a
marvelously sensitive and powerfully technical pianist and although the piece
is written with myself in mind as the doubler, I owe much of the inspiration to
the twenty-plus years Ive spent making music with Mark. It was my intention to
create a sonata for multiple woodwinds that is not a novelty piece but provides
the doubler with an opportunity to perform a serious work that explores the
expressive and technical boundaries of their instrument(s). By the same token,
the pianist is not an accompanist but an equal partner with the doubler.
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