UNACCOMPANIED SOLO SERIES
In order to give musicians something new to play during this uncertain time in which ensembles are unable to rehearse and perform, I offered in the spring of 2020 to write unaccompanied solos for various instruments/voices as "mini-commissions".
I was absolutely blown away by the response to my project, which ultimately grew to include more than thirty new pieces of music for various instruments!
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Zeemeeuw (solo clarinet), commissioned by Taylor Thompson
glister (solo flute), commissioned by Lizabeth Desmet
Goldbach's Comet (solo horn), commissioned by Kyndra Sisayaket
On Solitary Fields (solo tenor trombone), commissioned by Tyler Thomason
Now (solo piccolo trumpet), commissioned by Michael Barkett
Cantilever (drumset), commissioned by Jarod Estrada
rough panoramas (solo cornet), commissioned by Mason Rorapaugh
breathe. Endlessly (solo viola), commissioned by Emily Stegmuller
Two Impressions (solo cornet/flugelhorn), commissioned by Dr. Jen Oliverio
Hiraeth (solo trumpet), commissioned by Abby Temple
Escape Velocity (solo euphonium), commissioned by Mollie Weber
Sonder (solo tenor horn), commissioned by David Koch
Vellichor (solo trumpet), commissioned by Mikayla Warner
Ataraxia (solo horn), commissioned by Jonah Weber
disPlaced (solo trumpet), commissioned by Finn Gomez
illuminate (soprano saxophone and trumpet/flugelhorn), commissioned by Michiel De Cuyper
Relativity (for solo cornet), commissioned by Oliver Williamson
NEOWISE (voice and electronics), commissioned by Terran Homburg
Saga (solo horn), commissioned by Addison Kotulski
Crumb Structure (solo double bass), commissioned by Dean Mason
Overtone Window (solo oboe), commissioned by Andrew Blanke
Ananke (solo cello), commissioned by David Tomblin
Oneirataxia (solo tenor saxophone), commissioned by Jonathan Hartman
Solipsism (solo trumpet?), commissioned by Riley Hughes
The Path (solo tuba), commissioned by Michael Balangue
TON 618 (solo tuba), commissioned by Robert Mott Jr.
a moment that has already happened (solo flute), commissioned by James Brinkmann
Black Moth (solo bass clarinet), commissioned by Geronimo Melendez
Apeirogon (bass clarinet and electronics)
…this will always be my favorite simulation (solo violin), commissioned by Alastair Legg
Manhattanhenge (solo bass trombone), commissioned by Zachary Litty​