Klarinet Archive - Posting 001245.txt from 1997/10

From: denise & charlie <dbroadhu@-----.edu>
Subj: Partial Repost - New Repertoire
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 1997 14:07:42 -0500

I think it is time to re-post the following message, with the
addition of a brand-new piece for High Voice, Bb Clarinet & Piano:
I am a composer who is offering the following (clarinet/sax
related) laser-printed finale scores and parts (with page turns) for what
it costs me to reproduce bound copies and to post them. Please e-mail me
privately with your snail mail address if you are interested in any of the
following (listed in reverse-chronological order):

1. The Far Field (1997) - with a stunning four-part text by the late
American poet Theodore Roethke, this is scored for High Voice, Bb Clarinet
& Piano and is roughly 22 minutes long. The text is about the cyclical
nature of life and death and our own relationship to that cycle, with the
narrator moving through stages from trepidation to acceptance and embrace.
If I may confess, writing this piece took me on an intense personal and
emotional journey. (49 score pages, 12 part pages - $19.00 plus postage
for two scores and clarinet part.)

2. Panta Rei (1997) - a Greek expression for the experience of being in
time, best described by Heraclitus, who said, You can never step into the
same stream twice. Scored for saxophone quartet (SATB), this is a single
movement, 8 minutes long. The piece contains many contrasts with fluid
transitions, ranging from hard-hittting to dance-like to arioso sections.
(18 score pages, 26 part pages - $8.40 plus postage).

3. Concentric Dance (1996) - a 9 minute, single movement wind trio (Flute,
Bb Clarinet, and Bassoon), written in late 1996 for clarinetist Elena
Lence Talley of the ICA and her Mariah Wind Trio, who have performed the
piece in Kansas and Missouri. The piece is jazzy, with a minimalist tinge
to it. (14 score pages, 18 part pages - $7.20 plus postage).

4. Boreas and Zephyrus (1994/rev. 1996) - an 8 minute, single movement
piece for Bb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, and Piano. Written in 1994 as a
piece originally for MIDI Clarinet and Electronics for John Anderson of
the University of Minnesota, I rearranged it in 1996. The new version was
premiered in March at the Chelsea Center on Long Island, by students of
Naomi Drucker. (9 score pages, 7 part pages - $5.60 plus postage.)

5. Jiminez Suite (1993) - an 8 minute, three movement set of vignettes for
Woodwind Quintet, inspired by three poems dealing with memory and remorse
by Juan Ramon Jiminez. Written in 1993, this piece has been performed by
The Emerald Winds (Ohio), the North Woods Quintet (Minnesota), and the
Quintet of the Americas (New York). (16 score pages, 28 part pages - $8.40
plus postage).

6. Poh Ben Suite (1992)- an 8 minute, three movement set of jazz pieces
for Bb Clarinet and Piano. Written in 1992 for Clarinetist Ben Coleman
and Pianist Kee Poh Lim (two of my best friends in college), this suite
was premiered by them at Queens College, and has since been performed in
Minneapolis, NYC, and also by Paolo Ravaglia (whom I met through his
response to a previous post on this list) in Rome. (12 score pages, 5
part pages - $5.70 plus postage.)

Thanks.

Charlie Griffin

Composer / Resident Artist at The Next Stage, NYC.