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Baldwin woodwind quintet commmission

Author: bassoonorama
Date: 2012-12-14 02:46

Dear Colleagues,

The Daniel Baldwin woodwind quintet commission project is
in full swing. The work will have 3 to 4 movements and be
approximately 15 minutes in duration. More info about the
program material of the piece will be available soon. The
flavor of the work will be in his typical neo-romantic style
with long lyrical lines and beautiful sonorities comparable
to the music of Barber, Vaughan Williams, or Copland.

Daniel expects to have the project done in February. I have a
number of individuals from around the U.S. and Canada signed on.
However, I'm still in need of additional commissioners to meet
Daniel's commission fee and copying costs.

If you or your group are interested, please let me know and I'll add
you to the list. If you aren't interested but still know someone who
might be, I'd certainly appreciate it if you could forward this message
to as many players as possible. Thanks again for reading this!
I'll put the details of the project below.

--Richard Ramey
Professor of Bassoon
University of Arkansas
479.575.4177

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(initial announcement)

Dear Colleagues,

I would like to let all of you know of a new commissioning project
that I am spearheading with composer Daniel Baldwin. This project
will commission Daniel to write a new work for woodwind quintet.

The work will have 3 to 4 movements and be approximately 15 minutes in
duration. More info about the program material of the piece will be
available soon. The flavor of the work will be in his typical
neo-romantic style with long lyrical lines and beautiful sonorities
comparable to the music of Barber, Vaughan Williams, or Copland.

In the past few years, Daniel has written several major works for
double reeds including the "Legend of the Dragonfly" for double reed
quartet, “River of Light" for bassoon and piano, “Midwest River
Fantasy" for contrabassoon with bassoon choir, “Into the Deep" for
contrabassoon and piano, “Lone Star Trilogy" for contrabassoon, horn,
violin, and marimba,” “Neoteric Suite” for bassoon, horn, and cello,
“Ballade" for bassoon, violin, and piano, “Maverick Fanfare" for
bassoon quartet, "Legend of the Fawn" for 2 bassoons and piano, "The
Rose Chronicles" for oboe, english horn, and bassoon, “Of Flowers and
Thorns" for mezzo-soprano, bassoon, and piano, "Ballade" for bassoon
quartet", "sonata for oboe and piano, and the MENC award-winning "Song
of Praise" for english horn and piano, as well as our very successful
first collaboration, "Landscapes" for clarinet, bassoon, horn, and
piano based on the life and works of landscapes artist Frederick Edwin
Church. He has also written pieces for clarinet and horn including
"Western Serenade" for oboe, clarinet, and piano and "Appalachian
Suite" for horn and piano as well as three flute ensemble works and an
upcoming sonata for bass flute. These have been performed many times
around the world in countries such as Belgium, England, Australia,
Japan, China, and Germany, just to name a few.

With this new project, commissioners will have a chance to be part of
the creation of a major new chamber-music work and be recognized in
the score for their contribution.

The fee to join this project is $50 per commissioner.

All participants would be listed on the title page as contributors
with their affiliation; they also will receive a set of parts and
score. All participants would have a one-year exclusivity agreement
on performances before the piece is made available for the general
public. Participants may share the cost of the commission, but for
each $50 submitted, only one score and set of parts will be sent out.
Be sure to let me know if you are sharing.

Once we get a number of people signed up, Daniel would anticipate
completing the quintet by February, 2013. The exclusivity period for
programming your premiere performance would extend through the spring
semester of 2014.

If you would like to participate, please send the $50 fee now directly
to Daniel (check or money order made out to Daniel Baldwin):

Daniel Baldwin
212 Date Street
Hillsboro, KS 67063

For more information on Daniel and his music, please visit his website:

www.danielbaldwincomposer.net

Or visit youtube to hear a recording of "Landscapes" for clarinet,
bassoon, horn, and piano, click on the link (or search youtube for
"Landscapes by Daniel Baldwin"):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZj8WaL0JDI

You can hear Daniel's works on the following recordings:

"Into the 20th Century", Jeffrey Powers, Horn
"Buffalo Ballads,” Heidi Huseman Dewally, oboe and english horn
"Double Reed Music of Daniel Baldwin"

If you are unfamiliar with Daniel's music, you may hear more
representative works at the following publisher website:

http://stores.imaginemusicpublishing.com/-strse-template/danielbaldwin/Page.bok

If you would like to visit with Daniel, feel free to email him at

daniel@danielbaldwincomposer.net or call at 620-805-9555

If interested in this commission project, please contact me at
bassoonhipster@gmail.com

Richard Ramey
Professor of Bassoon
University of Arkansas
201 Music Building
Fayetteville, AR 72701
USA

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Re: Baldwin woodwind quintet commmission

Author: Bob Phillips
Date: 2012-12-14 16:08

Richard Ramey,

I assume that you know the Eastern Washington University in Cheney, WA has an annual event called BASSOONarama. It is a one-day celebration of all things bassoon under the direction of Professor Lynne Feller-Marshall. It normally draws around 40 players of all proficiency levels.

Bob Phillips

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