My Sonatine for Bassoon Quartet was composed in 2008 and revised in 2012. It was commissioned and premiered by the New England Bassoon Quartet. The work is in three movements in a neo classical in style. In this quartet I attempted to fully explore the textural and timbral aspects of the bassoon as well as all of the emotional possibilities it can produce from humorous, to lyrical, mysterious to aggressive and driving. It is inspired by many different sources from Beethoven to Prokofiev and the blues to modern jazz.
