BrianRaphaelNabors
SoulBop forStringQuintet (2023)
SoulBop
Notes
SoulBopforstringquintetwascommissionedbytheChamberMusicSocietyof CentralVirginafortheCramerStringQuartetandcellistJamesWilsonfor CMSCVA's2022-23season.
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