Synergy forBassoonQuartet 2024
BrianRaphaelNabors Synergy
Notes
SynergywaswrittenfortheFriendsinLowPlacesquartetforsummerpremieresatthe2024InternationalDouble ReedSocietyconferenceandtheInternationalClarinetAssociation'sClarinetFestinDublin,Ireland
Theworkisashowpieceexploringthetimbralcolorsandrhythmicversatilityoftheuniqueinstrumentationof2 BassClarinetsand2Bassoons.
ThisinstrumentationofbassoonquartetisanexcitingeditionspearheadedbyaconsortiumfortheFriendsinLow Placesquartettomaketheworkavailablefor3lowreedinstrumentcombinations:2BassClarinets/2Bassoons, BassClarinetQuartet&BassoonQuartet
Theword'synergy'canbedescribedasdifferentagentsworkingtogethertoproducearesultgreaterthanachieved separatelyThethemeofthisworkistogetherness,withthework'sgroovynatureanddeeplyricismworkingto achieveaveryuniquesonicexperience.
-BrianRaphaelNabors
ConsortiumMembers
AndreaVos-Rochefort
ArizonaQuartet(JeffreyAnderle,JoshuaGardner,StefanieGardner,andSteveHanusofski)
DanaBrink
FriendsinLowPlacesQuartet (AndreaBaker,CatherineConlin,BryceNewcomer,andCarolineSackleh)
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