ORIGINAL COMPOSITIONS:
Sonata for Oboe and Jazz Piano Trio, for Oboe, Piano, Upright Bass, Jazz Drum Set (Originally "Suite for Oboe and Jazz Piano Trio")
See a recording here.
Bassoon Concerto, for Bassoon and Chamber Orchestra or Symphonic Wind Ensemble (piano reduction also available)
Watch the world premiere on Youtube here:
1. Allegretto
2. Adagio
3. Moderato-Presto
Romance, a concerto for two English horns and chamber orchestra. This concerto is in seven short movements, played without pauses between them. It depicts a life-long romantic relationship, from courtship to fond memories. All relationships evolve, and this piece includes elements of flirtation, cooperation, passion, fun, boisterousness, drama, sadness, community, and quiet reflection, by use of a wide palette of orchestral colors, rhythms, and textures. The beginning depicts courtship, and the end is an elegy. The audience can participate in the
creative process by imagining the nature and events evoked by the parts between those two.
Watch a recording here.
Romance is also available for oboe, English horn, and chamber orchestra. Find it at J.W. Pepper, and find the piano reduction at TrevCo Music.
ARRANGEMENTS:
Antonino Pasculli, "Gran Concerto su Temi dall'Opera 'I vespri Siciliani' di Verdi", for Oboe and Concert Band. This virtuoso tour de force for oboe demands the highest level of facility and concentration by the soloist. This band arrangement provides color and variety to bring the drama of Verdi's original opera to life.
Claude Debussy, "Rapsodie," for English Horn and Symphonic Wind Ensemble. Debussy's original was for alto saxophone and orchestra, and limited the sax part to occasional lyrical passages because of the amateur commissioner of the piece. This arrangement restores all the virtuoso parts to the solo from the orchestra, takes advantage of the wide color palette of the symphonic band, and stays true to Debussy's original orchestration. Duration 12 minutes. Here is a recording.
Claude Debussy, "Rapsodie," for Alto Saxophone and Symphonic Wind Ensemble. This is the same arrangement as the English Horn solo above, but with an Alto Saxophone as soloist.
Jean Françaix, L'Horloge de Flore, for Oboe Solo and Small Wind Ensemble (2 Flutes, 3 Bb Clarinets, Bb Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, 2 Eb Alto Saxophones [1st doubling Soprano], Bb Tenor Saxophone, Eb Baritone Saxophone, Horn in F, Marimba, String Bass). Listen to it here.
Robert Schumann's "Three Romances," Opus 94, for Oboe and Chamber Orchestra. It is recorded here.
Camille Saint-Saëns, Sonata, Opus 166, arranged for Oboe and String Quintet (2 Violins, Viola, Cello, and Contrabass). My recording of it is available here.