Dear Colleagues,
The Daniel Baldwin clarinet/bassoon/horn/piano commission project is in full swing. He has described it as follows: "It is based on the life and work of nineteenth-century American landscape painter Frederic Edwin Church; the working title of the piece is "Landscapes". There will be three movements." "The first is entitled "Of Tomorrow's Promise; West Rock, New Haven, 1849." This was one of the paintings that launched his career at the dawn of his great life. The second movement is entitled "Of Pain and Sorrows; Twilight: Mt. Desert Island, Maine, 1865." This was painted shortly after the ending of the civil war and just weeks after the death of both of his children (he lost them both one week apart to diptheria in 1865). As we all know or can imagine, their is no greater pain than the death of a child. Finally, the third movement is entitled "Of Quiet Reflection; Mt. Katahdin from Millinocket Camp, 1895." This is the last painting that has been released by Church. At the twilight of his life, a painter crippled with arthritis, he paints a portrait of a scene he had painted already before, surely reflecting both on his wonderous life and the legacy he would be leaving behind in his works." Daniel expects to have the project done in mid-June. 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 ____________________ Dear Colleagues, I would like to let all of you know of a commissioning project that I am spearheading with composer Daniel Baldwin. This project will commission Daniel to write a new work for clarinet, bassoon, horn, and piano. The work will have 3 movements and be approximately 15 minutes in duration. 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 "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 pieces for clarinet and horn including "Western Serenade for Oboe, Clarinet, and Piano" and "Appalachian Suite for Horn and Piano." These have been performed many times around the world in countries such as Belgium, England, Australia, Japan, China, and Germany. 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 quartet by June 15. You may send the $50 fee now or wait until the piece is completed (payment in advance is preferred, but not a stipulation). Either way, please contact either myself or Daniel to reserve a copy of this new work. Payment can be made by check or money order and should be sent directly to Daniel at the following address: Daniel Baldwin 3501 N. Campus Dr., Apt. B106 Garden City, KS 67846 For more information on Daniel and his music, please visit his website: www.danielbaldwincomposer.net You can hear Daniel's works on the following recordings: "Into the 20th Century," with Jeffrey Powers, horn "Buffalo Ballads," with Heidi Huseman Dewally, oboe and english horn "Double Reed Music of Daniel Baldwin" (releases June 18th) If you are unfamiliar with Daniel's music, you may hear 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 [email protected] or call at 620-805-9555 If interested in this historic commission project, please contact me at [email protected] Richard Ramey Professor of Bassoon University of Arkansas 201 Music Building Fayetteville, AR 72701 USA phone: 479.575.4177 fax: 479.575.5409 http://music.uark.edu/people/faculty/ramey.php http://uark.edu/ua/lyrique/index.htm _______________________________________________ post: [email protected] unsubscribe or set options at https://pegasus.memphis.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
