Details
Year: 2024
Duration: 4'
Instrumentation: clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, violin, and viola, or clarinet ensemble
Premiere: 29 June, 2024, Gheens Recital Hall, Campbellsville University School of Music by Samuel Caudell, Ryan Reynolds, Ethan Surles, Kerri Elizabeth Robinson, and Jeff Leigh, with Nathaniel Hill, conductor
Scherzo Dynamique (2024)
Program Notes
Scherzo Dynamique was written for the MasterWorks Festival's Composition Enrichment program between May and June of 2024. I came up with the unusual instrumentation of clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, violin, and viola based on the instruments that were available to write for in the program. The piece is a conversational and sprightly scherzo in Rondo form (ABACABA), with the C section being a more relaxed trio. There is also a version of this piece for clarinet ensemble.