November 2009
Commissioned by Christopher Kirkpatrick to write a piece for two clarinets to be premiered at the ClarinetFest in the summer of 2011 in Los Angeles.
Christopher Kirkpatrick is the newly appointed adjunct assistant professor of clarinet at the University of Montana. From 2006-2009 he was the clarinet instructor at Albion College (MI). As an orchestral musician he has held the position of principal clarinet of the Jackson Symphony and has also been a member of the Lansing, Battle Creek, Plymouth, and Midland Symphony Orchestras. Additionally, he has performed with the Detroit Symphony, West Shore Symphony, Brevard Music Center Orchestra, New Mexico Symphony Orchestra and the Santa Fe Symphony. In 2006 Christopher was a performer at the International Clarinet Association Convention in Atlanta, Georgia.