This sculpture (pictured on the cover of this score) depicts two separate figures dancing around each other, weaving their stories together, but never touching. the idea of using terms that are frequently used to describe dance and began to see the curves and lines and unique topography of these sculptures as fluid and moving. The bassoon and the piano become these two dancers, gracefully moving across a stage to tell the story of this beautiful sculpture.

Jenni Brandon (b. 1977) is an award-winning composer, conductor, and mezzo-soprano who enjoys engaging with performers and audiences, often giving talks about the business of music and the art of collaboration. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the Sorel Medallion, the American Prize for Choral Composition, the Women Composers Festival of Hartford International Composition Competition, and the Bassoon Chamber Music Composition Competition. She was the composer in residence for the 2018 inaugural season of the LunART Festival in Madison, Wisconsin, where her chamber and choral music was featured throughout the festival. She also gave talks on the art of collaboration and worked with emerging composers in her workshop “From Page to Stage”.

The United States Coast Guard Band, under the direction of Assistant Director CWO Jeffrey Spenner, performs Jenni Brandon’s "Double Concerto for Oboe and Bassoon with Wind Symphony" on Sunday, March 15, 2020 2:00 PM. The performance is titled Fresh Voices and the location is Leamy Concert Hall, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 15 Mohegan Ave., New London, CT 06320.