Love Songs for Soprano and Oboe at Waldorf University in Forest City, Iowa.  Performed by Jessica Saunders-soprano, and Chrystal Gillaspy-oboe.  Love Songs for Soprano and Oboe was commissioned by oboist Aryn Day Sweeney of Ball State University in 2014.  The texts – translations of Native American words – I chose to tell a story of […]

On Holt Avenue for Oboe and Piano with Jason McKinney of Manitou Winds-oboe, and Susan Snyder-piano. On Holt Avenue – for oboe and piano is a fun, light-hearted piece in four movements.  Written for the oboist Jennifer Mitchell, these pieces portray life ‘On Holt Avenue’ in Los Angeles, California as told by the composer.  This work […]

Doctoral Lecture Recital of Jenni Brandon's works, "On Holt Avenue" for oboe and piano, "In the City at Night" for solo English horn, and "The Sequoia Trio" for oboe, clarinet and bassoon.  Mezriq Ramli is a doctoral candidate in Oboe Performance at Texas Tech University.  He will be presenting and performing these three works during a lecture […]

The West coast premiere of This Perfect Beauty for SSA women’s choir, flute and piano, performed by the California State University, Fullerton Women’s Choir at Meng Concert Hall.  With Dr. Robert Istad-Director, This Perfect Beauty is inspired by the beautiful poem “Listening” by Amy Lowell, which conveys how a person is the music, the instrument; “…you are […]