Description
Places We Are From for Oboe, Alto Saxophone and Piano recorded on the album TWO POINTS OF VIEW by the Proud Duo (Oboist Teodora Pejašinović Proud and Saxophonist Joseph Proud) on Common Tone Records
About the work:
Places We Are From explores the idea of identity and where we come from both geographically, physically, and spiritually. This unique exploration is reflected in the make-up of the 3 different instrumentation performance options for this work: oboe/bassoon/piano, oboe/alto saxophone/piano, soprano saxophone/bassoon/piano. Using these combinations to tell stories of joy, hope, frustration, and perseverance, each instrument has its own individual solo within the work, making each version unique. Allowing the individual voice of the instruments to shine, this creates the possibility of discovering who we are and finding happiness in the journey.
This work is in one movement with titled sections to help tell the story:
I. As One
II. Journey
III. Searching
IV. With Possibility
V. Joy & Hope
VI. Home
Duration approximately 15 minutes
This work is available in three versions:
Oboe, Bassoon, Piano (JB 170) – SCORE
Oboe, Alto Saxophone, Piano (JB 176) – SCORE
Soprano Saxophone, Bassoon, Piano (JB 177) – SCORE
Places We Are From was commissioned by lead commissioners Post-Haste Reed Duo (Sean Fredenburg, Saxophone & Javier Rodriguez, Bassoon) and the Proud Duo (Teodora Pejašinović Proud – Oboe and Joseph Proud – Saxophone). I am grateful to them as well as the members of the commissioning consortium who helped make this piece possible.
