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Ping Pong is a 5-minute, up-tempo, rhythmic duet for oboe and bassoon or clarinet & bassoon. Commissioners will receive both versions of the piece. The two performers will interact in a dynamic, surprising, conversational manner to bring a game of one-on-one ping pong to life. The music will illustrate the tapping paddles and bouncing balls of the game, including various stroke maneuvers such as offensive hits, loops, flips, and smashes, defenses chops, blocks and lobs, and the quality of the ball movement such as backspin, topspin and corkspin. Ping Pong will primarily use standard techniques with a handful of creative extended techniques including: double trills, multiphonics and bisbigliando This piece serves to broaden the repertoire of quality, imaginative reed duets by women and to introduce performers and audiences to extended techniques in an engaging and approachable way.
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Ping Pong Commissioners
Lead Commissioners: Margaret Fay, bassoon & Graham Mackenzie, oboe of the Reed Minders Duo
Professional Tier:
Kathleen and Conor Bell, The Bell Double Reed Duo, Amarillo, TX
Erin Brophey, Oboe Path, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Michael Burns, UNC Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Dr. Margaret P. Fay, Penn State University, State College, PA
Heather Killmeyer, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Martin Van Klompenberg, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
Graham MacKenzie, Reed Minders Duo, Greensboro, NC
Albie Micklich, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
Courtney Miller, UNC Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Douglas G. Moran, Denver, CO
Angela Moretti, Greensboro, NC
Allison Nicotera, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Joseph Swift, Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes, Corning, NY
Dr. Miriam Brack Webber, Bemidji State University, Silent Voices Project, Bemidji, MN
Student Tier:
Melioro Duo: Mason Cox, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA & Rebecca Keith
Professional Tier:
Kathleen and Conor Bell, The Bell Double Reed Duo, Amarillo, TX
Erin Brophey, Oboe Path, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
Michael Burns, UNC Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Dr. Margaret P. Fay, Penn State University, State College, PA
Heather Killmeyer, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
Martin Van Klompenberg, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
Graham MacKenzie, Reed Minders Duo, Greensboro, NC
Albie Micklich, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
Courtney Miller, UNC Greensboro, Greensboro, NC
Douglas G. Moran, Denver, CO
Angela Moretti, Greensboro, NC
Allison Nicotera, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
Joseph Swift, Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes, Corning, NY
Dr. Miriam Brack Webber, Bemidji State University, Silent Voices Project, Bemidji, MN
Student Tier:
Melioro Duo: Mason Cox, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA & Rebecca Keith