Contemporary compositions for reed quintet, with and without electronics
Splinter Reeds' annual summer home-field advantage concert. Contemporary compositions for reed quintet with and without electronics by composers including Seare Ahmad Farhat, Jasmine Morris, Dan VanHassel, Phillip Sink and Paula Matthusen.
Born and forever spiritually grounded in the Bay Area's vibrant New Music community despite all members but their oboist now living dispersed across the country, Splinter Reeds is arguably the most adventurous reed quintet on the contemporary "classical" circuit. Since their 2013 founding, they have premiered dozens of works written for them, conducted academic residencies across the country, and appeared at festivals including Long Play, Time:Spans (NYC), FeNAM (Sacramento), Taproot (UC Davis), and Music Current (Dublin, Ireland).
This program will consist entirely of commissioned works they've never before performed in the Bay Area.