5-4-3 Miniatures

By Don Bowyer

This is a trio for flute, oboe, and clarinet commissioned by Dr. Caterina Bristol, Chair of the Department of Music at Alabama State University, for her woodwind trio. The piece includes five short movements, each of which is composed in a horizontal fashion, without a sense of tonality, using the same seven-note synthetic scale throughout.  This piece was premiered at my faculty composition recital on September 8, 2007.  Click below to hear the music and follow the score for each movement (requires Shockwave Player).