Program Notes

 

Fishing with a Friend was composed between June 12-18, 2015, during a fly fishing and camping trip at Indian Creek Campground in Yellowstone National Park in my little composing studio (tent) at campsite #73. I spent the early mornings and late evenings composing and the afternoons and early evenings fly fishing.

 

A musical impression, of an old Ouachita Baptist University (Arkadelphia, Arkansas) memory, of a lazy Saturday morning, spent fishing with a friend down on the river bank running behind the music building. 

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The music is intentionally quiet, sentimental, and reflective of the sights, sounds, and gently blowing breeze surrounding the river's slow-moving current.

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Instrumentation

Solo Flute

Solo Clarinet

Violin 1

Violin 2

Viola

Cello

String Bass

Harp

Piano

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