SKU: HL.1335416

ISBN 9798350113846. UPC: 196288187677. 9.0x14.0x0.855 inches.

Composed in honor of the 75th Anniversary of the Summer Music Camp for Can't-Get-Enough-Chamber-Music Aficionados, aka the Chamber Music Conference and Composers' Forum of the East, Camera Oscura explores musical kernels imbedded in the names of some of Donald Crockett's favorite composers in the rich history of chamber music, though the musical evocations are based on the names, not their styles. In addition to the noisy fanfares introduced by the traditional nonet (woodwind quintet, plus a quartet of strings: violin, viola, cello and bass), there are smaller combinations based on iconic pieces in the repertory, for example, oboe quartet, clarinet quintet, Schubert octet, woodwind quintet, string trio, etc. Movements: I. Fanfares, II. Songs, III. Scherzo, IV. Lament.

SKU: HL.666192

ISBN 9781705168400. UPC: 196288080510. 9.0x12.0x0.085 inches.

“The first movement of Extant was originally composed as a 10th anniversary gift for the Los Angeles-based new music ensemble, Xtet; I joined the group as composer and conductor in the late-80s. The piece was expanded to a 2-movement concerto for bassoon and eight players, featuring Xtet composer/bassoonist John Steinmetz, on a commission from the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University, and recorded on Albany Records. Fast forward to November 2021 when I did a residency at the University of Nevada Las Vegas; the faculty saxophonist, Shawna Pennock, suggested that this first movement would work well for tenor sax. Hence, Extant 1B for tenor saxophone and seven players. My thanks to Shawna for this most excellent idea. Extant 1B was premiered at UNLV on November 15, 2021 with Shawna Pennock soloist and the Nextet Chamber Players conducted by Tim Warren.” - Donald Crockett.

SKU: HL.141967

ISBN 9781495010941. UPC: 888680046866. 9.5x12 inches.

Crockett's dance concerto for clarinet doubling on bass clarinet, and wind ensemble riffs on the theme of its premiere event at the Smithsonian, 'dancing the night away until dawn.' This expanded version for thirty-three musicians was actually part of the composer's original conception of the work, originally scored for nine total players. The work's form plays out as if the soloist were performing a set as the leader of some sort of dance band on this--or another planet.

SKU: HL.303974

ISBN 9781540066435. UPC: 888680969240. 9.0x14.0x0.605 inches.

At that instant he saw, in one blaze of light, the reason why the artist works and lives and has his being. It is to snare the spirits of mankind in nets of magic, the congruence of blazing and enchanted images, the essential pattern whence all other things proceed - Thomas Wolfe, Of Time and the River. Versions for smaller and larger chamber ensembles are available for rent from the publisher. Instrumentation: Piano Soloists (9' Concert Grand, two toy grand pianos): 1.1 (dbl Eng Hn).2 (dbl Bs Cl).1: 1.1.1.0: Perc (2):Str.

SKU: HL.286687

ISBN 9781540040664. UPC: 888680898052. 9.0x12.0x0.248 inches.

At that instant he saw, in one blaze of light, the reason why the artist works and lives and has his being... It is to snare the spirits of mankind in nets of magic, the congruence of blazing and enchanted images, the essential pattern whence all other things proceed... - Thomas Wolfe, Of Time and the River. The accompaniment parts for this concerto for duo-pianists and chamber orchestra are available through the publisher's rental department (R01583).