Duo Chronicles

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Quadrivium -- from Latin, meaning "a crossroads.  A place where four roads meet"

This composition is a modern choral of sorts, with four clarinet parts playing what might be more traditional sung in four part harmony, or played on an organ.  My inspira...

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Most of the time, when I hear music, I have initial feelings about whether I like or dislike it and down the line (maybe next time I'm at a record store) that may influence my decision to buy or not buy the album.  A couple of weeks ago, I came across t...

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This piece is different than what we've done before.

As I mentioned in Week 28 (http://duochronicles.com/2010/03/09/week-28-off-kilter/), some of the performances from Norwegian groups at the Portland Jazz Festival (http://pdxjazz.com) inspired me to exp...