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Premiere: Joseph O’Kelly, bass clarinet. Wayne State University, 2009
Duration: five minutes
Instrumentation: solo bass clarinet
Program Notes:
Darwin’s Theory for Bass Clarinet is a piece based on the evolution of a simple idea into a more complicated, and relatively unrecognizable one. By retaining pieces of melodic content, while also mutating rhythmic patterns, the simple idea becomes an almost entirely new one. Clarinetist Joseph O’Kelly performed the world premiere of this piece during the 2005 Wayne Composers Concert.