Big Sur Triptych, Duo for clarinet and piano, score, part

Composed while vacationing in Big Sur on Callifornia’s rugged coast. “The work evoked an abstract yet bouncy mood in Sea Otters, capturing the humorous undertone of the lighthearted aquatic mammals; moved into more lyrical territory in Redwoods, which uncovered a sensitivity no usually related to the majestic tree; and concluded with another free-form movement in the aptly-titles Crags, with its jagged and abrupt phrasings.” (The Muncie Star, Indiana, 3/23/1986)

Instrumentation
Soprano Saxophone or Bb Clarinet/Piano

Composer
Deon Nielsen Price ASCAP

Time
7′

Composition Year
1985

Publication Year
1996 SMC

Recording Information
1988-90 Joya: Festival of Works by Women Composers from Around the World, Cambria CT-102, Paul Stewart, Soprano Saxophone/D.N. Price/Pno,

1996 SunRays-Music of Deon Nielsen Price, Cambria CD-1056. Bill Wilson, Soprano Saxophone, D.N. Price, Piano

Performance Information
5/22/03 Culver City Music in the Chambers; 3/18/2000, Univ. Unitarian Church Seattle Washington; 3/21/2000 Cornish College of the Arts Seattle Washington;

3/22/2000 Lionel Hampton Sch of Music Univ. of Idaho; 3/23/2000 Washington St. Univ. Pullman; 3/27/2000 Chaffey College California; 1/20/1999 Howard Payne Univ. Texas; 7/8/1999 St. Marks Hall, London, England IAWM/ICWM; 7/10/1999 Hyde Park Chapel, London England; 7/11/1999 ? So. London England; 2/13/1997 “Redwoods” Mu Phi Epsilon W. Los Angeles;

11/22/98 In Praise of Music Series, La Canada, Calif; 12/23/98 Temple Hill Series, Los Angeles, CA; 12/27/98 Hemet Calif. Community Concert; 1/13/99 Brigham Young Un., Utah; 1/15/99 Baldassin Piano Comp. North Salt Lake, Utah; 1/19/99 Abilene Christian Un., Texas; 1/20/99 Howard Payne Un Texas; 1/22/99 Un. of Southern Louisiana; 1/23/99 Louisiana St Un; 1/24/99 McNeese St. Un. Louisiana; 1/28/99 West Virginia Wesleyan College; 1/29/99 West Virginia Un. Berkeley A. Price, Cl/D.N. Price,Pno

3/26/1985 Chapman College CA; 4/1/1985 Los Angeles KPFK Live Concert; 4/29/1985 Glendale Brand Library; 11/26/1985 Los Angeles Harbor College; 1/25/1986 ICWM Festival at California St. Univ. Northridge; 3/20/1986 Intl. Congress on Women in Music Georgia State Univ. Atlanta GA; 3/22/1986 No. American Saxophone Alliance Ball State Univ Indiana; 3/25/1986 Earlham College Artists Indiana; 5/18/1986 Roth Hall, Santa Monica CA; 6/29/1986 Ch of J. C. of L.D.S. Santa Monica Chamber Music Series; 9/25/1986 Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles; 10/25/1986 Wilshire Ebell Grand Salon, Los Angeles; 1/28/1986? Rancho Santiago College Santa Ana California; 2/28/1987 Barnsdall Art Park Gallery Theater, Los Angeles Arts Commission; 5/12/1988 Los Angeles Pierce College Concerts; 6/27/1988 Heidelberg Germany Schroederstrasse Gemeindehaus; Paul Stewart Soprano Sax/D.N. Price, Pno.

1990 Calif. St. Un. Northridge, Bill Wilson, Sop. Sax./ D.N. Price, Pno.