Hexachord for Clarinet: View from Malibu, solo clarinet

“Price’s compelling Hexachord for solo clarinet makes kaleidoscopic use of the instrument and its colors.” (Daniel Cariaga, Los Angeles Times)

Instrumentation
Solo Bb clarinet

Composer
Deon Nielsen Price

Time
6′

Composition Year
1977

Recording Information
1996 SunRays-Music of Deon Nielsen Price Cambria CD-1056 – NAXOS, Berkeley A. Price, clarinet

Performance Information
Stephen Piazza gave the premiere performance in summer of 1978 at the University of Southern California. Other early performances were 2/21/1980 by Stewart Newbold, University of California, Santa Barbara and Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Santa Monica; 2/25/1981 by Yehuda Gilad, El Camino College CA and various colleges in Los Angeles on programs titled “A Composer’s View”; and by Berkeley A. Price: 8/29/1993 Santa Monica Stake Fireside Recital 1/6/1995 Temple Square Concerts, Salt Lake City, Utah; 1/8/1995 Heber Utah Community Concert; 1/9/1995 Madsen Recital Hall, Brigham Young Univ. Utah; Analysis in Doctoral Dissertation at University of North Texas, and performances by Anna Roach, clarinetist.