Martin Van Klompenberg,
Martin J. Van Klompenberg is a bassoonist and composer based in Moorhead, Minnesota. From 2013 – 2022, he served as a member of the United States Army Band program,. He attended the University of Arizona, obtaining the Doctorate of Musical Arts degree, studying with William Dietz. He also earned degrees from Arizona State University and Western Michigan University, studying with Albie Micklich and Wendy Rose, respectively. He has also studied composition with award-winning composer Jenni Brandon.
He has been fortunate to perform at conferences for the International Double Reed Society, the International Clarinet Association, the College Music Society, and the Texas Music Education Association. He has also presented solo and chamber recitals throughout the United States.
In 2023, he was chosen as a winner of the International Double Reed Society Commissioning Competition and will have a new work for solo bassoon performed at the their 2023 Annual Conference in Thailand.
"Greater Roadrunner" from Extant Flight (Full Choir MIDI Realization)
Fallen Rocks, for saxophone quartet (MIDI Realization)
Sheyenne River, for concert band (MIDI Realization)
"Texas Unicorn Mantis" from Extant Flight (MIDI Realization)
Van Klompenberg - Kentucky Woods, for solo clarinet
Van Klompenberg - Viral Hippo, for contrabassoon and piano
Van Klompenberg - "Theme and Dinosphere" from Seymour Looks In (MIDI Realization)
Van Klompenberg - Strangler Fig, for horn and piano
Van Klompenberg - Ghost Light
Hailstork - Bassoon Set
Erickson - The Treant's March
Van Klompenberg - 3 Travelers
Teo - In Malaysia
Pierne - Solo de Concert
Perhaps Even Dangerously, for solo harp
The Crater of Doom, for contrabassoon and chamber orchestra
"Hipopótamo de Cocaína" from Tales of the River Horse
Martin J. Van Klompenberg - Apex Predator (2021)
Lisa Neher - Sunflower Sea Star
willingham reclamation
Martin J. Van Klompenberg - Isolation Etudes (2020)
Jenni Brandon - Colored Stones
New Works for Bassoon, Martin J. Van Klompenberg, bassoon
Violet Archer - Sonatina for Bassoon and Piano (1978)
Jamie Leigh Sampson - Toil
Jamie Leigh Sampson - Power Transfer
Astor Piazzolla - The Death of an Angel
Eric Ewazen - Roaring Fork
Katherine Murdock - Postcards from the Center
Leonard Bernstein - Slava