"Moira the Warrior" bass clarinet quartet + contras & drums by Cornelius Boots - May 1, 2024-Arizona

May 1, 2024 at Glendale Community College in Phoenix, Arizona
conductor: Stefanie Gardner
Glendale Community College Clarinet & Percussion Areas
Team Lo-Blow (low clarinet choir) directed by Stefanie Gardner
Glendale Percussion Ensemble directed by Douglas Nottingham
from the album Imagination Lost - https://edmundwelles.bandcamp.com/tra...

This tune was performed by a select smaller group from the full personnel listed below, to see the full group, watch MEGAFAUNA from the same concert:
   • MEGAFAUNA for low clarinet choir & percuss...  

Team Lo-Blow
Dr. Stefanie Gardner, director
Alejandro T. Acierto, contrabass clarinet
Brian Almanza, contrabass clarinet
Alanna Benoit, bass clarinet
Warrior Bewley, bass clarinet
Debashis Biswas, contra-alto clarinet and contrabass clarinet
Ryan Callahan Odgers, bass clarinet
Alana Callingham, bass clarinet
Naila Castaneda, bass clarinet
Kristin Fray, bass clarinet
Kimberly Fullerton, contrabass clarinet
Mario Garcia, bass clarinet
Joshua Gardner, bass clarinet
Rachael Geiger, bass clarinet
Mandy Gifford, bass clarinet
Jamilyn Hawthorne, bass clarinet
Aaron Jimenez Obeso, bass clarinet
Rachel Jones, bass clarinet
Brandyn Leverage, bass clarinet
Brooke Liddell, bass clarinet
Rachel Lomeli, alto and bass clarinets
Alexis Noland, bass clarinet
Hannah Otero, bass clarinet
Stephanie Salazar, bass clarinet
Christopher Taylor, bass clarinet
Elijah Valdivia, bass clarinet
Tito Vela-Garza, contrabass clarinet
Stephen White, bass clarinet
Tyler Webber, contra-alto clarinet and bass clarinet

The GCC Percussion Ensemble
Sonja Branch
Emma Britain
Kaeden Brown
Claudio Castellanos
Jackson Chavez
Chris Conti
Jazmin Contreras
Dmitri Eldridge
Dan Hatfield
Bebe Land
Robin Martinez
Jesus Gonzalez Medina
Carson Miller
Cierra Miller
Alex Monarrez
Cody Mullins
Doug Nottingham
Fly Maker Ramirez
Peter Toma
Emily Ayala Toro
Orion Webb
Zack Woodworth

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Edmund Welles: the bass clarinet quartet
https://edmundwelles.bandcamp.com/

Sheet music:
https://corneliusboots.com/compositio...
More information about robot bass clarinet (electric bass clarinet) and Cornelius Boots:
http://corneliusboots.com/projects/ro...

the single-reed conspiracy:
From 1996-2014, EDMUND WELLES was transmuting many musical styles into bass clarinet quartet form. The single-reed conspiracy has at its disposal the following devices culled from the world of heavy metal music: a thickness of tone, a density of texture, absolute rhythmic precision, and the extreme use of dynamic contrasts. The bass clarinet: a synergy of designs from all saxophones and clarinets, themselves the culmination of hundreds of years of single-reed instrument evolution. A four-and-a-half octave voice, multiplied into four equal parts and breathing together to create a dense, pulsing sound capable of expressing and reflecting the full range of human emotions.

There was no precedent for a wind-based ensemble such as this attempting to build these massive bridges between avant jazz, new music, black metal and classic rock.