Ten short pieces
for bass clarinet and bassoon
(or bass oboe, or heckelphone, or a second bass clarinet)
Book I
1. Strip, 2. Rome, 3. Aeolian, 4. Miniature, 5. Interlude
Book II
1. Poem, 2. Under Fabric, 3. Takes, 4. Menuet, 5. Transition
(-) World premiere: 1998, Thomas Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Diane Heffner (bass clarinet), Janet Underhill (bassoon)
(-) World premiere broadcast: 2006, KTOO-FM, Juneau, Alaska; Diane Heffner (bass clarinet), Janet Underhill (bassoon)
(-) World premiere of the version for two bass clarinets: 2009, Goethe Institut, Boston, Massachusetts; Dinosaur Annex with Diane Heffner and Katherine V. Matasy (bass clarinets)