Crescent Duo

​The Crescent Duo, founded in 1985, can be heard on White Pine Music and Centaur Records. They have been featured at International Clarinet Association and the National Flute Association Conventions and many other venues. The Crescent Duo is especially involved in commissioning new works for flute and clarinet, both as a duo and as members (currently president and vice-president/secretary) of the Flute Clarinet Duos Consortium.
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Flute Clarinet Duos Consortium

 
The Flute/Clarinet Duos Consortium (FCDC) was founded in 2000 by a group of professional flutists and clarinetists with the goal of enriching the limited chamber music repertoire for flute and clarinet through commissioning new works, arranging regional premieres by consortium members, encouraging the publication of new works, and seeking major donors for commissioning projects. Our commissions for flute, clarinet, and piano include Libby Larsen’s Barn Dances for flute, clarinet, and piano, Derek Bermel’s Twin Trio, and Valerie Coleman’s Portraits of Langston. The latest commission is Pierre Jalbert’s Triple Set.

​Discograpy

Flights of Fancy: Crescent Duo. Centaur Records
Woodwind Echoes: Crescent Duo and Eclectic Trio. White Pine Music

FORTHCOMING:
Poet as Muse: Works for flute, clarinet, and voice. Centaur Records

Works Commissioned by the Crescent Duo

List to be added

Selected Repertoire for High School Duos
(See "Resources" on this website)

                 Crescent Duo with Tracy Watson

Sound Clips: to be added

Reviews
“Light effervescent music played with tremendous flair and vitality…The stylish, technically expert playing of all the musicians is captured perfectly by the sound engineers. This is far too good a disc to be confined to just a (relatively) few connoisseurs of wind chamber music.” Music Web (UK)
 
“This is top quality playing with impeccable ensemble and intonation and an immaculate sense of style and polish.” Pan Magazine (Great Britain)
 
“Ensemble precision and impeccable intonation are a hallmark, as well as beautiful tones and clean articulation…Balance, blend and timbral polish is beautiful. The intricate rhythmic content and technical challenges are played with aplomb…” The Clarinet
 
“The performances are excellent individually and as an ensemble. Good balance, compatible tone qualities, perfect intonation, and chamber music flexibility are demonstrated throughout. Devotees of woodwind chamber music would appreciate the expertise of the players and the interesting compositions.” The Instrumentalist
 
“This is an especially demanding program both tonally and rhythmically and the performers were stellar in their approach to the music.” NACWPI Journal
 
“The Crescent Duo plays the music flawlessly and with such virtuosic skill…” South Central Music Bulletin.
 
“It is for these three admirable contributions to the neoclassic wind chamber music repertoire that I will return with gratitude to this very nicely played and recorded anthology.” American Record Guide