SCHerZOid, 1989

Duration, 6 minutes

Solo French Horn

The request for me to write a solo horn piece provided the ideal opportunity to explore the captivating beauty of the sound world that is particular to the French horn. Within that sound world are timbres that are highly contrasting. Consequently SCHerZOid is a study in opposites. It combines the contrasting sounds that the horn does so beautifully; the familiar, singing lyricism with the heroic and the aggressive. It also explores new sounds that are sometimes shocking and grotesque. The contrasting sections of the traditional scherzo form became in this scherzo continually more separate as the piece progressed until finally it seemed that the piece had assumed a complex life of its own.

on Centaur Records, 1993 - CRC 2138

Works by Allan Blank and Margaret Brouwer

Performances:

Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 3/27/94

Illinois Weselyan University, Bloomington, IL, 11/4/93

Penn State University, State College, PA, 10/1/93

International Women's Brass Conference, St. Louis, MO, 5/29/93

CD, Centaur Records, 2/93

University of Richmond, Richmond, VA, 3/28/92

University of Alabama, Society of Composers National Conf.,Tuscaloosa, AL, 3/11/92

University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 3/6/91

International Horn Conference, Tuscaloosa, AL, 4/7/90

James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA, 2/8/90

University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, 4/18/89