Theme
Variation i. Andante
Variation ii. Allegro
Variation iii. Andante
Variation iv. Allegro

Emily Theobald, flute; Elena Sloman, oboe; Stefani Feldman, clarinet; Matthew Otto, horn; Jordan Bidwell, bassoon


Theme And Variations For Wind Quintet

Ben Morris is a composer whose music tells unconventional stories and crosses genre boundaries. He is Assistant Professor of Composition at Stephen F. Austin State University.

Clare Glackin is a composer of instrumental and vocal concert works whose music has been performed by the Culver City Symphony, USC Symphony, Aspen Conducting Academy Orchestra, and others. She seeks to craft music that is engaging, unique, and fulfilling for both performers and audiences. 

Also an oboist, Clare has played in various premieres of student compositions, including performances at USC, Brevard Music Festival, and the Oregon Bach Festival Composers Symposium. She has been a member of the USC Concert Orchestra (receiving the USC Concert Orchestra Award in 2015), and Rice Campanile. 

Clare is currently based in Houston, TX, where she is studying for her MM at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. She graduated with a BM from USC’s Thornton School of Music, where she was named a Discovery Scholar and Outstanding Graduate of the composition program. Clare’s primary teachers have been Stephen Hartke, Frank Ticheli, Pierre Jalbert and Richard Lavenda.

Music is my most authentic form of expression.