"Luminary" for bass clarinet and marimba explores the brilliance and mystery of the spacious night sky. While most nights in many parts of the world the sky is dark with little light, there is still an essence of radiance as both the stars and the moon reveal their glow at various levels of brightness as the night goes on and slowly turns into dawn. Throughout the piece, the bass clarinet and marimba attempt to mimic such an event, creating an open atmosphere in which the luminescence of the stars and moon is revealed.

Recorded by Transient Canvas

Luminary

Duncan Krummel is a composer, singer, and instrumentalist from Hood River, OR. He holds a BM in composition from Ithaca College, and an MA in composition from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, UK.

His compositions have enjoyed premiers in numerous states throughout the US; in the Valencia International Performance Academy & Festival; the Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Ithaca College Television; and by numerous world-renown performers, including flautist Erik Drescher and Grammy-nominated violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved.

A 2021 Fellow of the Alba New Music Festival, EJ Donkin focuses on rhythm and narrative in her instrumental compositions. Her music has been performed at the International Trombone Festival, internationally at the Alba New Music Festival in Alba, Italy, and across the Midwestern and Northeastern US.  She is an MM Graduate of the University of Akron and a graduate of the Dana School of Music at YSU. She has worked with ensembles such as Transient Canvas, the Danjo Jazz Orchestra, the W.D. Packard Band, Hub New Music, and writes for solo artists, duos, chamber groups, wind ensemble, jazz band and quintets, and orchestra.  Below are some live and midi renditions of her work. Happy listening!

Danielle Bees is a Sofia Symphonic Summit 2023 Composer, an ICEBERG Institute 2022 Composer, an Alba Festival 2021 Composition Fellow, and an ICon Arts Transylvania Academy 2020 Composer in Residence. Her music for the concert hall, film, and theatre has been performed throughout the United States, the United Kingdom, and Europe. She has worked with notable ensembles such as the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, Trio Immersio, The Julius Quartet, Transient Canvas, among others, and collaborated with actors, directors, and writers alike. Danielle holds a Bachelor of Music from the Greatbatch School of Music at Houghton College and a Master of Music from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.