My recently completed chamber opera, Mrs. Manstey’s View, is based on a short story by Edith Wharton. In the opera, we  meet a lonely old women who spends much of her time gazing out her third floor window. She soon learns that a nearby property owner plans to build an extension which would block her precious view.The opera’s themes of loneliness and isolation should have some relevance with today’s audiences in this post  COVD era.!  The cast includes four sopranos and a baritone. A perusal score and midi sample is available on request.

Mrs Manstey's View

A haunting piece for English Horn and contrabassoon played at an IDRS conference a few years ago by Cindy Behmer and Jessica Campbell

Kontracor 2

A accessible piece for oboe and strings. Featuring oboist Sara Fraker.

05 Lyric Passages - Jay Vosk - IDRS 2011

Crosscurrents - 1. Divergence

Crosscurrents - 2. Confluence

Crosscurrents - 3. Propulsion

Desert Miniatures - 1. Jump

Desert Miniatures - 2. Slither

Desert Miniatures - 3. Skitter

Desert Miniatures - 4. Flutter

I am delighted to share with you my newly completed Sonoran Counterpoint for bassoon and string trio. The work is a kind of love letter to the Sonoran Desert, a land mass situated in Southern Arizona and Northern Mexico. The work begins with the lyrical voice of the bassoon accompanied by long flowing lines interweaving in the strings. Interspersed throughout the piece are a series of energetic interludes. These interludes become more and more intense as the work proceeds.

Mrs Manstey's View

Jay Vosk Composer

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