'Draconids, for soprano saxophone, bassoon, and live electronics', by Joshua Keeling
Post-Haste Reed Duo
Sean Fredenburg, soprano saxophone
Javier Rodriguez, bassoon

Joshua Keeling, Draconids for soprano saxophone, bassoon and live electronics

There aren’t many saxophone and bassoon duos. We first met as students at Louisiana State University. After graduating and losing touch for a few years, the magic of social media and LSU sports brought us together first as friends, then musical colleagues. When we remembered watching our teachers perform together on one particular concert, we were inspired by our non-traditional combination of instruments to perform together. Frustrated by the lack of existing works for our ensemble, we began to arrange existing pieces, and also turned to our composer friends and colleagues and challenged them to write new works for the newly formed Post-Haste Reed Duo.

Our mission is two-fold: to increase the amount of quality chamber music literature for saxophone and bassoon duo, and to encourage young musicians to experiment performing in non-traditional chamber ensembles. We do this when we collaborate with composers towards new works for us that highlight the capabilities of our two instruments individually and together.

We want to continue bridging composers with audiences by motivating young people to participate in new chamber music, either as musicians or as audience members. And we hope that inspiration comes from our efforts to create new music.

Our debut album titled "Beneath a canopy of angels...a river of stars" was released on the Aerocade Music Label in January 2016 and is available at posthasteduo.bandcamp.com and on iTunes, CDBaby, and Amazon.

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Joshua Keeling, Draconids for soprano saxophone, bassoon and live electronics

PostHasteDuo