Recorded live at the Center for New Music in San Francisco on 1/11/2014

Wood Burn - Ned McGowan

Recorded live at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music on October 25, 2013

Wood Burn Excerpts - Ned McGowan

World Premiere performance
June 2, 2014
Trinity Chamber Concerts
Berkeley, CA

Pinched (2014) - Ryan Brown

World Premiere performance 
June 2, 2014 
Trinity Chamber Concerts 
Berkeley, CA

Bee (from 3 Songs, 3 Interludes) (2014) - Erik DeLuca

Interlude 2 (from 3 Songs, 3 Interludes) (2014) - Erik DeLuca

Performed live at Trinity Chamber Concerts - June 2, 2014

Wind Skein, Mvt. 1 by Dai Fujikura

Splinter by Marc Mellits
1) I. Scarlet Oak
2) II. Sugar Maple
3) III. Linden
4) IV. Black Ash
5) V. Cherry
6) VI. River Birch
7) VII. Weeping Willow
8) VIII. Red Pine

3 Songs, 3 Interludes by Erik DeLuca
9) Interlude I
10) Bee
11) Interlude II
12) Nolia
13) Interlude III
14) Want

15)Pinched by Ryan Brown

16) Mitigating Factors by Kyle Bruckmann

17) Wood Burn by Ned McGowan

18) My Bike by Jordan Glenn (with Jordan Glenn, drums/percussion)
 

My Bike - Jordan Glenn

hypothetical islands for reed quintet and electronics by Yannis Kyriakides
Performed live at the Berkeley Art Museum on October 24, 2014 in Berkeley, CA.
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hypothetical islands (excerpt) - Yannis Kyriakides

Antenna Studies for reed quintet, electronics, and radios by Paula Matthusen. Performed live at Arizona State University on October 22, 2018 in Tempe, AZ.
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Antenna Studies (2018) - Paula Matthusen

Splinter Reeds is the Bay Area’s first reed quintet, composed of five talented and innovative musicians whose reeds vibrate primarily to the sounds of the 20th and 21st Century. Splinter is committed to presenting top tier performances of today’s best new music, demonstrating the vast possibilities of the reed quintet, with an emphasis on commissioning new works, collaborating with fellow musicians and artists, and educating the next generation of musicians and music enthusiasts.

What is a reed quintet? The first reed quintet – Calefax – was formed in the 1980s in Amsterdam; the configuration has since developed into a vibrant and growing chamber music genre. Think of it as an evolutionary detour from your traditional “wind quintet,” with the advantages of a more closely related instrumental family. Subtract a flute and a horn, add a bass clarinet and saxophone. If you did the math correctly, you are left with a uniquely virtuosic and dynamic instrumentation: oboe (Kyle Bruckmann), clarinet (Bill Kalinkos), saxophone (David Wegehaupt), bass clarinet (Jeff Anderle), and bassoon (Dana Jessen).

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