Witchcraft (2025) (5 min.)

Premiered February 14, 2026 at the Second Year Composers’ Midway Concert at Oberlin Conservatory
Theoden Marvell-Brown, recorder; Edie Flunker, clarinet; Ben Zeiss, vibraphone; Freddy Morest, cello; Benjamin Goodwin, conductor

Instrumentation: 415 tenor recorder (dbl. 440 tenor recorder, alto Renaissance recorder), B-flat clarinet (dbl. A clarinet), vibraphone, bass viola da gamba

Program Note

Upon being asked to write for an ensemble featuring recorder and viola da gamba, I immediately accepted, knowing the piece had to be whimsical. Inspired by my recorder player’s signature wizard hat, this work evokes magical spells in an enchanted forest, with two original fiddle tunes interspersed!


Witchcraft

Audio of premiere (note: cello was used instead of gamba for this performance)