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About the Work
Rondo Variations, written for clarinet, viola and piano is based on two themes. They take turns in appearance, thus forming a rondo. Each theme assumes a different musical image with every appearance, resulting in two sets of variations within the piece.
At the beginning, the two themes are very different in tempo, texture, and tonal scheme. As the music progresses, the two themes begin to take on the characters of each other, gradually building towards to the final segment where the two themes are completely integrated into one entity for a climactic finish.
Score: 22 pages; parts: 6-7 pages each.
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About the Composer
Jeffrey Gao studied composition with John Carbon, Richard Prior, Elinor Armer and Ryan Brown, and studied clarinet with Prof. Tao Chunxiao, Robert Wingert, Doris Hall-Gulati and Jeff Anderle. His music shows influences ranging from renaissance counterpoint, romanticism, and jazz to Chinese folk music. Jeffrey has received numerous commissions and his works have been performed in China and the U.S. In 2013, his trio for piano, violin and bass clarinet titled "Journey" was commissioned by Trio Clavino for their China tour. The work was performed in such prestigious venues as the Shanghai Oriental Art Center. In 2018 and 2019, he collaborated with the world renowned violinist Haik Kazazyan on a series of concerts in northern California, receiving critical acclaim. Jeffrey has also served as guest lecturer in music history at the Shanghai Conservatory and San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
In addition to his musical career, Jeffrey has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, having held a number of senior leadership positions in sales, business development and corporate strategy.
Jeffrey received his B.A. in in Mathematics and Music from Franklin & Marshall College where he graduated with honors. He also received M.M. in Composition from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music where he currently serves as a board member.
Kim Davenport
President
Alea Publishing & Recording was founded in 1997 by Michael and Kim Davenport, the father-daughter bass clarinet/piano duo. As performers searching for new repertoire and teachers working with students eager to develop as performers, it quickly became clear that there was a need for more repertoire featuring the bass clarinet. Filling this need became the mission of Alea.
The Alea Publishing catalog has now grown to include over 400 titles. We pride ourselves on the accuracy and quality of our sheet music, as well as our ability to reach customers around the world with both hard copy scores and PDF downloads.
We are proud of the diversity of our catalog in terms of the inclusion of works by composers and arrangers from around the world. We are interested in continuing to expand this diversity, representing musical ideas from around the world.
Following Michael's passing in 2019, Kim has taken over solo management of Alea Publishing. In 2020, Alea established the Dolphy Prize, an annual award for Black musicians who are engaged in composing and performing works featuring the bass clarinet.
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