This site is home to Alea Publishing & Recording, specializing in music for the bass clarinet.
We offer a growing catalog of creative, artistic transcriptions and new works for bass clarinet solo & ensemble.
About the Music
taking flight is an extremely well-crafted three-movement work for the beautiful ensemble of flute, oboe, bass clarinet, viola and double bass. There are no extreme demands of technique or range for any of the performers, making for an accessible performance piece for a college-level ensemble, or a strong addition to a program for professional players.
Extended-range instrument NOT required. Score: 41 pages, spiral bound; Parts: 4-7 pages each, booklet.
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About the Composer
Virginia Elizabeth Samuel started as a violist, studying with Dorothy DeLay and Scott Nickrenz at the New England Conservatory, performing solo and chamber music throughout the US. In 1988 she was only the second woman gaining a Ph.D. in Music Composition from Harvard University, studying with Donald Martino, Leon Kirchner, and Andrew Imbrie. Her composition awards include the Walter Hinrichsen and the Lakond prizes from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; Boston Chamber Ensemble Competition first prize; Friends and Enemies of New Music Competition first prize; 2019 VIOLA Competition for American Women Composers first prize; Music North Performance Award; North/South Consonance Performance Award; Soundclock Performance Award at Merkin Hall NYC; a Vox Feminae Festival Performance Award; Kearney New Music Festival Performance Award; two Harvard University Bohemian Prizes; Atherton Fund Grant; Heywood Fund Grant; Weyman Fund Travelling Fellowship; New Jersey Council on the Arts Fellowship; and a Fromm Foundation Award. Her commissions include ones from EARPLAY, the Michael Foundation, and the Peabody Trio, and she is published by Henmar Press (C.F. Peters Edition) and Alea Publishing. Her music has been widely performed in North America and Europe, and is available on the Ravello and Arabesque labels.Kim Davenport
President
Duo Alea, the father-daughter duo of Michael and Kimberly Davenport, began performing music for bass clarinet and piano in 1996. 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 Publishing & Recording.
Since our first publication in 1997, the Alea catalog has now grown to include over 300 titles. We pride ourselves on the accuracy and quality of our sheet music, as well as our ability to ship directly to customers around the world.
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 composition award for new works for bass clarinet by black composers.
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