Paul Taub: New Works for Flute + Ensemble

Andy Clausen — Selected works
Angelique Poteat — Selected works
David Dossett — Selected works
Jessika Kenney — Selected works
Tom Baker — Selected works

Flutist Paul Taub is one of Seattle’s best-known proponents of contemporary music, prominent nationally and internationally through his work with the Seattle Chamber Players.

In this independent project sponsored by the Wayward Music Series, with funding from the Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, he has invited composers Tom Baker, Andy Clausen, David Dossett, Jessika Kenney and Angelique Poteat because of the high artistic quality of their work, the diversity of their styles, the varied stages of their career trajectories, and above all, because their music truly speaks to the public.

The variety of musical styles is a key element of the project. Baker and Kenney are well-established "mid-career" composers, with impressive resumes and works that have been played internationally. Poteat is emerging as a significant voice in the Seattle and national music world, with recent pieces commissioned by the Seattle Symphony.

Emerging composers Dossett and Clausen (whose band The Westerlies has taken the jazz world by storm), are recent college graduates (Cornish College of the Arts and the Juilliard Jazz Program). The composers’ musical styles are varied and contrasting, with influences as diverse as jazz, electronics, Persian modes, classical music and improvisation.

Joining flutist Paul Taub in the performance will be Laura DeLuca, clarinet; Walter Gray, cello; Joe Kaufman, contrabass; Cristina Valdes, piano; and Matthew Kocmieroski, percussion.