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Available Now!

Stream or download on platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music.

Read the press release here.

 
 
 

In 2016, our first year together as an ensemble, our classmate Douglas Hertz approached us to write a piece for reed quintet, which became From Lidless Eyes. After working with Doug, we knew we had to continue collaborating with our fellow students at the University of Michigan. We asked several of our friends to write pieces for us, which led to the other five works on this album!

Thanks to our collaboration with Daniel Zlatkin, in August 2018, we had the opportunity to premiere and perform some of these works at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, NY. Gala, Karl, Karalyn, Daniel, Doug, and Nina present unique and interesting takes on the capabilities of the reed quintet.

The title of the album, Red Leaf Collection, is taken from the name of Karalyn Schubring’s piece. The composer describes the leaves in her collection as “beautiful gems,” and that is what these six pieces are to us. The collaborations that arose from these commissions have evolved into lasting friendships, and by recording this album, we hope to cement our friends’ works in the reed quintet’s repertoire.

We’re excited to share this with you!

 
 

Click on a composer’s picture to find out more about them and their music:

 

Douglas Hertz

From Lidless Eyes (time knows no bounds)

Daniel Zlatkin

Out of Bodies

Karalyn Schubring

Red Leaf Collection

 

Gala Flagello

Self-Talk

Karl Ronneburg

be that empty

Nina Shekhar

red

 

This album would not have been possible without the support of the EXCEL Enterprise Fund at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, from which we received a $1,500 grant in 2018 to fund this project.

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In the fall of 2018, we raised over $8,000 through individual contributions to our Kickstarter campaign. Thank you to the following backers for their support:

Alex Hayashi
Alyssa Ott
Austin Townsend
Aviva Klein
Beth & Wayne Davies
Calefax Reed Quintet
Cheryl Raya
Cindy Willis
Dan Furnald
Dan Long
Dan Saunders
Daniel Zlatkin
Eddie Sundra
Gala Flagello & Peter Williams
George Chapman
Gillian Blair
Gita & Trivellore Raghunathan
Hyunjae
Janan Broadbent
Jeremiah Quarles
Jill Sodt
John Wiersba
Joseph David Spence
Joseph Lyons
Josh Baden
JP Wogaman II
Julian Hernandez
Kevin Gupana
Lori Davis

Matt Kasper
Morten T.
Nathanael Meyers
Nick Thompson
Nicki Roman
Niren & Tarak Rambhatla
Pari
Philipp Potocki
Rubiano Chona
Sachin Gupta
Samir Murty
Sarah Finlay
Sarah Hehrer
Saripella
Shannon Moen
Shawn Harrel
Shivram & Gale Murty
Steven M. Moeller
T. Niwa
Tami & Roman Kapuscinscy
Taylor Isberg
Terri Park
Terrie & Carl Ott
Terry Norris
Tim & Tisha Meyers
Tom & Olga Million
Urbain & Collins du Plessis
William "Casey" Harmon
William W Schultz