Black Pool
for low brass trio
or for flute, viola & double bass
or for flute, violin & cello
Mason, Wong & Vokits: Black Pool Black Pool for low brass trio
Demo recording: Black Pool Black Pool for flute, viola & double bass
Duration: 2 minutes
Black Pool is a two-minute meditation for flute, viola and double bass (video at left), or for low brass trio (horn, trombone and tuba - video at right). Also available for flute, violin & cello.
The low brass trio recording above is from the May 19, 2013, performance by Burt Mason, trombone, Emily Wong, horn, and Benjamin Vokits, tuba, on the Composer's Voice Concert Series in New York.
Purchase Sheet Music
Sheet music for Black Pool for low brass trio and for flute, viola & double bass is available from Art of Sound Music.
Sheet music for Black Pool for flute, violin & cello is available from J.W.Pepper.
Performance History - Low Brass Trio
Premiered February 19, 2012, by the Electrum Brass Trio, at Knox Metropolitan United Church, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
May 27, 2012, by the Electrum Brass Trio, at Knox Metropolitan United Church, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
October 28, 2012, by the Electrum Brass Trio, at Zion United Church, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada.
May 19, 2013, by Burt Mason, trombone, Emily Wong, horn, and Benjamin Vokits, tuba, on the Composer's Voice Concert Series at the Jan Hus Church, New York
August 23, 2013, by The International Low Brass Trio in Novato, California.
Performance History - Flute, Viola & Double Bass
Premiered February 20, 2015, by Tereasa Payne, Alex Wen & Marc Schmied on the SOOFSER concert series at the Bohemian National Hall in New York City.
September 25, 2016, by Helene Rosenblatt, flute, Andrew Knebel, viola, and Joe Russo, double bass, on the Blackledgemusic tribute concert for Thomas Allen Labadorf at the New England Carousel Museum, Bristol, Connecticut.
January 12, 2017, by Dimitrov Nikolay, viola, Victoria Nuño Isidro, flute, and Charlie McGirr, double bass, at the La Hacienda Xcanatun on the Chamber Music Merida series, Mérida, México.
Performance History - Oboe, Violin & Cello
Premiered June 27, 2015, by the Divisa Ensemble in Palo Alto, California.