Antique Inventions for Reed Trio – David Evan Thomas

Composer: David Evan Thomas Instrumentation: oboe, clarinet, bassoon Duration: approx. 9 minutes Date Written:  2024 Premiere: Merilee Klemp, oboe; Jennifer Gerth, clarinet, and Laurie Hatcher Merz, bassoon, May 23, 2025 Program Note: These old-fashioned pieces were written at Amy Roach’s house in the hills above Livingston, Montana. in summer 2024. They began as morning meditations: counterpoint exercises, really. The last movement comes from a hike in the Gallatin Mts. I was the last in the group to cross a stream, and while everyone had wet their feet, I found myself singing down the scale: “I never even wet my socks!”