[Blues for D.D.| for Solo Oboe by Jeffrey Agrell"Blues for B.D. Program Notes Blues for D.D, was written for oboe virtuese Diana Doheny at her request. it starts slow and easy, and then takes oil, transmogrilying the blues through sections of catchy swing, filling Latin, end blistering bebop belore crashing to ean with a nearly three octave chramatic swoop and concluding with a sassy bit of tongue in cheek, The piece was designed te be fun fo play and fun t listen to, andtotest the outer limits of the possible in oboe technique. Thus, the principal requirements for | undertaking this piece area sense of humor and considerably more technique than | God. The Blues js an oboist’s Everest. and only an elite few are capable af making ito | the top. A live performance of Biies for D.D. is a breathless and thrilling experience | | for all concerned. (Be sure to check out Diana Doherty's CD Blues fer 5.9. with Iwo versions of this piece {ABC Classies ABW46' ), Blues for DD. was named a irequived work for the 2019 Femand Gillet-Hego Intemnatione| Competition of the | international Double Reed Sociery sheips:iwwny idrs.org/competitionsigi!let-fox) Jetftey Agrell has Seen hom professsir at The University of lowe School of Music since | About the Composer i | 2000 atter a first career 2s professional symphony musician, He has wor awards as both a writer and composer, with dozens of compositions published, recorded, and periormed woridwide, plus over one hundred articles and nine bocks, including Improviscator Games for Clarsical Musicians (2068) & Vol. 12 (2018). Besides standard! hom repertoire and technique, he alsy Seaches classical improvisation and frequenily gives lecnuves. nally and concerns, and workshops ia this type of impro: internationally.For Diana Doherty Blues for D.D. sewing Bes For Solo Oboe ow a,x poor Jeffeey Agrell : E 1993 Jlfrey ASCAP ior vote ane Seasstraight bs a b ube gent Ae ——3