More than forty flutists and bassoonists have become commissioners of two new works of chamber music: INSCRIPTIONS by Stephen Jaffe and a forthcoming trio for flute, bassoon and piano by Mary Kouyoumdjian. The consortium’s leaders are Mike Harley and Jennifer Parker-Harley, both of the University of South Carolina School of Music, Alarm Will Sound, and various other great groups. INSCRIPTIONS will have its premiere in September. Link to premiere: Freeman_Sundays_9-14-25
Thanks to all of those who have signed on as co-commissioners!! I can’t wait to hear your performances in 2025-26.
INSCRIPTIONS was commissioned by Mike Harley and Jennifer Parker-Harley with kind
assistance from the Excel Funding Program for the Liberal Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences,
Office of the Vice President for Research, University of South Carolina
and the following co-commissioners acting as a consortium:
Molly Barth, Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music
Meghan Bennett, New York University
Elizabeth Buck, Arizona State University
Conrad Cornelison, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Jenny Davis, Rhodes College
Monica Ellis, Imani Winds
Aaron Goldman, National Symphony Orchestra
Christine Gustafson, East Carolina University
John and Elaine Harley
Sue Heineman, National Symphony Orchestra
Benjamin Kamins, Rice University
Peter Kolkay, Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music
Shannon Lowe, University of Florida
Gregory Newton, New England Conservatory
Oberlin College Conservatory of Music / Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Timothy Weiss
Blair Francis Paponiu, San Francisco Symphony
Jennifer Parker-Harley and Michael Harley, University of South Carolina (lead commissioners)
Joseph Richardson and Kay Hoch
Jadon T. Schuler
Jessica Schury, West Texas A&M University
E. F. Senn
William Short, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Philip Snyder
Helena Kopchick Spencer, University of North Carolina Wilmington
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
