The Akropolis Reed Quintet—comprised of five reed players on the oboe, clarinet, saxophone, bassoon, and bass clarinet—make their Bravo! Vail debut performing Marc Mellits’ Splinter and Scott’s Homage to Paradise Valley.

PROGRAM NOTES Splinter

Splinter, MARC MELLITS

     Scarlet Oak      Sugar Maple      Black Ash      Cherry      River Birch      Red Pine

Maktub 

Maktub, WILLEM JETHS

Homage to Paradise Valley

Homage to Paradise Valley, JEFF SCOTT

     Ghosts of Black Bottom      Hastings Street Blues      Roho, Pumzika kwa Amani (Spirits, Rest         Peacefully)      Paradise Theater Jump!

ARTIST INSIGHTS

This concert features Homage to Paradise Valley by Jeff Scott, commissioned with support from the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program. The program opens with our most popular work to date: Splinter, composed by Marc Mellits, which has delighted audiences on its way to becoming an Akropolis trademark. We round out the program with Maktub by Willem Jeths, a gorgeous, mystical highlight from our most recent touring season.      —Akropolis Reed Quintet