for 3-part flexible ensemble
Commissioned by Natalie Groom for Flexing The Canon
Duration: c. 8:00
Perusal Score (flex)
DEMO Recording (original instrumentation)
**world premiere by Natalie Groom, Catherine Robinson, and Qun Ren on September 7, 2025.
A Tree of Teas is a piece in which I composed based on how a particular tea tastes to me and how it makes me feel after drinking it. Earl Gray, Rooibos, Oolong, Ginger, and Green teas are the five movements and all have distinctly different flavors from bold tastes, smooth textures, and some even have a “bite” to them.
I. Earl Gray
II. Rooibos
III. Oolong
IV. Ginger
V. Green
Looking for the original clarinet, horn, and bassoon version?
A Tree of Teas (3-part flex)
$35.00Price
Part 1
- Flute
- Oboe/C Trumpet
- B-flat Clarinet 1
- Trumpet/Soprano Sax (can use cornet)
- Alto Saxophone 1/E-flat Clarinet
- Violin
Part 2
- Horns (French, English, and Basset)
- B-flat Clarinet 2
- Alto Clarinet/Alto Sax 2/Tenor (Alto) Horn
- Tenor Sax 1
- Viola
Part 3
- Bassoon/Trombone/Euphonium
- Bass Clarinet/Tenor Sax 2
- Baritone Sax
- Tuba
- Violoncello/Double Bass
Some possible standard ensembles...
- String trio (violin, viola, cello or 2 violin, cello)
- Clarinet trio (2 Bb, bass or Eb, Bb, bass or Bb, alto/basset, bass)
- theoretically can even have 2 basses and a contrabass!
- Saxophone trio (soprano, alto, tenor or alto, tenor, bari)
- different combinations of the 4 saxes possible
- Reed trio (oboe, clarinet, bassoon)
- Woodwind trio (flute, clarinet, saxophone)
- Double reed trio (oboe, english horn, bassoon)
- Brass trio (trumpet/cornet, horn, trombone)
- British brass trio (cornet, tenor horn, euphonium)