sharing our pandemic music

KMS Players Making the Best of a Tough Time

Musicians love to practice their art, but they love playing for an audience even more. Luckily, we have ways to collaborate online with others and share our creativity. Meet some KMS musicians below, and hear how they coped by working solo and together virtually.

Andrea performs all four parts of “Last Tango in Bayreuth” by Peter Schickele.

Andrea and Krystal, Bassoons

Duet adapted from Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.1

Corynn, 3rd & Bass Clarinets

Movement III from “Five Bagatelles” by Finzi with friend Karen on piano.

KMS Bassoon Section

Andrea, Krystal and Adam have a little fun with the playful Weissenborn Trio, Movement III.

Variations on "Blue Bells of Scotland"​

Diana, Clarinet and Tina, Piano, are having a little fun together with a folk tune, a couple of months after being vaccinated. Arrangement by David Marlatt.

French Horn & Trombone Duet

Sue Beekman, principal hornist, and Matthew Walker, principal bass trombone, play the Flower Duet, adapted from “Lakmé”, an opera by Leo Delibes

"Pastorales de Noel" by
Andre Jolivet

For flute, bassoon and harp, each movement of this suite depicts a Christmas Scene: 1. L’Étoile (The Star); 2. Les Mages (The Magi); 3. La Vierge et L’Enfant (The Virgin and the Child); 4. Entrée et Danse des Bergers (Entrance and Dance of the Shepherds)

Tatiana Pearson, Principal Flute

Thoughts about being a musician during a pandemic, and an excerpt from Nielsen Flute Concerto

More from Tatiana Pearson

“I finished working on the Nielsen Flute Concerto and now am onto the Khachaturian Flute…I mean…Violin Concerto 😉 This theme is so beautiful! I love all the big low notes in this piece.”

"Three Little Pieces for Oboe and Bassoon"

KMS Principal bassoonist, Andrea Clark, gets the prize for the most Quarantunes videos. Here’s her latest, a duet by Gordon Jacob with Kimberly Hawkinson, KMS oboe.